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http://seekingalpha.com/article/123622-what-will-it-take-for-faith-in-financial-engineering-to-wane The market has had its fill....

In the not too distant future.... Annuities, pensions...any "insurance" instrument is in jeopardy.... The $250k per bank coverage is the only guarantee ....

rickf GE, AIG, and others are terrified of losing their credit ratings, or otherwise working to appease the credit 'rating' agencies. Given that these 'ratings' agencies played a pivotal role in the current economic crisis by approving stuff with ratings much higher than it deserved, WHO...

The best real time example.... Venezuela Just look at the recent history.... Lopped three 000's off the currency.... Has taken over.... oil cement agricultural land now this week ...rice some banking and others The economy has dropped like a stone....and has killed off...

Mokwit I also think this is very sad, people who have worked all their lives have lost much of that from going along with the policies ofpeople like Greenspan and Gordon Brown. I was merely commenting on the realpolitik of elections, rather than taking a stance or criticising or implying...

Ang 99 Doesn't it seem like the rest of the world just echoes whatever we do? Remember the short sale ban, then every other exchange in the world rushed to do the same thing. We say we need a stimulus package, now everybody in Europe is saying they need one to. Tax the rich, bank...

mokwit Many people don't have a pension now - nobody is going to get elected sayong if you lost your retirement you will just have to live in the street. Promising benefits is what will win elections now. ...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123583405378701041.html Every government....whether it be a city, a state, or a country will be pressing for higher taxes.... This is only a natural reaction.... The fact is that if the government seeks to be more healthy, it must be dramatically...

Fight The Future Only 10%? Wouldn't it have to be about 25% just to keep up with the federal monstrosity? If 10% to start, it would slowly creep up anyway. ..................................................................... It will start smaller in ordinary times....but with the...

Consumption tax would mean.... When one makes a purchase of a tangible consumable product, one would pay a 10% tax.... The current system is also a consumption tax.... ie One walks into a store and buys a tube of toothpaste which has a pricetag of $1.00.... Today's progressive...

Actually ....going to something better is relative to where one has been.... If one has always used margarine....one does not know butter.... ............................................................................................ Interesting question.... 1) Cut spending 2)...

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/12/05/business/labor.php High Taxes......article shows young man making $100,000....paying 63% in taxes.... http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/denmark-is-the-worlds-happiest-country--official-410075.html But Denmark is the world's...

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There are DEMOCRAPS.... And there are REPUBLICAN'TS.... ................................................................. Think of things this way.... Does one remember the stellar Amtrack Government Management ? Yeah that is right.... This is the track that the US is on...

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With the numbers that have to transpire.... Over $3 Trillion deficit is already guaranteed for 2010.... And the question remains .... Where does this come from ....

By the way.... Check out how social security was accounted for.... in the new proposal.... This means the deficit of over $3 Trillion that will happen in 2010.... Will be even higher.... I like Obama.... But he needs a better plan.... This one will not make things better...

The bottom line is that a 10% consumption tax will .... Stabilize revenue Corporations from all over the world would flock to the US for its tax friendly status.... Will secure long term prosperity.... Will put funds directly in the hands of small business.... Small business can...

Getting to be very Latin American.... ie Chavez and Venezuela.... ..................................................................................... The bottom line is that the current path leads to a better than $3 Trillion deficit.....in 2010.... This is no joke.... And when...

Oddly enough.... It almost seems as though the Democraps want everyone depending on government.... This would capture all the votes.... Part of the gameplan.....