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Not surprisingly, the insurance lobby recoils in horror at the prospect of automatic coverage ( including, when it was first proposed, Social Security), no matter how efficient it may be. Automatic coverage eliminates sales commissions and profit.
andrew tobias— Chapter 4, Tell Us The Odds, p. 63-64
The great art in writing advertisements is the finding out a proper method to catch the reader's eye; without which a good thing may pass over unobserved, or be lost among commissions of bankrupt.
joseph addison— No. 224. (The Tatler (1711–1714))
"Human rights commissions, as they are evolving, are an attack on our fundamental freedoms and the basic existence of a democratic society…It is in fact totalitarianism. I find this is very scary stuff."
stephen harper— BC Report Newsmagazine, January 11, 1999
Government commissions are where accountability goes to die.
ilana mercer— “Make me Thankful: Don’t Enlist!” WorldNetDaily.com, November 27, 2009.
Wealthy investors should realize that they are the cash cows of the investment industry, and that most of the exclusive investment vehicles available to them - separate accounts, hedge funds, limited partnerships, and the like - are designed to bleed them with commissions, transactional costs, and other fees.
— Chapter 8, Behavioral Therapy, p. 187 (The Four Pillars of Investing (2002))
Government commissions are where accountability goes to die.
— “Make me Thankful: Don’t Enlist!” WorldNetDaily.com, November 27, 2009.
"Average" isn't so hot at the race track given those steep track takes. "Average" is pretty decent for stocks, something like 6 percent above the inflation rate. For a buy-and -hold investor, commissions and taxes are small.
william poundstone— Part Three, Arbitrage, This Is Not the Time To Buy Stocks, p. 134
