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We focus primarily on the American scene but also cover world politics. "},"link":[{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/nomadicpolitics.blogspot.com\/feeds\/posts\/default"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/407281054887604200\/posts\/default\/-\/Nevada?alt=json-in-script\u0026max-results=2"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/nomadicpolitics.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Nevada"},{"rel":"hub","href":"http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Nomad"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/03686282358562565742"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"generator":{"version":"7.00","uri":"http://www.blogger.com","$t":"Blogger"},"openSearch$totalResults":{"$t":"2"},"openSearch$startIndex":{"$t":"1"},"openSearch$itemsPerPage":{"$t":"2"},"entry":[{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-407281054887604200.post-4042513186299685138"},"published":{"$t":"2016-03-09T16:36:00.000+02:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-03-09T16:36:16.380+02:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Banking"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"FACTA"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Fraud"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Internal Revenue Service"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"INvestment"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Justice Department"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Nevada"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Rothschild"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Swiss banks"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Switzerland"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"tax havens"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tax law"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Rising and Falling Fortunes: Rothschild Empire Faces Criminal Investigation in US and France "},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ch2 style=\"background-color: #bdbdbd; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small; font-weight: normal;\"\u003Eby Nomad\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/p5.focus.de\/img\/fotos\/crop701843\/1432717418-w1200-h627-o-q75-p5\/Rothschild-quer.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/p5.focus.de\/img\/fotos\/crop701843\/1432717418-w1200-h627-o-q75-p5\/Rothschild-quer.jpg\" height=\"208\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EIt might be a name long associated with fabulous wealth and enormous political influence, but the Rothschild Empire has been had its share of humiliations of late.\u003C\/h2\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003EHard Times for Billionaire Dynasty\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: #cccccc; font-family: \u0026quot;times\u0026quot; , \u0026quot;times new roman\u0026quot; , serif; font-size: x-large;\"\u003EA\u003C\/span\u003Es pioneers of international banking (as well as probably the wealthiest family in the history of the world,) the Rothschilds have been the subject of many a conspiracy theory. The exact amount of their family fortune is undisclosed, but by one conservative estimate, the Rothschild family controls\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.therichest.com\/business\/5-lesser-known-facts-about-the-rothschild-family\/?view=all\"\u003Eassets worth more than $350 billion\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;when each of their personal fortunes is combined.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe \u003Ca class=\"zem_slink\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rothschild_family\" rel=\"wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Rothschild family\"\u003ERothschild dynasty\u003C\/a\u003E is the el supreme of all family dynasties and went thing go bad there are plenty of people to gloat and plenty more to send their condolences. Ah, the way of the world is such like.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe family business has apparently been hit hard by the worldwide economic slump. That's not all the problems they have been facing.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIn June of last year, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.de\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=1\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwic16CGxLHLAhXFnw4KHc6kC9EQFggdMAA\u0026amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FDavid_Ren%25C3%25A9_de_Rothschild\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNHGzpLsn9T2Dbp9rvLR7xmbhSd3pg\"\u003EBaron David de Rothschild\u003C\/a\u003E, chairman of the Rothschild Financial Services Group since 2003, was indicted by French police for his role in \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.theolivepress.es\/spain-news\/2016\/03\/03\/spanish-translators-complete-essential-work-in-rothschild-investigation\/\"\u003Ea fraud case\u003C\/a\u003E. The independent investment banking organization which offers financial services to governments, corporations, and individuals worldwide. was charged with \"falsely advertising an equity release loan scheme, bought into by more than 130 pensioners between 2005 and 2008.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nMore than 20 British pensioners in Spain took up legal action against Rothschild’s company after losing their dream properties and thousands of euros.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nFrench investigators claimed that Rothschild’s product, the Credit Select Series Mortgage Loan, was \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/elpais.com\/elpais\/2014\/10\/31\/inenglish\/1414757329_859856.html\"\u003Esold to retirees as a legal tax haven\u003C\/a\u003E, specifically as a mean to reduce the apparent value of their homes for inheritance tax mitigation purposes.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe problem is that it wasn't as legal as Rothschild executives had claimed. The French tax agency ruled that such a scheme was a nothing more than fraud and that Rothschild should be held accountable. Said one of the French prosecutors:\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n“In short, independently of what happened to the investment, Rothschild advertised a loan aimed at reducing inheritance tax, which is a breach of tax law.\"\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe victims who now stand to lose their homes told the courts that they felt confident of the financial packages, having put their faith in the Rothschild name. In its defense, the investment banking company pointed out that its involvement was limited. It had only provided the loan, and \"was not involved in the investment side of the deal, which was carried out by financial intermediaries based in Spain, most of whom were British.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/elpais.com\/elpais\/2014\/10\/31\/inenglish\/1414757329_859856.html\"\u003EAnother source\u003C\/a\u003E also noted that the borrowers were advised to seek outside legal advice before committing to the loans. In addition,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n“All the loans were signed in the presence of a notary public to make sure that the signatories understood the contract. Rothschild did not provide advice. Rothschild believes that it met its legal and regulatory obligations at all times.” \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\nApparently the French authorities did not agree. Here's a link to the story with more details.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: #f5ecce; border-radius: 10px; border: 1px solid #BDBDBD;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"padding-left: 25px; padding-right: 10px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"embedly-card\" data-card-controls=\"0\" data-card-key=\"d75bc125605d4cbbafb3edfe428ead8b\" data-card-type=\"article\"\u003E\n\u003Ch4\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/thefreethoughtproject.com\/rothschild-bank-criminal-investigation-baron-david-de-rothschild-idictment\/\"\u003ERothschild Bank Now Under Criminal Investigation After Baron David De Rothschild Idictment\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\nLast year, Baron David de Rothschild was indicted by the French government after he was accused of fraud in a scheme that allegedly embezzled large sums of money from British pensioners. It has taken many years to bring this case against Rothschild and his company the Rothschild Financial Services Group, which trapped hundreds of pensioners in a bogus loan scheme between the years of 2005 and 2008.