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Wow, you registered on ET back on 12-29-05 and haven't posted since January 12th of 2008? How does that happen? :D Check your PM.

They must put something funny in that water of yours down in Texas cause you make no mention whatsoever of how George Bush and all of his incompetent appointees such as Christopher Cox at the SEC and his buddies like Phil Gramm have already WIPED-OUT middle-class wealth in this once great...

Do your homework. He had no choice but to sign it. It was put into the "Fiscal Year 2001 Appropriations Act". http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h106-4577 It also passed the Congress without even a committee hearing or a recorded vote. That Phil Gramm and his two buddies...

Pabst, much of what you say is true. However, there were two reasons why UCLA reached a crisis point in 2006 when only 249 African Americans were admitted for Fall of 2006, and only 100 of those actually enrolled. Same can be said of UC Berkeley. 1.) The implementation of Prop. 209 in 1998...

Congratulations. You are now on IGNORE.

And most of the posters on this site have no clue what a Credit Default Swap is, either. - - - So what's your point?

And only in America would a Republican Presidential candidate (John McCain) appoint Phil "CDS-Enron" Gramm as his economic advisor. Let's face it, many of our so-called "leaders" in Congress threw this Country completely "under the Bus" years ago . . . and lined their pockets accordingly. :(

Pabst, I don't believe that to be true. As of FY 2006, using the amount of income tax collections per capita as the metric, California is ranked #7, with DC being #1. As a percentage of income, California is #5 in the nation at 3.8%. New York is #1 at 4.9% - - - And your Illinois is #39...

But the water really sucks and they keep showing the same old "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" movie over and over again at the Theater. :D

1.) As indicated on another California thread, the newly passed budget allows for a PERMANENT $1 BILLION dollar corporate tax break - - - directed mostly at multi-state and multinational companies that do business in California. It is an incentive for business to EXPAND operations in...

I haven't.

Who said anything about Democracy? We are a federal constitutional Republic. By the way, California is only ranked 17th in the Nation for property taxes as a percentage of income (3.17%) in 2006. http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Taxes/Advice/PropertyTaxesWhereDoesYourStateRank.aspx

Gnome, I hate to burst the Obama "Bashing" Bubble that you enjoy living in, but the fact of the matter is that the current Estate Law taxation schedule sunsets after 2010 and goes back to only $1 million being exempt from the 55% Estate Tax thanks to how incredibly dysfunctional our Congress has...

Duh. And why does the Obama Plan seek to bail-out the home buyer who bit off more than he could chew? Try turning on your BRAIN and thinking up the "food-chain" another level or two. Duh.

From personal experience, I would stay away from E-Signal, and can endorse DTN's "IQ-Feed".

I'm sorry, but were you not the poster who said, "STOP with your ridiculous derivatives blame"??? And you don't think that the CDS market has had any effect on the current state of our frozen credit markets and banking system? If those derivatives aren't the problem, then why did the...

I just did. It's called DOUBLE-TAXATION. But you are too dumb to figure that out. :D

So a Family Farm or Family Business that gets passed on to the kids ( who worked in the business ) should be handed over to the Govt.? Congratulations, you're even more DUMB than I first thought.

Oh, that makes a TON of sense. Tax the Estates a "second" time because they inherited a family members wealth when they passed away . . . Without a doubt, the stupidest post that I've read on ET in quite some time - - - and that's saying an awful lot! :D

You obviously have never heard of the $65 Trillion Dollars of credit default swaps out there that have completely "trashed" the balance sheets of our banking system, among others . . . not too mention where the de-regulatory legislation came from ( and by who ) 8 years ago. No clearing house...