Showing posts with label States. Show all posts
Showing posts with label States. Show all posts

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Greed and amoral position of the business in the United States of America

As a nation, the political maturity of this country is, as a whole, pure naivete. The illogical becomes the norm.The lies and harkened deceits are as new and improved by right wing "entertainers" who serve as the quasi leadership for racism, hatred and more importantly, fear.


As a consumer, the United States is among the most populous gluttonous of natural resources, and seemingly the least able to change when the environment and reality demand that change be effected. Too often the political leaders of our country fail to put the nation ahead of their personal careers. The ideologues rule the day and quash any attempt at rational discourse. And they are able to do so because of very 'undemocratic ' rules in the U.S. Senate. They are bought and paid for by the special interests whose companies have nothing to do with the long-term survival of this great country, but everything to do with the bottom line of their balance sheets.And these same politicians typically have no fear of election defeat because the thirty second sound bite clouds the eyes of voters who fail to comprehend the true gravity of the wallowing morass we find ourselves in today. And the talking points issued by faux news organizations and talking heads provide the only rational many people find for believing as they do that they are special, or better than, and deserve to lead even if it is into the abyss.


It does not matter if it is climate change, the banking system and Wall street or torture being passed off as an ' enhanced interrogation technique.Most of us are so caught up in the day to day struggle to pay for this life of the "American Dream"-built on credit, that where a feeling of impotence effecting meaningful change through our legislators and Congress takes a back seat to putting dinner on the table and paying our mortgage. Individually we have only one small voice in the land of the ' special interest ' democracy. Organized interests have input, and they also have coffers to draw upon that allow them to pay for the legislation they are pushing and that will benefit their particular designs.


In truth, our great nation has never really been a "free and participatory democracy". I say this simply because even the United States Constitution, the founding document from which all else is supposed to flow, when originally written in 1787 did not count slaves as complete persons.The slaves of that day were counted only as 3/5 's of a person per slave where representation in the U.S. House of Representatives was concerned and where the apportionment or direct taxes was applied. Further, slaves were not allowed to vote, but neither were women, regardless of their color. As a point of fact, the fifteenth amendment, adopted in 1870 prohibited any state from denying a person the right to vote because of race, color or previous condition of servitude.The Nineteenth Amendment, adopted in 1920, prohibited any state from denying the right to vote to any citizen because of sex.


Business in the United States is, at best, amoral. Our nation was brought to its knees economically, as was much of the world economy at the end of the 20th century. The seeds for this collapse were sown with the removal of banking regulation beginning in 1980 with the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of that year, and culminated with the repeal of Glass-Steagall by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999.


From the end of the Great Depression and the advent of the Banking Act of 1933 (one facet of the Glass-Steagall Act,) this law was designed to limit financial risk and investment banks to keep separate and distinct from commercial banks. The subsequent economic growth of this nation is unparalleled in human history.


With the end of regulation and the greed that drove it, the investment bankers and commercial bankers riverboat gamblers who simply became not only put together bundles or poor investments and sold them as winners to investors throughout the world, they also developed programs that allowed them to bet against the success of those bundled, poor investments.So, they were able to play both sides of the equation against the middle. In so doing, they built in guarantees of financial reward for themselves and their companies while the economies of the world faltered.


Remember, the primary legal requirement for any corporation to exist is that it make a profit. As big a profit as can possibly be made. How it is made seems to be pretty much irrelevant. The mere fact that profits pile on top of profits and enrich the few with secretive financial instruments meets virtually all the legal requirements for a corporation. The moral bankruptcy that ensues by deceiving the investors and destroying the retirements or countless citizens whose fund managers were among those who invested in these "bundled" entanglements, it was pretty much irrelevant to any but those whose lives were decimated.


Wall Street and the bankers of those organizations deemed to be "too big to fail" are holding the U.S. economy and the stability of the world economy hostage as they design and implement derivatives and gambling tools that are outside the purview of current state or federal law, and they do it for one reason-GREED driven by profits ... Greed that is rationalized as maximizing profit regardless of the impact it has on the public or the economy, as a whole.


