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Susan Margaret Collins (born December 7, 1952) is the junior U.S. Senator from Maine and a member of the Republican Party. Collins has served in the Senate since 1997. (Wikipedia Feb 2010)

US politics

Obamacare: Loopholes and enforcement

If you boil a frog very slowly, he may not jump out in time to save himself.

Poorly written law can sometimes be successful when the vast majority of people agree with the intent and there is bipartisan support to correct errors.

This is not the case with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.

However, the most astounding thing about Obamacare is that the individual mandate is basically a misnomer — there are no penalties on individuals for not buying health insurance. Or are there? ECRV2Y9MMZ86

US Politics

Why Obama is sacrificing House Democrats

Many Americans see Obama as cold, arrogant, and didactic.

In order to ram through Congress unpopular healthcare legislation that will radically increase the fiscal deficit and decrease the quality of healthcare for hundreds of millions of Americans, President Obama has asked fellow Democrats to ‘fall of their swords’, voting for his bill even though it might cost them their jobs in November 2010.

This article describes how a president that has little regard for the Constitution or historical precedent, with a radical agenda, could, with impunity, do things that few Americans realize.

From Messiah to Anti-Christ

President Obama’s Lincoln moment

From Messiah to Anti-Christ?

In the Summer of 2009, Barack Obama found that Lincoln’s saying, “You can’t fool all of the people all of the time,” applied to his presidency. Massive deficit spending, an unpopular ‘health care reform’ bill, and the growing awareness that Obama’s campaign promises were largely lies, resulted in the honeymoon coming to an abrupt halt.

Obama’s growing unpopularity has encouraged Republicans to hope for a return to power in 2010, backed by grassroot revolt of a significant segment of the population.

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Stock buybacks

Accelerating to a buyback-option blowout

By Q1 2006, stock buybacks had multiplied to five times the level of 2000. Buybacks grew by 25% in 2005, with corporate profits after taxes increasing only 5.5%. At these rates, buybacks will exceed after-tax profits by 2009.
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Securities Analysis

Operational versus financial information

The Crash of 2008 suggests that understanding the operational details of capital markets can be as important as financial analysis. This article discusses Capital Market Taxonomy in this context. More ...

US Politics

President Obama and the Lincoln Bible

The Crash of 2008 put Barack Obama in the Oval Office and was the culmination of two secular financial trends. Americans now have an untested, inexperienced leader, with strange radical friends and a leftist deficit spending agenda. More ...

US equities

GAO favors overly-optimistic projections

In a study of the effect of the retirement of Baby Boomers on the price of equities, the GAO assumed that equities will provide real returns of 7% over the next decades. This figure is often cited in Wall Street promotional literature, but has no scientific basis.
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US Bonds

The collapse of the dollar and US bonds?

The extreme spending of the Obama government, combined with irresponsible bank lending policies promoted by Barney Frank and Chris Dodd, portend rising interest rates, the collapse of the bond market, and the end of dollar supremacy. More ...

World Economy

Signs of US losing its groove?

Thirty years ago, US income from abroad was more than double the amount of income that the US paid to the rest of the world. This year, or the next, this foreign income surplus may disappear forever. Is the US 'losing its groove'? More ...

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