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More People Seeking Careers in Asia

Chris Grande — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:25:03 +0000

7.27.2010 As I have mentioned many times previously on this blog, and every time I talk in front of students at my alma mater (Tufts) regarding jobs, the real opportunities, that come from macro growth, are in Asia and the developing world (Brazil, Eastern Europe, Turkey). A New York Times article highlights this: NYTimes.com The [...]

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Man Illegally Deported and Tortured Can Not Sue the Gov’t?

Chris Grande — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 09:08:11 +0000

6/20/2010 In the WTF department, we have a case of a Canadian citizen, passing through the US on his way home (connecting flight), arrested on suspicion of being a terrorist, sent to Syria where he was held and tortured, then returned after A YEAR after being found innocent. NY Times Maher Arar sued the US [...]

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Private Option Health Care Act – HR5444

Chris Grande — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:22:34 +0000

6.3.2010 For those of you that actually think the government can afford to give everyone unlimited health care so that Americans can lead horrible lifestyles and waste trillions in unnecessary health care, you can stop reading here. For those of you that know we are pulling a Greece, that the added STRUCTURAL deficit added by [...]

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Average SF Municipal Employee Earns 93K – BEFORE Benefits

Chris Grande — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:58:30 +0000

4.27.2010 What the heck am I doing trying to run a business? I mean, why work hard, risk failure, pay rent for an office, fees and licenses, when I can make 100k with the city? The average city worker salary in San Francisco is $93,000 before benefits, according to Deputy City Controller Monique Zmuda. The [...]

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Real Growth is Usually Slower Growth

Chris Grande — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:12:51 +0000

3.123.2010 A point I have made many times in my discussions on US economic growth: Real Growth is Usually Slow Growth (crazy internet companies excepted!). Goosing growth with gimmicks like housing incentives, deficit spending, and such leads to overheated fake growth. Real growth comes from saving, investing, and growing through investments. I thought of that [...]

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Health Care Stock Spikes on ObamaCare

Chris Grande — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:38:47 +0000

3.24.10 What? the socialization of health care causes shares of Amerigroup (AGP) to spike? AGP jumped over 6% this AM on the passage of the major overhaul of health care/delivery/payment yesterday by Congress. I won’t get into all the debates of how this affects personal freedoms (you mean I have a pay a penalty now [...]

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11 Years Later and He Still Blames His Predecessors

Chris Grande — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:56:55 +0000

3.12.10 Interesting information reported recently by Reuters: Venezuela murder-rate quadrupled under Chavez -NGO Apparently, total murders in Venezuela have risen from roughly 4,500 when Hugo Chavez took power in 1999, to over 16,000 this past year according to an NGO (see story). Chavez blamed his predecessors, and since I didn’t hear the speech he probably [...]

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Lesson From Greece: Government Handouts Are “Sticky” in a Downward Direction

Chris Grande — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:43:59 +0000

3.11.2010 John Maynard Keynes argued that the problem with a free market was that certain parts of the economic world, such as wages, did not correct down when the overall economy corrected. Therefore, it was better to stimulate the economy to keep the effects of a downturn minimal. Though I prefer a freer market, I [...]

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If You Had to Cut a Check, You Would Vote for Lower Taxes

Chris Grande — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:18:47 +0000

3.9.10 I am absolutely convinced that if you had to physically write a check for your taxes, like many self employed people do, you would vote for lower taxes. This article on rising levels of sales taxes nationwide: Forbes Rising Sales Taxes Think about it – it would be the biggest check you write out [...]

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Housing Price Declines Are A RESULT Not Cause of Poor Fundamentals

Chris Grande — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:06:22 +0000

3.8.10 Rash-like skin reactions can be an early warning sign to stroke or heart attack – and treating the skin problems without knowing the underlying issue (the heart problem) would be a waste of time and likely not end in a favorable result. I know this well having lost my godmother under this scenario. So [...]

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