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  • Bret Jensen
    Story of the day...why california is going broke....http://bit.ly/T13Dz6
    10/9/12
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    • J. Sheehan: Highest sales tax, 5th highest income tax collection per cap, highest gas tax/prices, but is $617B in debt, more than double any other state
      10/10/12
    • willdabo: So scary. "4 more years" is no longer a chant of encouragement.
      11/30/12
      • Bret Jensen
        Anyone who wonders why California is going broke should read this....http://bit.ly/UvaTtC
        10/7/12
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        • 1980XLS-2.0: Connecticut will join Ca. , as they are following the same playbook.
          10/8/12
        • rjj1960: 911 gave all cops and firemen a free hand to grab with 2 hands. HEROES, your kidding. Firechiefs could be the biggest scam ever, useless.
          10/8/12
          • Bret Jensen
            Are we in recession already? http://bit.ly/KCrJCs
            6/16/12
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            • Niksurfs: Aside from the rhetoric, we have been in one since 2007
              6/20/12
            • Sinvestor7135: Thanks for all your insight!
              8/23/12
              • Bret Jensen
                How Obama's bailout of UAW cost taxpayers close to $25B....http://on.wsj.com/L7pQvU
                6/14/12
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                • geob511: my friend wen't on a trip there -got there at noon couldn't even buy a sandwich--they sleep from noon to 5
                  8/7/12
                • phemale60: Must have a rippin night life! sounds kinda good considering I kind of live at work! Vacations too far and few between. They're paying price
                  8/8/12
                  • Bret Jensen
                    Maybe there is now hope for the sustainability of state budgets now...http://wapo.st/NTQGqy
                    6/8/12
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                    • Day Trader001: Did they hit the Lottery?
                      6/8/12
                    • Bob Peticolas: Huh? State budgets are required to be balanced. Wisconsin is just the ongoing struggle to create cheaper labor.
                      6/11/12
                      • Bret Jensen
                        California slides further into oblivion.....http://on.wsj.com/KqB0uy
                        5/15/12
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                        • jdub2788: Imagine that, cut taxes for EVERYONE....not just groups of individuals. Now, wasn't I just saying this y'day?
                          5/15/12
                        • Soleil Bleu: False dichotomy of progressivism and fiscal prudence. Clinton left a surplus, while Bush accrued debt fighting his daddie's war.
                          5/16/12
                          • Bret Jensen
                            Will the last business out of California turn off the lights? http://bit.ly/IXbQUa
                            5/11/12
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                            • Soleil Bleu: California should be congratulated for not joining the race to the bottom to kowtow to businesses.
                              5/14/12
                              • Bret Jensen
                                Obama seems to be channeling his inner Nixon. http://on.wsj.com/JlgqtH
                                5/11/12
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                                • phemale60: GOP today is not Nixon's GOP. Nixon would be denounced as liberal by today's party. See "adult" Dick Lugar? Obama is no lib darling!
                                  5/11/12
                                • Bob Peticolas: Nixon would be too liberal for the Dems. He proposed a negative income tax to guarantee an income for the poor!
                                  6/11/12
                                  • Bret Jensen
                                    This move in Israel seems to be underfollowed. War with Iran coming? http://bit.ly/KV09tG
                                    5/11/12
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                                    • eabyrd: Here's a good read on the implications of the new unity government... http://wapo.st/K82C57
                                      5/11/12
                                    • TruffelPig: Good luck to us all.
                                      5/11/12
                                      • Bret Jensen
                                        How welfare corrodes a society....http://on.wsj.com/LaY2EF
                                        5/9/12
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                                        • wscheung: because, corporate welfare is the worst kind.
                                          5/9/12
                                        • jazzfan1: the article is completely irrelevant: the world it describes doesn`t exist on this planet; not in spain, not in germany+neverever in the US
                                          5/11/12
                                          • Bret Jensen
                                            The next Aubrey Mcclendon? http://on.barrons.com/KKBics
                                            5/8/12
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                                            • Bob de'Long: Stiller, another guy buying his own stock on margin when they are having a bad quarter.
                                              5/8/12
                                            • Tom in Texas: Yikes, $125 million margin call.
                                              5/8/12
                                              • Bret Jensen
                                                Austerity? What Austerity? http://bit.ly/ISm5dn
                                                5/8/12
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                                                  • Bret Jensen
                                                    Greece is done, the market is just starting to recognize this.....http://bit.ly/JVsxzc
                                                    5/8/12
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                                                    • realornot: not yet? Where is the Fat lady???
                                                      5/8/12
                                                    • eabyrd: lol realornot - I always think about the scene in Independence Day where they're in the mother ship. "I ain't heard no fat lady!" :)
                                                      5/8/12
                                                      • Bret Jensen
                                                        Why Europe is doomed....http://tgr.ph/KBZu6p
                                                        5/8/12
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                                                        • phemale60: OK, you guys, I didn't have to look far. That liberal bastion Marketwatch: http://bit.ly/JcpuoH These are not normal times!
                                                          5/8/12
                                                        • phemale60: Milt would be supporting Bernanke's actions. Big Ben saved the world! We're profiting, and I'm grateful. Support Ron Paul!!! I dare you.
                                                          5/8/12
                                                          • Bret Jensen
                                                            Shocking! A government program rife with fraud and unintended consequences......http://nyti.ms/JzkJED
                                                            4/25/12
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                                                              • Bret Jensen
                                                                Home prices still falling, hard to believe consumer spending will hold up long term given this...http://cnnmon.ie/JDwFmQ
                                                                4/24/12
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                                                                • mun2000: Agree Bret people will feel poor and spend less on vacantion and retail.price of gas is what keep the numers up.
                                                                  4/24/12
                                                                • realornot: My gasoline bill is around $500 a month vs $350 was in the past.
                                                                  4/24/12
                                                                  • Bret Jensen
                                                                    Good piece on how Spain will be next domino to fall.......http://bit.ly/Jtv9VO
                                                                    4/23/12
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                                                                    • Oceanstats: I chuckled at the austerity moves they made last week..but somehow Europe too big or crappy to fail.
                                                                      4/23/12
                                                                    • Mike Arnold: Sounds like a good place/time to invest in quality companies. Maybe Iberdrola if the price comes down a little further?
                                                                      4/24/12
                                                                      • Bret Jensen
                                                                        I wonder if any of MFGlobal's missing $1.6B is going into Corzine's latest effort..:-)....http://bit.ly/JfYRN4
                                                                        4/21/12
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                                                                        • 1980XLS-2.0: Question is, how much going to Obama's latest effort?
                                                                          4/21/12
                                                                          • Bret Jensen
                                                                            Amazing how far California has fallen...........http://on.wsj.com/I0jaQk
                                                                            4/21/12
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                                                                            • Ocean Man: The hottest 1% from every other city in America still move here. You should see the ones that are leaving.
                                                                              4/22/12
                                                                            • Perkins Cove: VT + 2 .....if you can afford to buy it, you can afford to pay the tax on it. OM, "the ones that are leaving"....?
                                                                              4/23/12
                                                                              • Bret Jensen
                                                                                Not a good week for govt........http://bit.ly/I9uLqd
                                                                                4/20/12
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                                                                                • surfnspy: $30! Hilarious. Thanks for the post Bret!
                                                                                  4/20/12