When retirement is a strategic political decision?

When retirement is a strategic political decision?

 When you are a Supreme Court member.

What is an independent agency?

What is an independent agency?

An independent agency is an agency that can spy on Senate staff (i.e. CIA) or can target specific groups for tax-exempt scrutiny (i.e. IRS).

How much of America is owned by the government?

How much of America is owned by the government?

Almost half the land west of the Mississippi belongs to the federal government, including 48% of California, 62% of Idaho and 81% of Nevada

How intelligent is the government

How intelligent is the government

For the past seven years, federal regulators have been flushing hundreds of thousands of acre-feet of water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta into the San Francisco Bay on the pretext of protecting three-inch smelt from pumps that send water to farmers in the Central Valley.

Which is the best economic indicator?

Which is the best economic indicator?

The ratio between the number of unemployed workers and the number of  jobs added monthly.

Last February:

10.240.000/175.000= 58.5

How to manipulate and silence opponents.

How to manipulate and silence opponents.

Funnel money to their dark groups.
Back politicians who promise to pay them more.
Rig the system.
Grease the media and regulators.

IPOs, household wealth and unemployment benefits

IPOs, household wealth  and unemployment benefits

The Federal Reserve said on Monday household wealth increased $1.9 trillion to $77.3 trillion in the third quarter, the highest level since records started in 1945. It was the ninth straight quarter of increases.

A Labor Department report showed the number of people still receiving benefits under regular state programs after an initial week of aid fell 91,000 to 2.78 million in the week ended Nov. 16. That was the lowest level since January 2008.

This year, 31 companies have sold their shares to the public for the first time, a 72% increase from this point in 2013.

Why do people need government ?

Why do people need government ?

Because people self-confidence is always on the lower end of things.

What happen when you let someone take the lead in guiding your drift ?

What happen when you let someone take the lead in guiding your drift ?

You will be drawn front and center at a far more difficult time.

Because governments need under the table currencies.

Why any bitcoin regulation will not be international?

Because governments need under the table currencies.

Why a group of knife-wielding men kill 27 people and injure more than 100 in China?

Why a group of knife-wielding men kill 27 people and injure more than 100 in China?

Because of  grudge, hate, despair,bitterness,  isolation, wickedness,pressure, discomfort, necessity and madness.

Why the GDP is revised down every quarter?

Why the GDP is revised down every quarter?

Because  there is always likely to have usual culprits: the bad weather and the softer overseas demand .

Why Alzheimer didn't exist 100 years ago?

Why Alzheimer didn't exist 100 years ago?

Because humans didn't have early reduction of astrocytic arborization and shrinkage of the astroglial domain.

The best way to restrict political speech.

The best way to restrict political speech.

Put the IRS to regulate it.

Relationship between poverty and violence

Relationship between poverty and violence.

Population below poverty line in Ukraine:
35%
GDP - per capita in Ukraine:
$7,600

Population below poverty line:

Gaza Strip    38.00 %
   
Rwanda    44.90 %
Sudan    46.50 %   
Mexico    51.30 %
Honduras      60.00 %
GDP - per capita $4,744
Nigeria    70.00 %
GDP - per capita $2,697

How big corporations do business

How big corporations do business.

They will accept something  from the  government  in return for  revenue that never will come but government will keep their competitors away.

Why the "One Percent" is not really rich in America?

Why  the "One Percent" is not really rich in America?

Because it is only needed a taxable income of $307,000 to enter the top 1%.
$307,000 less 39.6% in taxes = $185.428
Welcome to the Socialist United States

What is required for manipulating public opinion

What is required for  manipulating public opinion

Talk about principles.
Be funny.
Cover all items.
Hide the contradictions.

How much money does the trillion-dollar federal bureaucracy in Washington spend in foreign aid budget?

How much money does the trillion-dollar federal bureaucracy in Washington spend in foreign aid budget?


$50 billion is the state /foreign operations budget.

To find value things you really have to dig.

To find value things you really have to dig.

More choice is always a bad thing.

Japanese system a model for America

Japanese system a model for America

The Japanese public debt was more than twice the annual gross domestic product of Japan in 2013.

The America's public debt was  was 72% of GDP.

Where the family dies

Where the family dies

In big, cosmopolitan cities with highly educated populations

How to Find a Job

How to Find a Job

About 25% of all new hires come from referrals and 90% of those are from current employees, according to HR consulting firm CareerXroads.

24 Years of Salary Deflation

24 Years of Salary Deflation

The average per capita personal income in 1990 in the United States was $18,667 per year.

The lowest salary for a Commercial Pilot in 2014  is $29,157  per year.

What is the difference between the Democratic party and the Republican party?

What is the difference between the Democratic party and the Republican party?

Their names.

Why higher-wage earners qualify for federal subsidies?

Why higher-wage earners qualify for federal subsidies?

Because insurance companies run the system

The best techniques to competitive success.

The best techniques to competitive success.

Check your  birth certificate.
Review your lifestyle .
Find amounts of leisure time.
Play where there is little competition and the least competitive players.
Train but not formally compete.
Do not go where the best talent goes.
Withstand pain.
Think that not winning is OK  but have a very clear goal of winning.
Know that very many want to win and know that very few will make it.
Train relentlessly for years.
Believe pain is cool.
Believe that it's possible to reach your goals.

