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December 13, 2012 0

Socialists Denounce French Actors Leaving France for Tax Purposes; California vs. France; Patriotic to Pay Excess Taxes?

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According to Socialist newspapers and politicians “to pay a tax is an act of solidarity, a patriotic act.” Those leaving France because of its uncompetitive tax rate see things differently. Please consider Socialists Denounce GÃ©rard Depardieu for Leaving France GÃ©rard Depardieu, one of France’s best-known actors, has been accused by the country’s Socialist government of lacking patriotism after he moved to Belgium apparently in a bid to avoid the taxes for which France is also renowned. On Wednesday, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault weighed in, calling Mr.

December 13, 2012 0

Crazy Incentives in Welfare System; The Welfare Cliff; Welfare Spending Per Hour $30.60 – Median Income Per Hour $25.03

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December 13, 2012 0

Questions of the Day: What if the BLS is Wrong About its Labor Force and Participation Rate Projections? How Would it Affect the Unemployment Rate?

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Click on the above link to see an interactive map that lets you select the rate of job growth up to January of 2020.

December 12, 2012 0

Mark Carney, Incoming Governor of the Bank of England, Dives Straight Into Monetarist Loony Bin

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In light of Carney’s " radical action " statements, please consider Bank of Canada warns of low-rate risk . The Bank of Canada says low-interest policies that it and other central banks have put in place are adding another layer of risk to the already stressed global financial system

December 11, 2012 0

Question of the Day: What will the unemployment rate look like for the rest of the decade?

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The chart assumes a steady rise in labor force to the BLS 2020 projection of 164,360.

December 11, 2012 0

Incredibly Easy to Balance Budget Without Repealing Obamacare and Without Fiscal Cliff Tax Hikes

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The Wall Street Journal has a nice interactive map that lets you Make Your Own Deficit-Reduction Plan . I balanced the budget easily without doing things that I think need to be done such as eliminating the department of energy, the department of education, slashing military spending by 35%, etc., etc.

December 11, 2012 0

Bank of England Warns of Global Currency Wars

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Bank of England Warns of Global Currency Wars By the time central banks warn about something, the practice has likely been going on for years. Today’s case in point is BoE’s King warns of growing currency competition The head of the Bank of England warned on Monday that too many countries were trying to weaken their currencies to offset the impact of the slow global economy and the trend could grow next year. "You can see, month by month, the addition to the number of countries who feel that active exchange rate management, always to push their exchange rate down, is growing," Mervyn King said in a speech