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    Can the US afford a war with Iran ?

    ................................................. Globalization theory.... ................................................ In what way can one measure a country's value.....? ............................................. One way to accomplish this measurement is to view what its...
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    Can the US afford a war with Iran ?

    For sure the oil companies do not object.... The oil companies know one thing....the cheapest oil is in Iraq and Iran....and could care less what it takes.... In other words ....look at the winners and losers of a prospective war....then you will have your answers for instigation...
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    "Federal Reserve needs to cut USD in half over 14 years"

    The govt. needs to reduce its size by 50% or more... The real question is .... Why not ? ...................................... Smaller, weak currencies use the wind down, higher interest game all the time....
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    The Asian Tigers Have the Tale of the US Donkey....

    If there ever was an important Xi to place in an economic model..... It would definitely be labeled.... Chinese/Japanese US Bond Buying/Selling Here is what the US needs to be thinking about.... The probability of Chinese/Japanese not buying US debt...
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    Goldman Sachs CEO Blankfein: "We didn't realize how bad things would get."

    .............................. No its called American Style Fascism....
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    Spain Increases Taxes to Tame Deficit Amid Recession

    ...................................... Actually the US "leader" is a "semantic engineer"....(lawyer).... "FARTS" will be hard to beat..... Perfectly stated ....
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    Spain Increases Taxes to Tame Deficit Amid Recession

    http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aLQWnhwv3BD8 Here it comes ..... Soon...the US will enjoy "VAT "pleasure... V ertical A scent T o nowhere To be sure Obam will find a way to call it something other than a tax.... It will have a "program"...
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    Goldman Sachs CEO Blankfein: "We didn't realize how bad things would get."

    ................................................. There is no question.... This is why.... The movement from non-electronic paper document based securities transfer with price opaqueness..."the reason for the previous brokered model's previous existence".....Mer, Leh, Bear, etc...had...
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    Spain Increases Taxes to Tame Deficit Amid Recession

    Without a doubt.... VAT is coming to the US.... ............................................... No govt. is willing to contract.... This will be to their own demise.... As will the US ....
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    Germany makes push for global financial tax

    Steinbruck thinks that retail will not pay this tax indirectly ? Mr. Steinbruck is just another "poli-fool"....as the "poli-world" is full of them....or has axes to grind with a "non poli-funder".... With the latter being more likely.... ...
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    Goldman Sachs CEO Blankfein: "We didn't realize how bad things would get."

    This is called "talking your book".... The question line should have been a lot more pointed....just basic garbage.... The GS model will soon be mostly irrelevant....
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    Julian Robertson predicting 15-20% inflation

    ............................................. Never changed the original ideas.... Consumption tax only... 10% State....5% Fed.... State mandate only.... Gets rid of the advertising/lobbyist system by default.... Eliminate legal largesse....has ruined entrepreneurship in US...
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    Julian Robertson predicting 15-20% inflation

    ........................................... Actually not a bad idea.... State mandates only 15% Consumption tax only No more FED Washington buildings could be converted to condos. ...or better yet just turn em into prisons...leave the same people that are there now...in them...
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    Spain slides into Full Depression

    ......................................... Makloda...really like your viewpoints.... What price declines are happening to 2nd , 3rd homes in Spain's tourist areas....the tourist...2nd 3rd...home market for most any country would seemly be in the top tier vulnerability category.... It...
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    The Goldman Business Model Is Fatally Flawed

    http://www.zerohedge.com/article/paul-volcker-blasts-goldman-business-model-moral-hazard-and-calls-return-glass-steagall Along with the old brokerage model....The GS model is fatally flawed....along with its peers.... What is left of the old brokerage model will quickly be replaced by...
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    Faber Says U.S. Government May Fail in 5 to 10 Years; Calls Bernanke "A Criminal"

    ......................................................... Perfectly stated... Just add the change in tax structure... To a 10/5 C tax only... Done.... Gold has nothing to do with it.... Scarcity has everything to do with it....
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    The #1 Reason for US Failure....

    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203440104574402822202944230.html Will be the failure to restructure taxes.... to a consumption tax only....thus dramatically downsizing govt.... ie 10/5 C tax
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    Bank of America...and Pay by Merit....

    An ex-executive of Dupont....will now try to pull together BAC....under his leadership...Dupont lost 55% of its value.... And to be sure ...the executive gained handsomely.... BAC dropped by a third....but Lewis gained handsomely.... ...
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    General Solutions

    ................................ In order for value to occur....there has to be scarcity.... Gold is nothing more than a measure of scarcity.... Scarcity has a universal price.... Gold is universal in value.... But what does gold do ? What does a dollar do ...
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    General Solutions

    End the Fed Simple.....end it....Currency supply cannot grow or shrink....Gold is not necessary....just a law....cannot grow or shrink.... End the IRS Simple....Commence 15% Consumption Tax only....10% to the state....5% to the Fed...however all expenditures both state and fed by state...
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