My favorite of the past few months: Suppose There Were Food Insurance.

Could investment gains be wiped out by currency devaluation? I personally don’t think this should be too big of a surprise, but for many people it will be.  While you’re at it have a look at an article from the Mises Institute on how Inflation Destroys Savings.

What’s really wrong with the healthcare industry? This should help you understand what is going on with our healthcare system.

Here’s an interesting article on how Zoning Laws Destroy Communities.  I found this one very intriguing and eye opening

Like stats about the economy?  Here are 50 Statistics About The U.S. Economy That Are Almost Too Crazy To Believe. The key word here is almost. And if you really like lists take a look at 101 Thoughts on America’s Economy.  One more list: Ten Economic Blenders From History

Learn about why you might want to Work For Free.

Corruption in Government is always an interesting, though depressing, read.  Read about Obama & the Banksters.

Sometimes I find it hard to believe just how much deception goes on right under our noses. Pretending that your company returned to profitability enough to repay taxpayers their money, when in reality you used taxpayer’s money to repay taxpayers is just downright deceptive.

Let’s put the blame where most of it should lay: The U.S. Government for taking ridiculous actions of bailing out unprofitable companies who waste resources in the first place.

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WASHINGTON — Amid mounting frustration over taxation and banking problems, small but growing numbers of overseas Americans are taking the weighty step of renouncing their citizenship.

“What we have seen is a substantial change in mentality among the overseas community in the past two years,” said Jackie Bugnion, director of American Citizens Abroad, an advocacy group based in Geneva. “Before, no one would dare mention to other Americans that they were even thinking of renouncing their U.S. nationality. Now, it is an openly discussed issue.”

The Federal Register, the government publication that records such decisions, shows that 502 expatriates gave up their U.S. citizenship or permanent residency status in the last quarter of 2009. That is a tiny portion of the 5.2 million Americans estimated by the State Department to be living abroad.

Still, 502 was the largest quarterly figure in years, more than twice the total for all of 2008, and it looms larger, given how agonizing the decision can be. There were 235 renunciations in 2008 and 743 last year. Waiting periods to meet with consular officers to formalize renunciations have grown.

Anecdotally, frustrations over tax and banking questions, not political considerations, appear to be the main drivers of the surge. Expat advocates say that as it becomes more difficult for Americans to live and work abroad, it will become harder for American companies to compete.

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