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"UTF-8\" src=\"\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/platform.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E\n\u003Cu\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAn Empire under Scrutiny?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003EWhile nobody in their right minds would claim that this is the Fall of the Rothschilds. The family business has apparently been hit hard and according to at least one source, the \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca class=\"zem_slink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rothschild.com\/\" rel=\"homepage\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"N M Rothschild \u0026amp; Sons\"\u003ERothschild group\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E saw profits fall by almost half in the year to the end of March 2009. \u0026nbsp;If nothing else, the negative publicity of being accused of common fraud has been a glove-slap in the face of its long reputation.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nLast year brought other unwelcome news for the Rothschilds.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nAt around the same time, the US Justice Department charged that the \u003Ca class=\"zem_slink\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=47.3666666667,8.55\u0026amp;spn=0.1,0.1\u0026amp;q=47.3666666667,8.55%20(Zurich)\u0026amp;t=h\" rel=\"geolocation\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Zurich\"\u003EZurich\u003C\/a\u003E-based private bank of the Rothschild financial dynasty, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.de\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=1\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwiBxLjixLHLAhUEt4MKHZznD3IQFggeMAA\u0026amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwealthmanagementandtrust.rothschild.com%2Fpage.aspx%3Fid%3D116\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNEFxZ7lirpJxZwGeu_jct0AC4x29w\"\u003ERothschild Bank AG\u003C\/a\u003E had used shell companies and banking secrecy to conceal undeclared assets.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAt a mere $11.5 million, the penalty was hardly crushing. In fact, the Rothschild bank and the Justice Department agreed to settle in order to share information on how vast fortunes were being secreted in offshore financial institutions.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThis Justice Department probe included other Swiss financial institutions, among them \u003Ca class=\"zem_slink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ubs.com\/\" rel=\"homepage\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"UBS\"\u003EUBS\u003C\/a\u003E Group AG and \u003Ca class=\"zem_slink\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=47.369602,8.539449\u0026amp;spn=1.0,1.0\u0026amp;q=47.369602,8.539449%20(Credit%20Suisse)\u0026amp;t=h\" rel=\"geolocation\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Credit Suisse\"\u003ECredit Suisse Group AG\u003C\/a\u003E. Both were fined \u003Ci\u003Ebillions\u003C\/i\u003E in penalties.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nOthers institutions like as \u003Ca class=\"zem_slink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.juliusbaer.com\/\" rel=\"homepage\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Julius Baer Group\"\u003EJulius Baer Group\u003C\/a\u003E Ltd. and the Swiss unit of \u003Ca class=\"zem_slink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hsbc.com\/\" rel=\"homepage\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"HSBC\"\u003EHSBC Holdings Plc\u003C\/a\u003E are still facing separate criminal investigation which could see stiff fines.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2015-06-03\/rothschild-pays-11-5-million-for-helping-americans-evade-taxes\"\u003EA Bloomberg article \u0026nbsp;cited\u003C\/a\u003E Acting Assistant Attorney General \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.de\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=5\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwiau5buxLHLAhXC74MKHcrKDVIQFggyMAQ\u0026amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Ftime.com%2Fmoney%2F3567602%2Fcaroline-ciraolo%2F\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNHoctnkcyhqHuLj21EjSy44Nd3LWQ\"\u003ECaroline Ciraolo\u003C\/a\u003E as saying:\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n“More and more information is flowing to the IRS agents and Justice Department prosecutors going after illegally concealed offshore accounts and the financial professionals who help U.S. taxpayers hide assets abroad.” \u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nRothschild wisely struck a deal with the authorities and voluntarily closed about 296 U.S.-taxpayer accounts between Aug. 1, 2008, and Dec. 31, 2013. It also encouraged customers to voluntarily disclose undeclared assets to the Internal Revenue Service.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBloomberg noted that according to the Justice Department, Rothschild also \"obtained waivers from some former U.S. clients in order to circumvent Swiss secrecy laws that normally prohibit banks from giving client names to foreign authorities. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nClearly this information provided by the Rothschilds will allow investigators to track the trillions of hidden wealth tucked away by the 1%. The legislative framework for pursuing this hidden wealth came into effect last year under \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.de\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=1\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwiWlsbrlK7LAhUpnoMKHTZ1DnMQFggdMAA\u0026amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FForeign_Account_Tax_Compliance_Act\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNGUQC1eLDKSXYK1yHI1071bbBsVZg\"\u003EFATCA\u003C\/a\u003E. (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/nomadicpolitics.blogspot.com\/2014\/01\/fatca-repeal-tax-avoiding-super-wealthy.html\"\u003EIt's a subject we have talked about in depth in the past.\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003ERothschild Connections\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe Rothschild's substantial political influence has long been based on its ability to keep the secrets of the super wealthy while at the same time, using its own fortunes to influence the economies of friendly nations. Among the conspiracy speculators, (especially of the anti-Semitic variety,) the Rothschild's Empire has long been a gold mine.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nWhenever people of incredible wealth come together and make a private business arrangement, it naturally smacks of conspiracy. Whether anything criminal or immoral is taking place, well, that's another story.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/nomadicpolitics.blogspot.com\/2012\/05\/on-environment-romney-and-hannity-share_12.html\"\u003EBack in 2012\u003C\/a\u003E, for example, we looked at a shale oil company, Genie Energy, which operated fields in both Wyoming and Israel.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nLord (Jacob) Rothschild and Rupert Murdoch both purchased equity stocks in the company and both men sat on the company's Strategic Advisory Board.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs we all know, Murdoch is also the owner of the News Corp, parent company of Fox News and Wall Street Journal. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_assets_owned_by_News_Corp\"\u003EWith its worldwide reach of magazines, newspapers, news channels and publishing companies\u003C\/a\u003E, News Corp is cetainly a useful tool for manipulating public opinion. Could this connection account for News Corp's climate change denial? This anti-science bias is not the figment of activists' imagination. \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.crikey.com.au\/2012\/09\/24\/the-murdoch-paradox-bias-in-climate-reporting\/\"\u003ENot according to one study:\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\nNew research out of the US has provided evidence of the “misleading” reporting of climate change by News Corporation. The report, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.ucsusa.org\/assets\/documents\/global_warming\/Is-News-Corp-Failing-Science.pdf\"\u003EIs News Corp. Failing Science\u003C\/a\u003E, written by the Union of Concerned Scientists, looked into representations of climate change at Fox News and The Wall Street Journalover a period of six and 12 months respectively.