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    Wealth cults & Holy Businesses

    The Leaders become become super-wealthy. Many followers were ruined. A few or died following the leader! http://guruphiliac.blogspot.com/2009/10/wealth-guru-kills-2-sends-19-to.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyVYRITHs9k http://guruphiliac.blogspot.com/...
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    1/4% Tax on all stock trades pushed in NY Times today

    They would exempt the market makers and broker dealers. Retail investors are stuck with the tax.
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    Another $155B for jobs, this is just outstanding work being done.

    Wow, I will work for a never or two and never work again!
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    10% unemployment but H1B visas accelerating

    In this economy, many experience IT workers are out of work and willing to do more entry levels stuff even at H1-B pay. However, these Americans are not even considered.
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    10% unemployment but H1B visas accelerating

    They are not dumb, they are taking care of their campaign contributors: Big banks, big employers and powerful unions. IT workers have no union. Get out and do something else. With the trader tax pending, not sure if it even make sense learning to trade anymore!
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    10% unemployment but H1B visas accelerating

    Exactly. besides they can be pressured to work much longer hours w/o extra pay! 80 hrs a week is not unusual.
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    Another $155B for jobs, this is just outstanding work being done.

    Previous tax bill was teachers, police and fire fighters. This bill is for the same group. I have nothing against teachers or fire-fighters, but how about jobs for other folks? Is there any help for IT workers whose jobs were off-shored or lost to the recession? Extending unemployment...
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    1/4% Tax on all stock trades pushed in NY Times today

    What is Brown's of winning in 2010? Anyone from UK care to chime in?
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    1/4% Tax on all stock trades pushed in NY Times today

    GreenTraderTax: Couple more points: 1) As traders quit trading, there will be less capital gains tax, esp short-term capital gains. 2) Traders pay capital gains when they make money. It is unjust to tax investors/traders when there is no income or profit! 3) Talking about creating...
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    Are Americans a Broken People? Why We've Stopped Fighting Back Against the Forces of

    That is how the big banker politicians divide and conquer: Keeping the mass emotional over crazy stuff while the moneyed power elite loot the country, ordinary working people lose to poverty and eternal servitude.
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    U.S. Forfeiting Billions in Future Taxes So Citi Can Exit TARP

    http://seekingalpha.com/article/178401-u-s-forfeiting-billions-in-future-taxes-so-citi-can-exit-tarp?source=feed
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    Are Americans a Broken People? Why We've Stopped Fighting Back Against the Forces of

    http://www.alternet.org/story/144529/are_americans_a_broken_people_why_we%27ve_stopped_fighting_back_against_the_forces_of_oppression/?page=entire
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