After all, what do add to the derivatives market? Not a thing.They do not produce a product for use in homes or in businesses. They do not produce anything that can be consumed. They only produce profits or losses. But when you build the financial instrument and you control the rules of the game, you cannot lose. Money making money, but it provides no strength to the long-term fabric of our economy or our society. It certainly does not create jobs, but it does enrich the few.And anything designed and developed strictly for the purpose of making a profit with no return being added to the economy is pure, unadulterated GREED. This is where deregulation has led us.Does anyone truly believe there is a positive to be had from this type of unlimited patentability and unfettered economic activity?If so, I would welcome your input.


One further note-Please do not use the tried and true, those false and proven so, "trickle down economic theory".It didn't work.It never has, and it never will.Why?Because people are greedy and when they have more than they can consume they become delusional about their relative importance in this world especially when compared to everyone or anyone else.Without a firm hold on what is morally correct and demanded of any who follow a thought process involving goodness and a strength of character that exists without a legal requirement for being so, there can be no healthy philosophy for building a sound structure and being concerned for anyone but their own.

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Financing of the United States Stimulus Package with Chinese investment in US Treasuries

In an attempt to the financing of the stimulus package and support for the economy, it is the United States pressure on China to buy Treasury securities during these tough economic times.


With China sitting on a growing mountain of foreign exchange reserves which no one can miss the significance of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the United States, Hilary Clinton decides to China the center piece of her four nation tour of Asia. her first trip as America's top diplomat. While her tour took her also Japan, South Korea and Indonesia, the focus was clear about the economic relations between the United States and China.


In the midst of the Assembly of the fear that Washington can struggle to finance the bank bail-outs and ballooning deficits over the next two years, her goal was to persuade China to continue to invest in the foreign exchange reserves US Treasury securities. This to help finance the bailout of failing u.s. banks and pay for the $ 787 billion stimulus package.


The Ministry of Finance has indicated that it almost $ 500 billion in the first quarter of this year alone.


In its statement on Chinese television "the Chinese know that in order to start again to export to the largest market, the United States, the United States has a drastic measures with the stimulus package.We need more debt. "


She also said, "we're really going to rise or fall together. By continuing to support the instruments of the u.s. Treasury, recognize the Chinese our interconnections".


She offered to Beijing full guarantees that the administration of Obama is planning to restore sound conditions on the health of the u.s. public accounts and the interests of the holders of bonds, once the economy starts to improve.


China has already $ 700 billion worth of U.S. Treasury securities. Critics fear that they can influence as hostility between the two countries, in particular on issues of interest is created when human rights, Tibet and climate change.


China entered in the current global economic crisis with enough savings, but also with a number of important economic weakness. unequal exchange rate has encouraged over investment in the export sector and as a result of the vulnerable to the slumping economy in the world.


Although the u.s. Treasury bonds are considered to be relatively safe and stable in value relative to other financial instruments, the rise in the debt from the Treasury by the Chinese concerns that the country constantly pile of these effects would lead to investment losses in the future as prices tumble activated. China's holdings of treasuries, accounting for more than 45% of its foreign exchange reserves that could be dangerous.


Some critics claim that China must diversify its foreign currency reserves. with the holding of these bonds will be shown on the risk of a drop in prices such as the United States giving more of stimulating the economy. China are abundant currency reserves to buy raw materials use and energy-related products that would help support economic growth.

Friday, October 8, 2010

The United States Can compete with China on production?

The competition between the US and China seems to be warming up, since the recent economic disaster in many markets has both countries on an even playing field in a variety of industries.


Production was once dominated by the United States from the early forties with large amounts of bombs and ammunition for WWII to production to the late 70 's, when about industry began to die in the US slowly until this recent economic recession all threw in a downward spiral that many economists for a long time.


The United States continues to try to hold on to what they have left of the processing industry, but with the great Chinese investment in their own production and a lower minimum wage and almost non-existent health and safety standards the fight. In many ways, the United States almost debt for nearly two decades now the Americans for the most part have opted for the cheaper product made in China about the product that is usually more expensive, but at home was created.This has taken a toll in the years to come, where many companies have has shrunk so much they can not compete because if your products are not in large bulk up then the prices have to go with them than something completely out of business. If this is not bad enough on the stock market in China is to create an almost limitless investment machine that is referenced in the article "China's growth enterprise market." If this trend continues, the United States have made substantial changes even compete for a small market share with China and so many other countries of East Asia.