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/23\/how-fox-news-climate-change-denial-finds-its-wa\/207037\"\u003EMedia Matters points out:\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nMedia figures at Fox have a long record of repeating scientific inaccuracies on air and allowing fringe figures to perpetuate widely debunked claims\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nCould this explain why an \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.de\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=5\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwjuioyzobPLAhUBKB4KHSTsBc8QFgg0MAQ\u0026amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.salon.com%2F2015%2F06%2F08%2Ffox_news_host_gets_schooled_on_fracking_and_angrily_orders_his_guest_off_the_show%2F\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNEapNG1AUd7YPi1aG0-aQ4-nM--Hw\"\u003Eanti-fracking interview on Fox\u003C\/a\u003E was abruptly closed down? Can this business connection account for the general endorsement of fracking at Fox News? Perhaps or perhaps not. Is this a coincidence or a manipulation of the public? If the connection are calculated and if the manipulation is purposeful, then is actually illegal or merely deceptive, greedy and for our life on the planet, foolishly dangerous?\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003EA History of Calculated Power\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\nAs \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/family-values-1.323094\"\u003Eone Israeli media outlet explains\u003C\/a\u003E how the dynasty maintained its political power over the 200 years.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nStates and monarchs turned to the Rothschild bank to raise capital or to receive loans, usually by means of the new instrument of government bonds. The Rothschilds issued, sold and disseminated the bonds of kings and governments in European capitals, often investing the family's own capital in them. Without the financial backing of the Rothschilds, kings found it difficult to go to war.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nOf course, the opposite is also true. With the backing of the Rothschilds, autocrats of all species could buy the armaments for war.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/assets.nydailynews.com\/polopoly_fs\/1.1186734.1350588647!\/img\/httpImage\/image.jpg_gen\/derivatives\/gallery_1200\/no-2-amschel-mayer-rothschild.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/assets.nydailynews.com\/polopoly_fs\/1.1186734.1350588647!\/img\/httpImage\/image.jpg_gen\/derivatives\/gallery_1200\/no-2-amschel-mayer-rothschild.jpg\" height=\"156\" width=\"200\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rothschild_family\"\u003EThe Rothschild Empire\u003C\/a\u003E- probably the first privately-own multi-national- has owed its survival over the last two centuries by not allowing it to be controlled by one member of the family. For this reason, keeping up with the Rothschilds would definitely require a family chart.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nIn spite of the recent battering, the core banking business is now in the hands of the seventh generation. It is, for the most part, still owned and operated by descendants of the empire-building \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.de\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=1\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwi3_u7Uoa7LAhUJhYMKHZBpAKYQFggdMAA\u0026amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FMayer_Amschel_Rothschild\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNHOjTejkdeynhOENCeruS6hS8kQPA\"\u003EMayer Amschel Rothschild. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe Frankfurt-born founder of the empire was certainly a shrewd calculator. \u0026nbsp;He built that empire on one universal truth: wars are expensive and the aftermaths are even more expensive.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nAt the beginning of the 19th century, Mayer Amschel dispatched his 5 sons to various European financial centers. Their mission was to set up banks in the capitals of, for example, Austria, France, Britain, and Italy.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThey issued bonds, traded in gold and currency, managed investments and engaged in commerce and any other financial activity for which there was a demand. They worked in coordination with, but also competed against, each other.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/wideawakegentile.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/rothschild-family-tree-w645.gif\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"167\" src=\"https:\/\/wideawakegentile.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/rothschild-family-tree-w645.gif\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EThus, a family dynasty was born. One aspect of the family that\u0026nbsp;has always sparked controversy was its support for Zionism.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSuffice to say, with the Rothschilds the state of Israel would most likely have never come into existence.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIn 1917 \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Walter_Rothschild,_2nd_Baron_Rothschild\"\u003EWalter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild\u003C\/a\u003E was the addressee of the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Balfour_Declaration_of_1917\"\u003EBalfour Declaration\u003C\/a\u003E to the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zionist_Federation_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland\"\u003EZionist Federation\u003C\/a\u003E, which committed the British government to the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAccording to the Encyclopedia of Zionism and Israel, \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nBaron \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edmond_James_de_Rothschild\"\u003EEdmond James de Rothschild\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Mayer_Rothschild\"\u003EJames Jacob de Rothschild's\u003C\/a\u003E youngest son was a patron of the first settlement in Palestine at \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rishon-LeZion\"\u003ERishon-LeZion\u003C\/a\u003E, and bought from Ottoman landlords parts of the land which now makes up present-day Israel. In 1924, he established the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palestine_Jewish_Colonization_Association\"\u003EPalestine Jewish Colonization Association\u003C\/a\u003E (PICA), which acquired more than 125,000 acres (22,36 km²) of land and set up business ventures.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\nIn something of an understatement, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Benjamin_de_Rothschild\"\u003EBaron Benjamin Rothschild\u003C\/a\u003E in 2010 said:\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\"If there is a family that does not have to prove its commitment to Israel, it's ours.\"\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nWhatever the truth, the Rothschild Empire has been successful at avoiding close legal scrutiny or accountability. That's not unusual for such a wealthy family and \u0026nbsp;bankers by their nature tend to be shy and somewhat secretive. In professional terms, it's called \"a low-key public profile.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nIn other words, it doesn't pay to blab or to boast if you are a Rothschild.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nBut then, politics - with all of its fanaticism. misrepresentations, endless ego-speak, and pretend-principles can be as distasteful as cleaning a septic tank in August As a Rothschild said\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\"the less I mingle with politicians the better I feel.\"\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThat's something- maybe the only thing- we can all sympathize with.