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I got this email:

This idea sounds just crazy enough to possibly work, so naturally it won’t be given serious consideration. How great is our bureaucracy!!

Hi Pals,

I’m against the $85,000,000,000.00 bailout of AIG.

Instead, I’m in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in a We Deserve It Dividend.

To make the math simple, let’s assume there are 200,000,000 bonafide U.S. Citizens 18+.

Our population is about 301,000,000 +/- counting every man, woman and child. So 200,000,000 might be a fair stab at adults 18 and up..

So divide 200 million adults 18+ into $85 billion that equals $425,000.00.

My plan is to give $425,000 to every person 18+ as a We Deserve It Dividend.

Of course, it would NOT be tax free.

So let’s assume a tax rate of 30%.

Every individual 18+ has to pay $127,500.00 in taxes.

That sends $25,500,000,000 right back to Uncle Sam.

But it means that every adult 18+ has $297,500.00 in their r pocket.

A husband and wife has $595,000.00.

What would you do with $297,500.00 to $595,000.00 in your family?

Pay off your mortgage – housing crisis solved.

Repay college loans – what a great boost to new grads

Put away money for college – it’ll be there

Save in a bank – create money to loan to entrepreneurs.

Buy a new car – create jobs

Invest in the market – capital drives growth

Pay for your parent’s medical insurance – health care improves

Enable Deadbeat Dads to come clean – or else

Remember this is for every adult U S Citizen 18+ including the folks who lost their jobs at Lehman Brothers and every other company that is cutting back. And of course, for those serving in our Armed Forces.

If we’re going to re-distribute wealth let’s really do it…instead of trickling out a puny $1000.00 ( “vote buy” ) economic incentive that is being proposed
by one of our candidates for President.

If we’re going to do an $85 billion bailout, let’s bail out every adult U S Citizen 18+!

As for AIG – liquidate it.

Sell off its parts.

Let American General go back to being American General.

Sell off the real estate.

Let the private sector bargain hunters cut it up and clean it up.

Here’s my rationale. We deserve it and AIG doesn’t.

Sure it’s a crazy idea that can “never work.”

But can you imagine the Coast-To-Coast Block Party!

How do you spell Economic Boom?

I trust my fellow adult Americans to know how to use the $85 Billion

We Deserve It Dividend more than I do the geniuses at AIG or in Washington DC

And remember, The Birk plan only really costs $59.5 Billion because $25.5 Billion is returned instantly in taxes to Uncle Sam.

Ahhh…I feel so much better getting that off my chest.

Kindest personal regards,

Birk

T. J . Birkenmeier, A Creative Guy & Citizen of the Republic

PS: Feel free to pass this along to your pals as it’s either good for a laugh or a tear or a very sobering thought on how to best use $85 Billion!!

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A business is unlikely to be able to secure startup capital from a venture capitalist without which of the following?

A. A plan for an initial public offering
B. An angel investor providing seed capital
C. The expectation of success in a short period of time
D. A history of profitable operation

i seriously dont have a clue maybe you can help

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No; visa overstaying is illegal, criminal, and the receipient is inelgible for amnesty!

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Green Card in One Year

With the long delay in the processing of family-based and 3rd preference employment-based visas, a viable option for investors who want to immigrate to the U.S. fast is the EB-5 category.

Under this category, the investor can invest $500,000 and he and his family may obtain their conditional green cards in less than a year. The money must have been obtained through lawful means such as gift, loan, investment, sale of property or inheritance.

The EB-5 category was created in 1990 for those who could invest $1 million (or $500,000 under certain circumstances) in a new commercial enterprise that create at least 10 full-time jobs. 10,000 visas are allotted annually.I

Initially, only a few availed of the benefit because of the restrictive requirements. In 1993, a pilot program was established which allowed more flexibility in complying with the requirements. This attracted more applicants.

The pilot program designated “regional centers” that could participate in the immigrant investor visa program. These regional centers are allotted 5,000 of the 10,000 EB-5 visas available. This program expires on September 30, 2008.

