Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Freedom literacy
Freedom literacy is a new skill we need to live in this new world of individual responsibility and Government's collection of electronic data
Very few countries have taken the initiative to improve freedom literacy and capability.
If you don’t do that, this is not something that grows with you or that people acquire by their daily lives.
Recording everything you do, forces you to be aware of where your go and what you do.
The more we focus on our freedom and are conscious of it, the more likely we will not take it for granted.
Sunday, June 9, 2013
How to limit inefficient government bureaucracy, tax rates and tax regulations?
How to limit inefficient government bureaucracy, tax rates and tax
regulations?
Place a civil servant a congressman and a senator in a dreary office
rented by them and tell them to run a business for a year.
Saturday, June 8, 2013
What is the main difference between Europe and America?
What is the main difference between Europe and America?
The location of the financial assets.
Banks dominate finance in Europe, especially in the struggling south.
Some 85% of financial assets in Italy, 87% in Spain and 96% in Greece are held by banks and other credit institutions, compared with less than 30% in the U.S. So when the banks don't lend, European economies can't grow.
Even if U.S. banks are struggling, U.S. companies can raise funds from the markets.
The location of the financial assets.
Banks dominate finance in Europe, especially in the struggling south.
Some 85% of financial assets in Italy, 87% in Spain and 96% in Greece are held by banks and other credit institutions, compared with less than 30% in the U.S. So when the banks don't lend, European economies can't grow.
Even if U.S. banks are struggling, U.S. companies can raise funds from the markets.
Thursday, June 6, 2013
When fiscal and monetary policies do not work.
When fiscal and monetary policies do not work.
No matter how many quantitative easing programs you can use.
In 2006, 63.4% of the American working-age population was employed. That percentage declined to a
low of 58.2% in July 2011 and now stands at 58.6%.
No matter how many quantitative easing programs you can use.
In 2006, 63.4% of the American working-age population was employed. That percentage declined to a
low of 58.2% in July 2011 and now stands at 58.6%.
Freedom and security never matched
Freedom and security never matched
According to the US Government:
Every time Americans makes a call, the US Government gets a record of the location, the number called, the time of the call and the length of the conversation.
Every time Americans send and email or visit a website the US Government gets a record of it.
Every time Americans pay with a credit card the US Government gets a record of it.
Every time Americans create information the US Government "maps" individuals connected with that information.
The US Government surveillance of people is breathtaking.
Is the US Government out of control?
According to the US Government:
Every time Americans makes a call, the US Government gets a record of the location, the number called, the time of the call and the length of the conversation.
Every time Americans send and email or visit a website the US Government gets a record of it.
Every time Americans pay with a credit card the US Government gets a record of it.
Every time Americans create information the US Government "maps" individuals connected with that information.
The US Government surveillance of people is breathtaking.
Is the US Government out of control?
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Why poverty in America is concentrated most heavily in the mid-western states and old industrial north east?
Why poverty in America is concentrated most heavily in the mid-western states and old industrial north east?
Because few rural areas are experiencing population growth
According to the Department of Agriculture 15 per cent of the US population spread across 72 per cent of its land area and those aged 65 and over account for 15 per cent of the rural population but 12 per cent of population nationally.
Because few rural areas are experiencing population growth
According to the Department of Agriculture 15 per cent of the US population spread across 72 per cent of its land area and those aged 65 and over account for 15 per cent of the rural population but 12 per cent of population nationally.
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Economics is not a highly sophisticated field of thought.
Economics is not a highly sophisticated field of thought.
You don't need to be an economist to know what was wrong in the past.
And about the future, careful economic analysis and data are unable to kill personal interest and ideology at time of making tough choices.
You don't need to be an economist to know what was wrong in the past.
And about the future, careful economic analysis and data are unable to kill personal interest and ideology at time of making tough choices.
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