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003ESniffing out the Hidden Wealth\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.uspirg.org\/reports\/usp\/hidden-cost-offshore-tax-havens\"\u003EOne consumer advocacy group\u003C\/a\u003E explains why tracing these sums has become a top priority for the US government:\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nTax haven abusers benefit from our markets, infrastructure, educated workforce, and security, but they pay next to nothing for these benefits. Ultimately, taxpayers must pick up the tab, either in the form of higher taxes, cuts to public spending priorities, or increased national debt.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nCorporations and individuals shift earnings to financial institutions in these countries to reduce their U.S. income tax liability. While this has been going on in the gray area of tax law for some time, the federal government estimates that the problem has become much worse as the wealth has been consolidated at the top of the pyramid.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nTo put that in the proper perspective, Last year at this time, Oxfam had warned that 1% of the world's population would own more wealth than the other 99% by the end of this year. By the use of tax havens, the wealth is essentially kept from government control or reinvestment in the infrastructure.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"background: white; color: #545454; font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nAccording to the US government, it loses an estimated $150 billion in lost\u0026nbsp;revenues \u003Cb\u003Eeach year\u003C\/b\u003E. Other estimates are far higher than that but nobody really knows for sure.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nFederal taxpayers are not the only victims of offshore tax havens. Tax havens deprive state governments of billions of dollars in badly needed revenues as well. Based how much income is federally reported in each state, and on state tax rates, it is possible to calculate how much each of the state governments lose as a result of offshore tax dodging.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003EFirst, the Bad News...\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nAs if all that wasn't dismal enough, this month, the French authorities have launched another (though possibly related) indictment, this time against the Swiss firm of \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.edmond-de-rothschild.com\/site\/luxembourg\/en\/corporate\/about-us\/the-group\"\u003EEdmond de Rothschild\u003C\/a\u003E, a private banking, and asset management firm. Although this Group is primarily a financial entity, specializing in asset management and private banking, its activities also cover mixed farming, luxury hotels, and yacht racing. The Swiss unit traces its roots to the acquisition of Banque Privee in Geneva in 1965.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe details of the charges are still sketchy at the moment but it is known that the French probe revolves around a former business relationship managed by a former employee.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nNot very helpful information, is it? \u0026nbsp;We must wait to see how significant (or damaging) the news is. In any event, one thing that can be said without any doubt, this is NOT the fall of the Rothschilds.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nNot by a long shot.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nBloomberg noted that \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.edmond-de-rothschild.com\/site\/luxembourg\/en\/corporate\/about-us\/the-group\"\u003EEdmond de Rothschild\u003C\/a\u003E, a separate asset manager and private bank, \"oversees about 150 billion euros ($164 billion) and is led today by Baron Benjamin de Rothschild and his wife Ariane.\"\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe 47-year old Benjamin is a seventh-generation descendant of dynasty founder Mayer Amschel.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nIn a rare interview in 2010, he revealed that conservative banking practices (once a common thing in \u0026nbsp;the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.de\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=4\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwjmwYqEn67LAhVIn4MKHdAJBssQFggqMAM\u0026amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FGlass%25E2%2580%2593Steagall_Legislation\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNHhfQOonAdGb-0ptvlzTHYMWKh2Ag\"\u003EGlass-Steagall\u003C\/a\u003E days) had protected the Rothschild financial empire from the effects of the economic meltdown of 2008.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\"We came through it well, because our investment managers did not want to put money into crazy things.\" \u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nHe added too that for a bank keeping a high reputation was an important ingredient to Rothschild success.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\"The client knows we will not speculate with his money\"  \u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nDepending on the seriousness and the details of the French allegations, he may be forced to dine on those words.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-50c7af44\/turbine\/lat-reno-la0007326960-20121110\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-50c7af44\/turbine\/lat-reno-la0007326960-20121110\" height=\"208\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ch3 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003EReno: The Rothschilds' Newest Venture\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nHowever, there's a bit of irony about the Justice Department's investigation that has had Swiss bankers fuming. Last month, it was reported that a \u003Cu\u003Enew\u003C\/u\u003E law tax haven had been established by the Rothschilds. This time isn't offshore at all but \u003Cu\u003Einside\u003C\/u\u003E the United States.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nAfter opening a trust company in Reno, Nevada, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rothschild_%26_Co\"\u003ERothschild \u0026amp; Co.\u003C\/a\u003E -the flagship of the Rothschild banking Group- began \u003Cb\u003E\"ushering the massive fortunes of the world’s most wealthy individuals out of typical tax havens,\"\u003C\/b\u003E like the Bahamas, Switzerland, and the British Virgin Islands.\u003C\/div\u003E\nLet me repeat that: Out of off-shore tax havens \u003Ci\u003Eand into the U.S.\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe money is put into the Rothschild-run U.S. trusts, which are exempt from the international reporting requirements. Trillions of dollars that have been now stashed in protected tax havens around the world are presumably going to be flowing into the United States.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nReno, once famous for its quickie divorces, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.mustangranchbrothel.com\/faq.php\"\u003Elegal brothels\u003C\/a\u003E, and high-stakes gambling, might seem like an unlikely spot for a Rothschild to conduct deals for the uber wealthy.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIn fact, Nevada has long been known as a corporate tax haven. The reason for this is that Nevada laws provide strong protections against holding corporation owners responsible for the actions of the corporations.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nAlso, Nevada's tax structure is kind to corporations. Outside of some fees, the state has no \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nevadabusiness.com\/2014\/10\/welcome-nevada-tax-changes-looming\/\"\u003Ecorporate income tax or personal income tax\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nIn January \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2016-01-27\/the-world-s-favorite-new-tax-haven-is-the-united-states\"\u003EBloomberg provided an insigh\u003C\/a\u003Et into the Rothschild Reno operation which- rather surprisingly, given all of America's criticism of untold wealth in Zurich and Geneva vaults- would make the US into the \u003Cu\u003Enew\u003C\/u\u003E Switzerland.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nAfter years of lambasting other countries for helping rich Americans hide their money offshore, the U.S. is emerging as a leading tax and secrecy haven for rich foreigners. By resisting new global disclosure standards, the U.S. is creating a hot new market, becoming the go-to place to stash foreign wealth. \u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nIn defense of the company, corporate representatives say that \u0026nbsp;the firm's Reno operation simply \u003Cb\u003E\"caters to international families attracted to the stability of the U.S.