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Best countries to start a business http://www.inc.com/ss/9-best-countries-start-business-right-now#9 1. New Zealand 2. Australia 3. Canada 4. Singapore 5. Hong Kong

California is losing businesses and jobs at an ever-increasing rate: http://thebusinessrelocationcoach.blogspot.com/ Most are moving to Texas, Nevada, Utah and Colorado. California's "U6" unemployment rate is over 21%.

There's a great article about this that recently appeared in Vanity Fair Magazine. The article uses San Jose (California) as an example. Over 50% of their budget is consumed by retirement/pension benefits, and it will soon be over 75%. They've had no choice but to lay off over 2000 city...

I agree. Without job growth the housing market is DOA. In Southern California where I live, housing prices are predicted to continue to drop because U6 unemployment is over 20% and businesses/jobs continue to leave the state at a record pace. http://thebusinessrelocationcoach.blogspot.com/...

This has nothing to do with rich people. They're trying to stimulate the demand for housing. There's also a proposal to give visas to foreigners who buy homes (I think the minimum cash investment is $500k) in the US. The housing market is a huge drag on the economy. Congress is trying to...

Merkel knows the EU banking/debt problem is going to blow up in her face any minute now. She's deperately trying to trying to find someone to blame. She's been left hanging in the wind ever since Barroso failed to strongarm Europe into an FTT agreement. The UK, Sweden, the Netherlands, Malta...

The G-20 can't impose a tax on us. Only Congress can do that. Right now, there's no way the FTT could even get out of congressional committee for a vote. But that could change in a single election. Look at Denmark, for example. Less than a year ago the government of Denmark came out...

That's a big "IF." The UK, Sweden, the Netherlands, Malta, Ireland and the Czech Republic have all said they won't participate unless it's global. Schaeuble said after the last G-20 meeting that a global agreement wasn't going to be possible. His logic is beginning resemble an Escher painting.

I agree, but my point was that the FTT is not going away quickly or quietly. Unfortunately for us, it's going to be a hot political issue for many more years.

It's Bush's fault. It's Bush's fault. It's Bush's fault. Come on. Everyone. Say it with me. It's Bush's fault. It's Bush's fault. It's Bush's fault. Hey, wait a minute... Is he still President?

This should be interesting. They're going to try to impose an EU FTT even though the UK, Sweden, the Netherlands, Malta, Ireland and the Czech Republic have all said they won't participate. Other than Germany and France, who else in the EU would actually pay any FTT taxes? ... And how long...

EU Commission President Barroso has made it clear that even if he doesn't get what he wants now, he'll continue to push for the FTT. The EU has until the end of 2013 to approve its next 6-year budget. I don't see things cooling off until their budgeting cycle is over. The FTT is also going...

Korea, Mexico and Saudi Arabia are probably against the FTT. South Korea has robust and growing financial markets and would not want to see them migrate to China. They're probably against the FTT, though I've never seen any official statement from them. Mexico sided with Canada and the US...

Even if Geithner was in favor of the FTT, he couldn't impose it just because he feels like it. It would have to get through congress. But let's hope it doesn't come to that and Geithner tells Merkel "no" in a firm enough tone of voice that she gets the message this time. Let's also watch the...

Brazil congress defeats financial transactions tax http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/21/brazil-politics-health-idUSS1E78K0PN20110921

A lot of people believe that California cities will soon be falling like dominos. Following is a fairly long (7-page), and sometimes rambling article; but it gives a scary peek behind the curtain of municipal finances. California and Bust...

This article is not related directly to the FTT, but it demonstrates that Eurozone economic policy can hang by a thread -- the vote of one small, poor country. ........................................................ Tiny Slovakia on Tuesday defied its mightier neighbors and rejected an...

The articles are too vague. They don't say which vitamins, in what doses, or in combination with which other vitamins. Generalized data often leads to false implications of causality.

We're already over 20% U6 out here in California. At the moment, people seem more interested in pot dispensaries than revolution.