The regional centers currently approved by the USCIS to participate in the program are located in Pennsylvania, California, South Dakota, Washington, Louisiana, Vermont, Texas, Wisconsin, Iowa and Alabama.

“Regional centers” can satisfy the job creation requirement by counting not only the direct jobs created as a result of the investor’s investment but also indirect jobs created in related industries. This means that the investor does not have to hire 10 persons himself.

The investor is not required to manage his investment on a daily basis as he can be just a limited partner. As a limited partner, he will only be required to get involved in policy activities. There is also no requirement as to business training and experience or language skills.

To obtain the green card, the investor has to file Form I-526, Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur and once it is approved, he is interviewed by a U.S. Consul abroad. If he is in the U.S. he may file for adjustment of status.

Upon passing the consular interview or the adjustment of status interview, the investor is granted a conditional green card for 2 years. To remove the condition, he must submit Form I-829, Petition by Entrepreneur to Remove Condition about 3 months prior to the expiration of his green card. He will have to demonstrate that he has satisfied all the requirements of the investor program.

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The negativity is all around us and it is contagious. Do people just NEED to be negative in order to feel better about themselves?

Whenever I go to seminars there is ALWAYS somebody there who wants to then give their own little mini-seminar on the break or in the restroom telling you why the seminar presenters are all full of crap and why what they are selling just will not work.

Usually these are people who you can tell are not very successful in life. Do they perhaps need to be downers in order to feel better about their own failures in life? I really want to know what others think because I have my own views on this. I’ve attended seminars and presentations by some of the most well known and undeniably successful entrepreneurs in their industry (real estate; Forex investing; Stock Trading; eCommerce Marketing; mail-order; etc.) and these pessimists even say those things about them! I do feel so terribly sorry for the many who never learn that the way to learn how to acquire real wealth is from sitting at the feet of those who have acquired it (and not some professor who earns $79,000 a year IF he’s really good.)

Have you had this experience with pessimism -versus- optimism? Are YOU one of these people? If so then please explain WHY you always see the glass as half full rather than half empty. Has this pessimism worked for you?
Excuse me. I mis-typed. I meant to say WHY do you see the glass as half empty? Or …why do you focus more on the negative rather than the positive in a thing. This is the pessimists trademark.

Just curious. I know for online stock trading, pretty much every area in the USA is covered. But Forex is such a high-risk arena and one that is FULL OF SCAMS, that I don’t think ordinary people would trade it.

My friend started a business startup that delivers live Forex quotes for free and asked if I’d join. Well, I want to know if the time and effort I put in will be worth it.

Which areas in the US has most people wanting to trade Forex? What type of people like to trade forex? I get the feeling it’s mostly hedge fund managers in NYC who do it…..rather than individual middle class people.

specifically, if someone has a detailed idea for a profitable website (like they have worked out the whole build and functionality of it), would a venture company lend them money? or no matter how much they like it, do venture capitalists ever just invest in ideas??
thanks for the answer jay…so like it is not necessary to have a site built before contacting them? do u think it is better to build a “not-full-potential” site before asking them? or is a killer idea enough? thanks so so much

I have a friend who wants to have his inventions developed, and he needs a venture capitalist to help him by writing to you to ask about this.

PLEASE READ I AM DOING A STUDY ON THIS :]

You know I have always read in magazines and on TV that rich people and entrepreneurs like Bill Gates were always industrious and innovative etc. etc. In my own life however most the rich people that I know like Millionaires didn’t really do or create any genius product, rather they saved and bought assets that produce automatic income in a smart like (like stocks) and they started businesses that were very common but used simple philosophies to running them. As an example they buy hotels. There is absolutely nothing really genius about owning a hotel but it still makes one of the people I know over 100,000 thousand a year on top of the other businesses he owns. Sure he gives good service and the the place is clean. So what is the secret to success ? Does it lean more toward thinking of brilliant new product ideas: or simply investing buy assets and making business work because you provide service etc. using the Hotel example?

http://blogs.jobdig.com/diggings/2008/08/28/there-are-few-secrets-to-business-success/