\"\u003C\/b\u003E It adds to that everything is quite legal and that its clients must prove that are in compliance with the respective country's tax laws. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe Bloomberg article quotes \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.de\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=1\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwj0lvqgi67LAhXDKB4KHXGVB-YQFggdMAA\u0026amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.anaford.ch%2Fpeter-cotorceanu%2F\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNFfTKpxUI8Rq0Sg0psd2pzzL_P4qA\"\u003EPeter A. Cotorceanu\u003C\/a\u003E, a lawyer at Anaford AG, a Zurich law firm,\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n“How ironic—no, how perverse—that the USA, which has been so sanctimonious in its condemnation of Swiss banks, has become the banking secrecy jurisdiction du jour. That ‘giant sucking sound’ you hear? It is the sound of money rushing to the USA.”\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe Swiss banking giants may be woefully vexed about losing their trade to the US and they may howl about American dishonesty and hypocrisy.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBut that's all they can do apparently.\u003C\/div\u003E\nBloomberg points out:\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThere’s nothing illegal about banks luring foreigners to put money in the U.S. with promises of confidentiality as long as they are not intentionally helping to evade taxes abroad. Still, the U.S. is one of the few places left where advisers are actively promoting accounts that will remain secret from overseas authorities.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThat's a strange twist.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/business\/330424-us-world-tax-haven\/\"\u003ERussian media\u003C\/a\u003E pointed out the hypocrisy:\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nWhile the US authorities persist on global standards of banking information disclosure, the country is resisting those same disclosure standards.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nEver since 2009 when President Obama announced a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2009\/05\/04\/obama-cracks-down-on-tax_n_195523.html\"\u003Ecrackdown on offshore tax havens\u003C\/a\u003E, the Republican leadership has opposed any attempt to collect on the hidden wealth.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAt the time, the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.de\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=1\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwi9qvybjK7LAhVJsoMKHcT5CUEQFggdMAA\u0026amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gao.gov%2F\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNEPa3uf4UAS9MCOOpo7oXaUEHtzjg\"\u003EGovernment Accountability Office\u003C\/a\u003E (GAO) issued a report that found that \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.de\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=1\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwiwlOyljK7LAhWrtYMKHfZbDAUQFggdMAA\u0026amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gao.gov%2Fproducts%2FGAO-09-157\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNGZz27apzd2pn0UvMs3KY5VgiA_ig\"\u003E83 of the 100 largest publicly traded U.S. corporations\u003C\/a\u003E reported subsidiaries in countries listed as tax havens or \"financial privacy jurisdictions.\" That's a lot of money not being taxed, vast sums which could be put to use rebuilding infrastructure (highways, train lines, river and lake shipping channels, bridges etc.) that these very same corporations make use of every day.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFor free.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nIf that wasn't a disgrace enough, many of those corporations are beneficiaries of billions of taxpayer dollars under the George Bush's bailout, otherwise known as Troubled Asset Relief Program, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.de\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=5\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwjhgcGAjK7LAhUksIMKHSbkAmgQFgg4MAQ\u0026amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FTroubled_Asset_Relief_Program\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNHJ00mLLUB6XthIxuguiSkV7UT0YA\"\u003ETARP\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nIf the news about the Reno tax haven is true, this money can now be snuggly hidden away right here at home.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nSo, once again, in spite of a bumpy road in the last year or two, the political might of the Rothschilds is again on full display. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Chr noshade=\"\" size=\"5\" width=\"70%\" \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"zemanta-related\" style=\"clear: both; margin-top: 20px; overflow: hidden;\"\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003ERelated articles\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\" style=\"margin: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0;\"\u003E\n\u003Cli class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/buffalo\/blog\/morning_roundup\/2016\/02\/hsbc-chairman-warns-of-bumpier-financial.html\" style=\"border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/i.zemanta.com\/noimg_52_80_80.jpg\" style=\"border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/buffalo\/blog\/morning_roundup\/2016\/02\/hsbc-chairman-warns-of-bumpier-financial.html\" style=\"background-image: none; display: block; height: 83px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EHSBC chairman warns of 'bumpier financial environment' as 4Q profit drops\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/hsbc-agrees-pay-470-million-over-alleged-mortgage-abuses-02-2016\/\" style=\"border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/i.zemanta.com\/365684895_80_80.jpg\" style=\"border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/hsbc-agrees-pay-470-million-over-alleged-mortgage-abuses-02-2016\/\" style=\"background-image: none; display: block; height: 83px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EHSBC agrees to pay $470 million over alleged mortgage abuses\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.safehaven.com\/article\/40534\/europes-largest-bank-hsbc-posts-surprise-858-million-loss-analysts-expected-profit-of-195-billion\" style=\"border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/i.zemanta.com\/366396672_80_80.jpg\" style=\"border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.safehaven.com\/article\/40534\/europes-largest-bank-hsbc-posts-surprise-858-million-loss-analysts-expected-profit-of-195-billion\" style=\"background-image: none; display: block; height: 83px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EEurope's Largest Bank, HSBC, Posts Surprise $858 Million Loss: Analysts Expected Profit of $1.95 Billion\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/humansarefree.com\/2016\/02\/the-rothschilds-own-israel-and-direct.html\" style=\"border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/i.zemanta.com\/365823812_80_80.jpg\" style=\"border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/humansarefree.com\/2016\/02\/the-rothschilds-own-israel-and-direct.html\" style=\"background-image: none; display: block; height: 83px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EThe Rothschilds Own 80% of Israel - and Direct Its Genocidal Policy\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.radicalpress.com\/?p=8866\" style=\"border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/i.zemanta.com\/365618635_80_80.jpg\" style=\"border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.radicalpress.com\/?p=8866\" style=\"background-image: none; display: block; height: 83px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ERothschild: What must it take to beat them? By Dick Eastman\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/407281054887604200\/posts\/default\/4042513186299685138"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/407281054887604200\/posts\/default\/4042513186299685138"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/nomadicpolitics.blogspot.com\/2016\/03\/rising-and-falling-fortunes-rothschild.html","title":"Rising and Falling Fortunes: Rothschild Empire Faces Criminal Investigation in US and France "}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Nomad"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/03686282358562565742"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-407281054887604200.post-7880784531897743953"},"published":{"$t":"2012-05-07T14:23:00.000+03:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-08-15T22:56:32.975+03:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"2012 Election"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mitt Romney"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Nevada"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Obama"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Republicans"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"A Closer Look at the Swing States Obama Must Win: Nevada"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cspan id=\"internal-source-marker_0.9413933071773499\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003Eby Nomad\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/img3.etsystatic.com\/il_fullxfull.232765987.