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Working 9 – 5 what a way to make a living….
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I am a weapon of massive consumption, its not my fault its the way I’m programmed to function…
No production without a need. But consumption reproduces the need (Karl Marx) January has come to an end and until the last couple of days we started 2017 in the same way we finished 2016….all very positive with the Trump effect continuing to stimulate the markets. The Dow Jones broke the 20,000 mark for the first…