The United States has a unique opportunity for me as they can large plants for the production of things like green or clean technology that can't be outsourced. this market was booming at one point, but has recently somewhat faded due to many other pressing issues.If the Americans can not only some of this technology, but can be for the manufacture of right in their own country would be another tree, but right now they are years behind countries such as Germany, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Japan, and even in this area.


If there is a chance that the United States back on their feet production mode can compete with China needs courageous innovation and a little bit of chance, new industries, because at this point, you can not compete with someone who is making the products more quickly and for less money.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Living and working conditions in the United States by automatic or invest in a company in the Netherlands

There are some options for businesses and people who wish to go to the United States by the immigration laws of the United States. The following are examples of the relevant laws and how they can apply to you:


The creation of an American Branch Office of an Indian company: The L-1 visa is a temporary visa, expandable up to seven years, which the holder of an intra-company.Under this visa, a company outside the United States, its owners, executives, managers, and specialised employees transfer to an American Branch Office. A requirement is that the employee for the international company must have worked for a year in the last three years.


It is also permitted by the visa to the United States, for the purpose of establishing a branch of the international company to come. It can also be used to staff for a company that has merged or taken over by a u.s. company.


If the US Office for more than a year, owners, administrative or management level staff requests for a permanent residency in the United States ("Green") under the International Council for the EB-1 and managers. Permanent residence permit is also granted to the spouses and children under the age of 21.


These visas are well suited for business owners who want to do business in America.It also works well for the owner of the company to buy an interest in the American company or an interest to sell to an American company. the companies jointly developed into an international company and employees can exchange between them.Because of this, the Indian company wholesale goods or services that have been produced in India are sold or delivered, directly or indirectly, on the US market by the u.s. Office.


Invest in the American company: the EB-5 Investor Visa offers an investor, his spouse and children under the age of 21 permanent residency in the United States as well as the investment of $ 500,000.00 in rural or high unemployment areas or $ 1 million for other areas.The investment should make 10 full time jobs for American or permanent resident employees during a period of two years.


The EB-5 can be used for the owner of a company to the definition of a company in the United States, investing in an American company or through a designated regional centre. the regional centre programme is a designation given to an area that is the creation of direct and indirect employment in an area by means of the infusion of investment capital, usually for a large project or a set of projects.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

The United States Dollar Silver Coin

On and off since the late seventeen hundred, the United States has a wide variety of dollar coins. Created by applying dissimilar metals at various points, including gold, silver, copper and nickel, they're a popular name with both the general public and coin collectors alike. Without a doubt, the most popular US dollar currency the silver dollar. Generations fill the silver dollar the importance of the coin enthusiasts, but also those who invest in precious metals.


In General, silver dollars are made of about 90% silver by an additional amount of copper added to the currency sustainability added. There was a short period of time, when the contents of silver in the coins has been increased by a small amount of to compete with foreign silver coins that had more content.These coins are not generally considered to be its circulation within the United States, and became known as the trade dollar. in times of a shortage of the raw silver that was needed in the production of coins, the amount of copper-nickel used was increased to as much as 60% of the total content.


Silver dollars have beaten was in six installations, including the coins at West point, New York (W), Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), (P), New Orleans, Louisiana (O), Carson City, Nevada (CC), San Francisco, California (s) and Denver, Colorado (D).


In the history of the United States Mint is interesting to note that silver in many respects such as valuable as gold was, and just as difficult to find. This is the reason why you find that the production numbers very limited as a result of the difficulties were involved in the production of silver. When the value of silver was increased to a point that it is the production of silver dollars was financially impractical, put an end to the production of the coins. This was the case between the year 1804 to 1836.


Production has not completely new to the discovery in the Comstock Lode Nevada in 1850.Such a great deposit of silver rushed into the production of silver coins within the United States.Began at the end of the day, even the massive deposits found in Nevada pine is due to a delay in production to 1904. the Argentine increased again in 1918, the availability of the raw materials needed, but even this rather temporary in nature, such as the silver deficits seemed to come and go of the year.


The United States Mint began production of the American silver Eagle coins in 1986, a coin that is 100% pure silver, with a weight of a full troy ounce. in contrast to the previous silver dollars, which is the silver Eagle was not intended to be a coins such as the silver content appreciated times almost five at least the nominal value of the coin, depending on market conditions. many of today's investors tend to buy silver Eagles as a hedge against the falling dollar value of the.