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"238\" src=\"http:\/\/img3.etsystatic.com\/il_fullxfull.232765987.jpg\" width=\"350\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003EB\u003C\/span\u003Eack in February of this year, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney won by a substantial margin over his Republican rivals in the Nevada caucus. Referring to the state’s economic woes in his speech, he told the people of the Silver State,\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"\u003E\"Mr President, America has had enough of \u003Cb\u003Eyour\u003C\/b\u003E kind of help.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003EFor some voters, the remark must have hit home. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003ENevada was hit hard by the economic meltdown and both its once prosperous gaming and construction industries went into free fall. At 14 percent, Nevada has the nation’s highest unemployment. If that weren’t bad enough, the state has seen the steepest drop in home values.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003EObviously Romney’s game plan is to exploit the issue of the slow economic recovery and the perception that the president has failed to deliver on putting the economy back to together.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003EIt won’t be as easy as that. Nevada isn’t Arizona or Texas. Unlike many other states, Nevada barely felt the Tea Party quake of 2010. While Republicans picked up a seat in Congress and held the governorship, both houses of the legislature remained in Democratic hands.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003EAs an important swing state,  a state that the president needs to win for his re-election, Obama will have to convince the voters there that economic recovery really and truly is beginning to take shape, that some problems are so large that they take longer than four years to resolve. If that doesn’t persuade them to vote him back into office, then it might be easier to point out that Romney’s solutions are far worse. And the man who has assisted in that effort is Romney himself.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cu\u003ERomney's Kind of Help\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003EMany of the remarks that Romney during the Nevada caucus provide insight to the man running for president. They show a candidate with a blind spot for the human side of politics, a favoritism toward big business and a devotion to free market principles that is positively Darwinian.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003ELet’s take the home mortgage crisis. Nevada is one of the five states in which foreclosure is concentrated, the others being California, Michigan, Arizona, and Florida. One out of every 114 homes has entered into foreclosure. Yet, here is Romney’s take on the subject, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.8newsnow.com\/story\/16665444\/romney\"\u003Ecourtesy of a local broadcaster in Nevada:\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"\u003E\"The best thing we can do for home values in this country is to get people working again so they can afford to buy homes, so they can afford to come on vacations to places like Florida and Las Vegas and other spots.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003ERomney says he doesn't support President Obama's relief programs HAMP and HARP. Instead, he believes the housing market must bottom out to repair itself.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003ESo it appears that Romney’s solution to the slump in the housing market is.. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003Eto do nothing\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003E. Let the market forces take care of the problem? For intelligent Nevada voters, Romney’s position leaves a lot to be desired in terms of presidential leadership. (And regardless whether Obama was 100% successful in his approach, doing nothing at all isn’t what we expect from leaders.)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003EAlso, some voters may see any talk of \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ci style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003Ebuying\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003E homes and \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ci style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003Evacations\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003E as severely out of touch with the problems of losing your home and being cast out onto the street by bankers. The image that Romney is a product of inherited wealth, (pretending to be otherwise) and completely out of touch with the middle-class is one that Obama must drive home at every opportunity. We can be sure that Romney will assist.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003ERomney’s view also pretty fairly represents what to expect from him if he were elected. Empathy will take a backseat to the free market approach. If families lose their homes, then this is how the unregulated capitalism system works.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003EBesides, not everybody agrees with Romney’s diagnosis. \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.lvrj.com\/business\/banks-boost-nevada-foreclosure-starts-but-numbers-still-down-139502528.html\"\u003EAccording to a recent article in The Las Vegas Journal Review:\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.lvrj.com\/business\/banks-boost-nevada-foreclosure-starts-but-numbers-still-down-139502528.html\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"\u003EMost economists associate high foreclosure rates with high unemployment, but that is not the case in Nevada, said Sean O'Toole, chief executive officer of ForeclosureRadar.com.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"\u003E\"Clearly, unemployment is not helping the foreclosure crisis, but the foreclosure crisis -- especially in Nevada -- is about prices that were unsustainable and correcting and 70 percent negative equity,\" O'Toole said Thursday. \"A lot of people talk about unemployment as what's driving foreclosures, but I think that's mostly driven by banks that don't want to admit stupid lending practices are the primary driver of foreclosures. We'll be clearing that mess up whether unemployment is high or low.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003E(The subject of exploitative banking practice will come up again in a moment.)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003EAt any rate, unemployment is just one factor in the the foreclosure epidemic. Other reasons are a sluggish housing market and falling home values. What is Romney’s fix for that?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"float: left; margin: 0 10px 5px 0;\"\u003E\n\u003Cobject height=\"244\" width=\"325\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/swf.tubechop.com\/tubechop.swf?vurl=RZ9D1uWBjh0\u0026start=25\u0026end=47\u0026cid=356766\"\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003C\/param\u003E\n\u003Cembed src=\"http:\/\/swf.tubechop.com\/tubechop.swf?vurl=RZ9D1uWBjh0\u0026start=25\u0026end=47\u0026cid=356766\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"325\" height=\"244\"\u003E\u003C\/embed\u003E\u003C\/object\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003EHere’s what he has said:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"\u003EAre there things that you can do to encourage housing? One is, don’t try and stop the foreclosure process. Let it run its course and hit the bottom, allow investors to buy homes, put renters in them, fix the homes up and let it turn around and come back up. The Obama Administration has slow-walked the foreclosure processes that have long existed, and as a result we still have a foreclosure overhang.