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'The budget defict in reality is close to a trillion a year' 2004 it was roughly 400B. There is an interesting issue that % of GDP it is roughly 4% and Expenditures are roughly 20%. This means that more items the government allows the public to do privately more efficiencies should get in...

'It's in the trillions. Do you have ADD?' you are confusing between DEBT and Budget Deficit. Total Debt is around $9T but actual government budget deficit is in 100s of Billions - annually.

Ravi Batra predicted fall of communism in 1980s and fall of Capitalism by 2010. Free Market Socialism is the way to go?

$180B odd of budget deficit annually is very much controlable even without raising taxes. There are lots of white elephant projects that can be curtailed without much hoopla.

let your profits run cut your losses short will save you from lots of stabs from wild swings ;-)

If you stick around the correct forum and threads on ET, you will learn much more than the CMT designation. Technicians have bad reputation in the industry, although behind the closed doors, more than few like to look at charts and indicator stuff.

'Obviously something is wrong if USA imports more and more year over year' Do you know what percent of these imports are from China but goods that are made by American companies using Chinese labor? So bottomline profits are still coming to US balance sheets and that is why stock markets...

'Hillary-Obama ticket is my ticket to south america.' They told him don't you ever come around here Don't wanna see your face, you better disappear The fire's in their eyes and their words are really clear So beat it, just beat it You better run, you better do what you can Don't wanna...

'Hillary is a socialist/communist' Even if she is Left leaning, I would take her anytime over any EVIL REPUBLICAN. Time has come to take the 'belt and baton' out and whip, lash, hammer, bludgeon, whack, kick, stomp, slash anyone who even accepts that he/she is a Republican. Hillary...

'I think John Edwards has the best chance of winning an election just not sure he can win the primary.' Hehehehehehe! Edwards could not even win South Carolina for Kerry........SC is a state where Edwards comes from. Hillary-Bayh ticket is not too bad either. Any President wanting to...

many financial firms have foreign currency, derivative related exposures which can create a huge contigency related black hole on their net values.

Asset - Libalities = Owner's Equity OE/ # of common shares outstanding = Bk Value. Below book value means either Assets are inflated or Libalities are deflated. Inflated Assets like too much Goodwill on the balance sheet. Deflated Libalities might be some contingency Libality/event that...

'Ron Paul for president' Dude! go with the flow not with the OUTDATED stuff of yesterday! Ron Paul is a done story for 2008........now choose whoever is STILL in the race and best for America. Hillary-Obama ticket is not too bad. Will give Little Bama a chance to show how much...

Yesterday, America came very close to hanging 'soon going out of business' sign. Thanks God that Hillary won and there is some hope that She will be able to reengineer the economic engine like Bill did. Hillary has better chances of beating old horse McCain than 'Little Bama'. Bill...

'Hardly a replacement for a manufacturing base' guess where do all the americans go to work to each single day...........baby sit the neighbour's pets? :D :D :D there is no doubt that american deficit and debt numbers are mind boggling and as soon as the balloon starts to fizz it can turn...

Something very significant happened in NH yesterday when Hillary defeated Kid on the Block - the little Bama!

'An interesting side note, while the government expands the welfare system (which really exists due to mass exodus of industrial jobs), it makes zero attempt to help solve it. In fact, there are tax incentives for companies to move their operations offshore.' If the mass offshoring was...

Hig frequency scalping.......like 10 times an hour? Only for Idiots!

'There are multiple daily screeners available. ' any links?

'How soon an account is sold to a third-party collections agency varies by bank, but if delinquencies rise sharply, banks are likely to start passing them along much sooner.' Is there are 7 year limit after which neither Bank or collection agency can bother the debtor or is it that for 7...