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    Moving offshore

    The trouble with this is that the 18% (or similar) interest rate on rials is aprroximately the same, or possibly even lower than, the rate of inflation. Other major problems with Iran: Unstable property laws. Poor Internet connectivity and censorship thereof. Inefficient and...
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    Cramer: Illegal Immigrants to Blame for Mortage Crisis

    I have to admit my original question was somewhat rhetorical. I will try to address some of the paths to immigration you have suggested above, in particular as they might pertain to our hypothetical unskilled Mexican, who has never entered the US illegally or overstayed a visa. "Sponsorship"...
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    Cramer: Illegal Immigrants to Blame for Mortage Crisis

    How does an unskilled Mexican, who does not have a close US citizen relative (spouse, sibling, or adult offspring) willing to sponsor him, immigrate to the US legally, even if he is willing to wait seven, or even twenty years?
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    US buildup in Persian Gulf

    A little correction regarding Iran's alleged name change and other matters. The natives of Iran have referred to their country as "Iran" for many centuries. This can be trivially verified by looking at Persian language texts, bank notes, postage stamps, and so forth, printed long before the...
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