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    • Thu Oct 30th 11:53 AM | Rating: 0 -1
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      Saving the Auto Industry: The Gush-Up Proposal
      I'm against providing funds for failing companies. However, a bottoms up approach is more enticing:
      1. The Board of Directors is replaced by government selected individuals.
      2. All management contract are re-negotiated and salary is based on performance.
      3. A new company is formed with new (fair) labor agreements
      4. The mandate is for an auto to be manufactured for under $10,000 that achieves at least 35mpg.
      5. tax incentives for reaching these goals.
      6. tax incentives for citizens to purchase these vehicles and selling low mgp vehicles.
      7. production of natural gas vehicles

      My initial plan as outlined 2 years ago can be enacted as a large infrastructure play:
      1. Provide rapid rail service between large cities
      2. Provide Smart Car rental at each rail hub at low rates
      3. tax incentive to sell the gas guzzler and purchase a high (35-45mpg) vehicle.
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    • Thu Oct 30th 11:36 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      The Pivot Point Will Likely Be Election-Based
      The democrats will win by an unprecedented margin and the stock market will skyrocket. A new era will dawn. However, the long-term outlook for the US is not encouraging. Let's face it, we can't get out of a paper bag.
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    • Thu Oct 30th 11:31 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Don't Be Fooled - Inflation is Coming
      For the last 50-70 years, money has flowed to the United States. As the world fiscal cycle proceeds, the flow will be toward other countries. This will give olther regimes the power to control world events (even though it may only be psychologically for some). While we had been good stewards during most of this period, this started to change over the last 10 years. The Bush ideology was that we could export by force our perceived values. Now that we have demonstrated that "free-enterprise capitalism does not work 100% as had been believed, other countries will feel free to experiment with their own philosphies. What this means long-term, is that the US will not be the decider of world events. The sooner we understand this, the sooner we can begin the process of making this country stronger internally. What has been very interesting over the last 10-15 years is that as China has expanded at a tremendous(almost inconceivable) rate and has grown more powerful on an economic basis, they have not exerted their power. If they can contain this newly-developed power, China will become what the US had once been...with perhaps a more efficient government and economic model. As a world leader, China might be able to bring all countries together. However, if China uses the power to control and demand (much of what the US has done), the world will develop into possible annihilation.
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    • Wed Oct 29th 16:16 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      JP Morgan Analyst: Johnson & Johnson Not Worth the Sum of Its Parts
      JNJ has the best management in the world. This is worth a premium. Ethical management, trustworthy, shareholder-viewed decisions. If all companies (and our country) were managed by these standards, the US would continue to be the leader of the world.
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    • Wed Oct 29th 16:09 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Bailout, Schmailout
      Part of our problem today is that we don't have any original thinkers in Washington. Everyone has the same mindset. The are essentially all fat cows out in a pasture. But this mentality was sactioned by the Bush ideology. Even now, he doesn't think he has done no wrong.
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    • Wed Oct 29th 16:04 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      An Opportunity for Patient Investors - Barron's
      The U.S. has been brought to it's knees....by us. We didn't need any help, thank you.
      What does the future portend? Hopefully we will have a dynamic, truthful leader. But when one looks at all the minuses...it is extremely bleak. In this societal experiment, we may have proven that a republic, capitalistic system does not work.
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    • Wed Oct 29th 15:51 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      FOMC Statement: What It Really Says
      The Fed has always been 6 months-1yr behind the true curve. It seems that that more education and thd higher the position, the worse the decision-making ability.
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    • Thu Oct 16th 13:54 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Inflation vs. Strategic Vision
      you could be right...or you could be wrong. It the trillions in hidden derivatives blows-up, the DOW could descend to 2000.
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    • Thu Oct 2nd 15:33 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Congress' Economic Literacy (Or Lack Thereof)
      The next president needs to appoint a panel of experienced individuals to work on the problems we face. This has been the major downfall of the Bush empire; only individuals with like-minded thinking had access to Bush (but that is the way he wanted it).
      There are so many brilliant minds we can tap in this country. I have been listening to quite a few financial geniuses that have predicted current events back 2-3 years ago, some well before. I'm no scholar but even I knew something was amiss when I first heard about off-balance sheet accounts, CDO's, and credit default swaps years and years ago. In history, this period will be compared to the great depression. Perhaps we are only in the beginning.
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    • Wed Oct 1st 16:21 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      The Lowdown on Citi / Wachovia
      When will the government move on all the former CEO's that brought their companies to the precipice
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    • Wed Oct 1st 16:14 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Paulson and Bernanke: A Conspiracy of Dunces
      Let's face it, all the academic theoretical economists have no idea how to deal with this real world event
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    • Thu Sep 18th 11:38 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Avoid Broken Buck Syndrome with Treasuries Money Market Funds
      When will Americans realize they are not as smart as they think.
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    • Fri Sep 12th 13:16 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Government Line: This Isn't as Bad as S&L Crisis
      Rule #1: Whenever the government makes an anouncement, assume a) it is an outright lie or b) they have no idea
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    • Wed Sep 10th 16:03 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Is Wachovia the Worst Run Bank in America?
      I can't believe Thompson and all the other financial cronies have not been jailed and had all of their assets confiscated. I don't think this is the USA any longer.
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    • Wed Sep 3rd 11:58 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      A McCain Victory Wouldn't Mean Same Republican Economy
      McCain has the same "conservative&quo... principles as Bush. This is disaster in the making and Americans are finally realizing this. The Repubicans will be decimated. When McCain was a maverick, he had a chance. McCain should have selected Ron Paul.
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