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U.S. Government Practices Restrict Jobs Growth

As a small business owner in Hawaii, I see daily the government attempting to raise revenue on the backs of small business. Unemployment insurance per employee is going from $200 per year to $1000 in 2010 and $1500 in 2011. The State owns all boat harbors and is going to raise rates (most boats are commercial in the harbors on Maui) on slips from $18 a foot to $70 a foot per month. Instead of cutting spending the government is all about raising taxes. As long as government raises revenue on the backs of small business we will have increased unemployment. I have a solution, cut costs, raise prices or cut payroll. Hey wait I've been doing that for almost two years now and guess what?

Employment: Minimum Wage, Maximum Stupidity

The only time I had minimum wage jobs was when I was in high school. Because I started at the bottom rung and had to learn how to climb to the higher rungs, I eventually got to the top. It wasn't overnight either but half of a lifetime. This idea of a living wage is ridiculous. Living within your means and continuing to strive to do better is the answer. The safety nets that the government has created has led to unmotivated and uninspired entry level employees.

Obama (Should Say) to California: Drop Dead

California is exactly how the entire US will end up eventually.

Will Najarian's Prediction of a Stock Market Explosion Come True?

You say this news of the congressional meeting is old therefore the stocks affected already have been priced accordingly. If that is how the market works then why did several stem cell stocks explode the day after Obama took office and explode again when it was announced that Obama would reverse Bush's stem cell rule. It was known by everyone that Obama would overturn Bush's ruling yet the stocks moved only after certain events occurred. I think that the day of March 12 will bring a jump in financial stocks just as Obama's stem cell reversal moved the stem cell stocks.

Options Trader: Tuesday Outlook

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I lived in Europe, France and Holland, and people drive everywhere. A larger percentage of people drive to vacation than take the train. Check out the traffic in the coastal towns on the Atlantic and the Med in summer. The Route de Soleil, Paris to the Med coast, is a parking lot in the summer. If you don't like to drive then take the train but do not call someones desire to drive a car a bad habit.