When the legislative activity is interesting?

When the legislative activity is interesting?

When you spend a lot of time on federal lands or you are directly impacted by water rights in California.

The usual suspects for the always weaker-than-expected report for payrolls

The usual suspects for the always weaker-than-expected report for payrolls:

Weather.

The broader set of labor market indicators .

Unusually snowy and cold winter.

Swing in the seasonal factor.

Weather disruption.

Higher young-adult employment.

Weak performance in service sector.

Advertising pricing and Google's partner sites

Advertising pricing and Google's partner sites

Ad buyers and industry executives say the proliferation of new sites and automation in ad sales is driving down advertising pricing—by as much as 70% in some cases—making it tougher for sites to turn a profit from traditional online advertising. More news sites means more ad space is available.

Google's partner sites generated segment revenues of $3.52 billion, or 23% of total Google segment revenues, in the fourth quarter of 2013. This represents a 3% increase over fourth quarter 2012 Google network segment revenues of $3.44 billion.

Oxycodone , heroin and government regulation

Oxycodone , heroin and government regulation

According to a government-funded survey, in 1999, an anticipated 4 million Americans aged 12 years or older used oral sedatives, stimulants, antipsychotic agents, or opioids in ways not intended by prescribers.

Prescription opioid pain medications such as Oxycontin and Vicodin can have effects similar to heroin.

The number of heroin users in the U.S. has doubled since 2002 to 335,000 people, and deaths related to drug have jumped 44 percent in just five years.

OxyContin is a prescription narcotic pain reliever. Its active ingredient isoxycodone, a derivative of opium.

Improper labeling and use of oxycodone can lead to overdose and death. FDArecognizes that opioid medications are associated with prescription drug misuse.

The FDA approved the original formulation of OxyContin in Dec. 1995

Who will destroy America?

Who will destroy America?

The federal government that will always seek more power – no matter the circumstances.

Why the U.S. GDP Growth of 3.2% In the Fourth Quarter 2013 is not true?

Why the U.S. GDP Growth of 3.2% In the Fourth Quarter 2013 is not true?


Because for the fourth quarter of 2013, Walmart U.S. reported a 1.0 percent comp sales increase. Walmart U.S. gained market share in "food, consumables, health & wellness/OTC," as well as the entertainment categories and toys.

Why rich people are hated?

Why  rich people are hated?

Because envy creates hatred

Average time for an IPO

Average time for an IPO

Venture-capital firms, which typically invest in startups several years after angels, wait a median 7.35 years for a startup in their portfolio to achieve liquidity through an IPO, and a median 5.21 years for an acquisition, according to 2012 data from Dow Jones
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The businesses of the future

The businesses of the future:

Reselling NSA data collection 

Data on Americans to be stored outside the country.

Email services that never touch an American server.

Who determines the difference between the official history and true history?

Who determines the difference between the official history and true history?

The winner

What is a liberal arts education good for?

What is a  liberal arts education good for?

Though  is a waste of time and money , is a force for good and it should not be demolished.

Which are the most mobile metropolitan areas in the U.S.?

Which are  the most mobile metropolitan areas in the U.S.?

Salt Lake City and San Francisco, in which mobility rates are similar to those in western Europe and Canada.

An Example of Bonds Versus Stocks

An Example of Bonds Versus Stocks

Pimco, one of the world’s largest bond funds, set an unfortunate record in 2013. Its flagship fund saw the most outflows of any mutual fund ever in one year — a net outflow of $41 billion in 2013.

 The Dow ended 2013 with a gain of 72.37 points, or 0.4%, at 16,576.66, setting a record-high close for the 52nd time in 2013 and contributing to a 26.5% annual gain, the largest since 1995.

How to be the best salesman

How to be the best salesman

Explain damaging myths about what your produce or service is fighting.

Answer the question:

Why do so many people seem to think things that I am selling are getting worse?

Explain the myths and the answers to  the question with a lot of data, sophisticated data and curious data.

The age of entitlements has ended up creating social segregation.

Workless class doesn’t vote

Workless class doesn’t have a voice.

Workless class doesn’t matter.

Workless class lives in the age of entitlements.

The age of entitlements has ended up creating  social segregation.

A new data on sale

A new data on sale:

Your location data will be sold to marketers.

Location that includes doctors visits.

In the U.S., companies don't have to get a consent before collecting and sharing your personal information, including your location.

The Reality About Inequality

The Reality About Inequality

'A fair chance in the race of life' does come through the true free market alone.

Places with some kind of free market

Places with some kind of free market

Hong Kong ,Singapore, Australia, Switzerland, New Zealand and Canada.

The Wrong Question to the Right Answer?

The Wrong Question to the Right Answer?

Can the Fed taper its bond purchases?

The current and future trends regarding Mergers & Acquisitions

The current and future trends regarding Mergers & Acquisitions

The current and future trends regarding Mergers & Acquisitions in the technology sector is based on the tendency of big corporation to invest in companies that help them compromise legally citizen’s privacy issues.

Mergers and Acquisitions will be in the next two years mainly in technologies and business that subtly can use hardware or software to get data from users behaviors.

In my humble opinion in the next two years the most important mergers and acquisitions will always have an issue related to ACLU, NSA or the American Psychological Association.