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The Stock Market's Illusion

The Obama administration is using the same tactics a Republican administration would use and has used in the past.

Gore Vidal said about American politics:

"[t]here is only one party in the United States, the Property Party...and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. Republicans are a bit stupider, more rigid, more doctrinaire in their laissez-faire capitalism than the Democrats, who are cuter, prettier, a bit more corrupt—until recently... and more willing than the Republicans to make small adjustments when the poor, the black, the anti-imperialists get out of hand. But, essentially, there is no difference between the two parties.


On Jun 09 11:52 PM lex wrote:

> Obamanomics is a joke. He is relying on his charisma to fuel the
> spending recovery in the US. Obamanomics is responsible for propping
> up the stockmarket, so sentiment will get better and thus consumer
> confidence will rise so that ppl will spend more. His propanganda
> machine is working overtime...save 600k jobs? how did he work that
> out?

The Stock Market's Illusion

It's worth examining what happens when speculators drive the price of anything far beyond its actual worth, why they do it, and what the after effects are.

Because, in essence, during speculative bubbles, markets lose their efficiency and sometimes explode into complete chaos.

A deep study of this phenomenon would require an entire book, of course, but we can at least take a glance at it.

The first regulation of the SEC was the Securities Act of 1933:

1. It requires that investors receive financial and other significant information concerning securities being offered for public sale; and

2. It prohibits deceit, misrepresentations, and other fraud in the sale of securities.

Critics counter that government regulations are ineffective because government officials accept bribes, corrupt politicians make back room deals and are often drawn to politics for the sole purpose of gaining power and wealth.

Government officials point out that countless small time crooks, and sometimes big time operators like Bernie Madoff, steal billions of dollars from investors.

Hyperinflation in Germany and Austria are interesting case studies. After World War I, both cynical politicians and rapacious speculators welcomed hyperinflation because it allowed them to virtually steal Germany and Austria from their wealthy aristocrat and business owners.

Socialists battled with gangsters on the streets of Berlin and Vienna for control of their respective countries.

What was the aftermath of this brutal struggle between socialists and gangsters for control of a country whose social, political and economic integrity had been destroyed by hyperinflation? Adolf Hitler and ultimately World War II. The gangsters won.

If a workable balance between government regulation and free enterprise can't be found, a balance that prevents runaway speculation, we Americans might find ourselves facing a similar war over ownership and control of a economically, socially and politically devastated Untied States.

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There is no formula.


On May 05 11:32 AM MICHAEL WILEY wrote:

> Please Post and Please send copy to President Obama.
> I'm an entrepreneur from Michigan and a 4-Time Gold Medal Winner
> on Inventions, and I received The First Place Gold Medal for The
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>
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>
> #2 A device that will help Prevent Multiple Vehicle Accidents, <br/>100
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>
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>
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>
> #5. A new Semi Trailer that will Revolutionize the Trucking Industry.
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> with the transport company's.
>
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>
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>
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>
> A market survey last year estimated that they were going to build
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>
> The cost of the Product to be Installed is about $ 52.00.
> We are looking for $100.00 per unit in Royalties.
> Simple Math 24.5 Million Vehicles X $100.00 = 2.45 Billion a Year
> in Royalties. We want to Manufacture as many ideas as Possible here
> in the U.S.A. We know we have to adjust the number of vehicles now
> because of the Economy.
>
> My Question is-
> HOW DO I PROCEED AND MAKE THIS HAPPEND?.
> More Information on globalinventionsolutio...
> Click on Company Overview
> Michael Wiley
> [e-mail]