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003ESo, the two solutions that Romney has offered the people of Nevada are “to do nothing” and “Let foreclosures run their course.” That’s it. Meanwhile families are losing their investment home and being thrown into the street?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003EWhile Romney's kind of help is indeed practical (in a cut-throat sort of way), that’s not going to be very comforting message to voters. What Romney calls “slow-walking” is what the rest of the nation calls \u003Ci\u003Erelief\u003C\/i\u003E and \u003Ci\u003Eassistance in crisis\u003C\/i\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/newsbusters.org\/blogs\/matt-hadro\/2012\/02\/03\/cnn-host-asks-how-any-nevada-voter-can-connect-romney-though-poll-shows-\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EEven one CNN host\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 18px;\"\u003EAshleigh Banfield\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 18px;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003Ewas shocked by some of Romney's remarks\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;\"\u003E\"[H]ow is it that anybody in Nevada, conservative or not, could connect with Mitt Romney when he says something about foreclosures to this effect?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;\"\u003E\"I know Republicans and really strong conservatives like the free market economy, but I'm not so sure they like it when it applies to their home and they're underwater. How is this going to play in Nevada?\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003EThe answer is: it will not play at all.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cu\u003EThis Hard Line\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-8SpPCkpAHAU\/T6elGgB6gcI\/AAAAAAAAEOA\/wajkHuMiBCI\/s1600\/lasch_phototour21.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"220\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-8SpPCkpAHAU\/T6elGgB6gcI\/AAAAAAAAEOA\/wajkHuMiBCI\/s320\/lasch_phototour21.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003ENo doubt this hard line view made him a fortune at \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/economy\/2012\/01\/09\/400404\/romney-bain-bankrupts-billions\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBain Capital\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003EThat company made its profits from the bottom line, cutting costs, and mercilessly reducing waste (extra workers, wage increases, and benefits). When all else failed, the vampire approach was applied: selling out, declaring insolvency after everything has been stripped. For a president who is charged with protecting the public’s interest and not merely the interests of industry, Romney doesn’t quite measure up to that task. Looking at it this way, his experience in business- that kind of business- is NOT a recommendation for the position of president.\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003EIt is that hardened attitude that provides the Obama campaign strategists with their greatest weapon. Romney has said he isn't worried about the poor in American because we have \"safety nets.\" But later he talks about doing away with those safety nets when he spoke of eliminating programs to help families facing foreclosure, HAMP and HARP. For working families who were unable to make mortgage payments,\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.makinghomeaffordable.gov\/programs\/lower-payments\/Pages\/hamp.aspx\"\u003E President Obama’s relief program, \u003Cb\u003EHome Affordable Modification Program\u003C\/b\u003E (HAMP\u003C\/a\u003E), brought down those payment to roughly a third of their monthly income. \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003EThe other relief program, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.makinghomeaffordable.gov\/programs\/lower-rates\/Pages\/harp.aspx\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\"Home Affordable Refinance Program''\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(HARP), offered homeowners who were not behind on their monthly payments \u0026nbsp;a chance at refinancing when banks had refused to consider loans because of the fall in the home values. (On March 17, a improved version took effort called HARP 2.0 which worked out some of the kinks in the earlier version.) \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/breaking-news\/ci_20558410\/tammerlin-drummond-harp-2-0-helps-seriously-underwater\"\u003EAccording to one source,\u003C\/a\u003E Tammerlin Drummond, writing for the Oakland Tribune, here is how the Bank of America responded to one applicant of the HARP 2.0 relief program:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003E\n\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"\u003EAs soon as I got wind of the new program, I hustled into Bank of America, my loan servicer, to find out whether I was eligible. A loan officer told me that I met all of the requirements...I was ready to sign right then and there. That is until BofA quoted a 5.25 percent interest rate -- a total ripoff. Current market rates for conventional refis were about 4 percent.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;\"\u003EUnder HARP 2.0 however, lenders automatically charge a .75 percent higher rate for LTV's greater than 125 percent -- which was my case. They can also ding you for bad credit and other things. Yet I had excellent credit and little debt. This was the best BofA could do?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"\u003EThis is how big banks are rewarding their good customers? By offering rates that are off the charts because they know underwater borrowers are a captive audience?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"\u003EMortgage services like BofA, JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo have been deluged with applications since HARP 2.0 started. According to American Banker, they are making a mint off the program. Some have suggested HARP 2.0 might be better named the bank assistance program.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"\u003EI told BofA no thanks. Instead, I went with CMG Financial, a San Ramon company. The rate was still higher than for a conventional mortgage but better than BofA. I'm saving $300 per month. My broker... was extremely professional, and I closed in 30 days.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"\u003EIf you're shopping for a HARP 2.0 refi, you don't have to stick with your current lender. Do your research, call around and find the best deal.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003EGood advice. But then the question is why are banks allowed to run roughshod over consumers? On this point, the president’s policy on tightening controls on financial institutions makes a lot more sense than anything Romney has to offer.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003EThe consumer protections in the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dodd%E2%80%93Frank_Wall_Street_Reform_and_Consumer_Protection_Act\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDodd-Frank legislation\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E signed into law by \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_the_United_States\"\u003EPresident\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barack_Obama\"\u003EBarack Obama\u003C\/a\u003E on July 21, 2010 should, at least in principle, reduce such sharp practice by lending institutions.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003EOne feature of the the Dodd-Frank Act was the creation of a consumer watchdog agency called \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/banking.senate.gov\/public\/_files\/070110_Dodd_Frank_Wall_Street_Reform_comprehensive_summary_Final.pdf\"\u003Ethe \u003Cb\u003EConsumer Financial Protection Bureau\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (CFPB) and one of its duties is the ability to autonomously write rules for consumer protections governing all financial institutions – banks and non-banks – offering consumer financial services or products.