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Kentucky, Tennessee & North Carolina are some of the low property tax states I'm aware of. I remember talking to a broker in North Carolina last year who was pushing hard to sell a project for a bank and he told me that taxes on a $218,000 single family home were about $800 per year if you...

Fed Growth Effort May Be Undermined by ‘Tight’ Credit (Update1) Share | Email | Print | A A A http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aXoR8yGykreQ By Scott Lanman Sept. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke’s efforts to stoke a U.S. economic...

trendy; any response?

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Air-Products-quartertodate-apf-3525622398.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=7&asset=521478c0828cd82c9361a26af813229f&ccode=rd Air Products quarter-to-date sales down 26 pct Air Products says 4th quarter-to-date sales drop 26 percent * On Monday September 21...

Some of us don't want the government promoting religion, period. In fact, Thomas Jefferson was very much of this persuasion, thank you very much. I'd rather the government stay out of matters of faith and prayer.

You're right; it's state court in NY. It's also a state court issue (until it isn't on appeal). Mea culpa. Anyways - here it is: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/a-judge-who-stands-in-foreclosures-way/?scp=1&sq=manhattan%20foreclosures%20judge&st=cse This is in addition to...

Government interjection almost always distorts markets and equilibrium, with adverse long term effects. This program was no exception, IMO. To add insult to injury, and much to the contrary statements by dealers earlier, many of the people who traded cars in under this clunker of a program...

And Greenspan, Mr. Bubbles...

One of the most prominent judges in federal court in Manhattan, who plaintiff and defense attorneys both regard as one of the sharpest federal judges in the country, is demanding original copies of all mortgage documents, period, pursuant to federal civil court rules, or he is tossing...

September Auto Sales Go Clunk -- By: Henry Payne When Congress gave away $3 billion for buyers to trade in their “clunkers” and buy new cars in August, lawmakers thrilled as buyers swamped showrooms to take advantage of the big discounts. “Cash for clunkers has captured the public’s...

Crying? I'm liquid and golden. Your naivety on the alleged immunity of the Left Coast is going to be proven to be sorely mistaken. As in pound you in the ass sore. A certain someone I know watches 'Flipping Out,' and the main character reminds me of you, a lot. He's said he lost a...

No doubt this will be headed to federal court, including, ultimately, the SCOTUS. http://tickerforum.org/cgi-ticker/akcs-www?post=111695

The Federal Reserve once again tells the American Taxpayer to "go f*ck yourself." Fed Rejects Geithner Request for Study of Governance, Structure Share | Email | Print | A A A http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=adjvXg1zP.zY By Craig Torres and Robert Schmidt...

More insiders getting rich on the backs of traders in what's the truly rigged casino that is Wall Street. Michael Lewis has these criminals nailed.

Joe, with all due respect, why would you ask me to police a thread I started that got hijacked into politics by people and through means not my own making? Can I go politicize someone else's thread in 'Economics' in the hopes of sabotaging it and getting it tossed into P&R? I hope you see...

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aXBsHCzOYm4M

Housing Suffering Relapse Confronts Bernanke Credit Conundrum Share | Email | Print | A A A By Kathleen M. Howley and Rich Miller Sept. 21 (Bloomberg) -- The recovering housing market may be heading for a relapse as President Barack Obama and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke...

When volatility returns to equity markets, and China pares back stimulus spending, the USD will be KING once again. Count on it.

•Lennar Loss Doubles on Higher Interest Costs, Lower Revenue; Shares Slide Slides (Update1) Share | Email | Print | A A A By John Gittelsohn and Peter Woodifield Sept. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Lennar Corp., the third-largest U.S. homebuilder, reported a bigger-than-expected third-quarter...

There is no way my thread on unemployment should have been tossed into P&R because two people got into a pissing match.