That's exactly what the gun manufacturers want you to think, so you keep buying.

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Give away the razor so that you can keep someone buying razor blades.

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Can I just say, we just went through a decade where we were told that it didn't matter, we'll just -- you just keep on importing, buying stuff from other countries, you just take out a home equity loan and max out your credit card, and everything is going to be okay.

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"There's clearly been a rapid appreciation in residential land values, but at the same time you've got to keep reminding yourself that you're buying a nonperforming loan, " says Curt Bailey, president of Related Midwest, a unit of Stephen Ross's Related Cos. that has expressed interest in the site.

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If you want to run a profitable business, it helps to have customers who are so satisfied with your products, that they keep buying from you.

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That may not be a problem, but keep in mind that if you are buying something that looks new and undamaged, the price is lower for a reason.

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Buying individual bonds can keep you on track.

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If, when only 8% of Americans oppose the policy, you can't get a law that is designed to keep criminals and the insane from buying guns because of the power of the gun lobby, you certainly aren't going to get anything like confiscation when there would be massive opposition.

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If you want to keep a home in your old state, consider selling your old property and buying a new, smaller place.

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Keep in mind, with this strategy, you are not selling at the exact highs, nor are you buying at the exact lows.

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