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003EAdditionally, the Bureau offer further protections for consumers. With this Bureau on the lookout for bad deals and schemes, consumers won’t have to wait for Congress to pass a law to be protected from bad business practices. Finally, the CFPB creates a national consumer complaint hotline so consumers will have, for the first time, a single toll-free number to report problems with financial products and services. It is no wonder that lobbyist from big banks have been working so hard to water down re-establishing the regulator controls and protections in Dodd-Frank.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003EMitt Romney will no doubt play the familiar meme about Big Government. As a spin it has had a proven track record. It helped create the Tea Party revolt in 2010. However, since 2010, the notion that regulation kills jobs seems to have been wearing a bit thin. The flip side- that regulations, when thoughtfully-crafted, offer the \u003Ci\u003Eonly\u003C\/i\u003E protection against unscrupulous money lending practices- must be the president’s response in order to win Nevada and other states with foreclosure problems.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/ezra-klein\/post\/the-consumer-financial-protection-bureau-comes-out-for--the-banks\/2012\/\"\u003EAt least, as the Washington Post reported\u003C\/a\u003E,\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"\u003EThe CFPB has made it clear that they intend to crack down on abusive practices by mortgage servicers, among other non-bank firms in the financial underground. Its rules on that issue, like most others, are still forthcoming, so it’s still too early to reach many conclusions about the bureau’s direction. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003EIf Romney had his way, all of those proposed protections would vanish when Dodd-Frank was repealed.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cu\u003ERomney’s Position on Dodd-Frank\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003EIt’s pretty clear how Romney feels about the legislation that was drafted to bring financial institutions under governmental oversight. Under Romney, Dodd-Frank would be eliminated totally and the nation would return to the same conditions that caused nearly caused the collapse of the international banking system.\u003C\/span\u003E \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"\u003E\"I'll get rid of Dodd-Frank, of course, we have to have regulation, it needs to be updated and modern, but the idea of frightening banks into making loans is a very bad course. We need to get the banking industry encouraging small business, entrepreneurship and development.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003EAllowing banks to charge their most desperate customers an unfair rate is not encouraging any thing but crooked business. Romney’s sympathy seems lie with the \u003Ci\u003E“frightened“\u003C\/i\u003E banking industry and not with the consumer and the voters. (We don't want to scare those poor bankers with those heavy regulations and multi-page documents, now do we?)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003E\n\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003E  \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003ERepealing regulations is something that the Republicans have cheered since Reagan. It’s one of the only things that Romney seems definite about. So it is no wonder that the Koch Brothers- long time fighters of profit-stifling regulations- have thrown their support behind Mitt. Like raising taxes on the job creators, the deregulation rant ties into the the meme that deregulation is a job killer.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003E\n\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/09\/21\/business\/dodd-frank-act-is-a-target-on-gop-campaign-trail.html?pagewanted=all\"\u003EThe New York Times threw some icy cold water on that argument in an article\u003C\/a\u003E last year:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"\u003E“Dodd-Frank is adding safety margins to the banking system,” said \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/experts\/elliottd.aspx\"\u003EDouglas J. Elliott\u003C\/a\u003E, an economic studies fellow at the Brookings Institution. “That may mean somewhat fewer jobs in normal years, in exchange for the benefit of avoiding something like what we just went through in the financial crisis, which was an immense job killer.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/desertbeacon.wordpress.com\/2012\/02\/03\/home-economics-nevada-style-where-are-romneys-lesson-plans\/\"\u003EOne astute blogger from Nevada noted \u003C\/a\u003Ethat Romney was short on specifics when it came to why he dislike this financial regulatory reform legislation. (It seemed to have a lot to do with how many pages there were.) \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003E\n\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"\u003EIt seems that Governor Romney’s position is clear, but not so clear:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"\u003E“In July, Romney was unable to name specific parts of the bill that he liked or disliked.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"\u003EWhen asked, he said only, “It’s 2,000 pages. I’m sure there’s something in there that’s good…I’d be happy to take a look at it perhaps line by line at some point and lay out the provisions that I think are unfortunate.’’\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"\u003EToday, he was more specific. Romney said he believes it does make sense to regulate derivatives. He said it also makes sense to have different capital requirements if someone is holding a home mortgage compared to someone holding high-risk securities.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"\u003E“\u003Ci\u003ESome features have to be addressed,” he said.”\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"\u003E“Some features have to be addressed?” What features? Which of the eleven parts of the Dodd Frank Act would Governor repeal? Which would he modify? Which would he retain? …\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n“… he said, the 2,000 pages of the bill are “overwhelming” for community banks and the fact that pages of rules must still be written creates too much uncertainty.” [\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/Boston\/politicalintelligence\/2011\/08\/romney-would-repeal-dodd-frank-law\/FrxSh5Jqsdveyjy5tgKzxK\/index.html\"\u003EBostonGlobe\u003C\/a\u003E]\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"\u003EPerhaps we got a 2,000 page bill because the financial sector created a $7.1 TRILLION crash? Perhaps we got a 2,000 page bill because on September 29, 2008 the stock market plunged 788 points on the news that the House had failed to pass TARP legislation? [\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2008\/09\/29\/markets\/markets_newyork\/index.htm\"\u003ECNN\u003C\/a\u003E] Thus wiping out $1.2 Trillion in market value in one day. Maybe we got a 2,000 page bill because three years after the crash the American middle class had lost 23% of their accumulated wealth? [\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2011\/09\/can-the-middle-class-be-saved\/8600\/\"\u003EAtlantic\u003C\/a\u003E]\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"\u003E\n\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: yellow; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003EAs the blogger points out, many of the provisions in the 2000-page document don’t apply to those poor confused community banks so they needn’t have worried themselves so.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003EIf anybody needed any further proof that Romney, as president, would stand back and watch as another foreclosure crisis occurs, you can find it in this rather hackneyed quote:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"\u003E\"If you start having government starting to tax people so they can give money to people who need help in their homes, you'll just bring the market down, down, and down, and you'll never see an end to it.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003EThere it is in a nutshell. You don't even have to put on your glasses to read between those lines. Don't look to government to bail you out. This is your mess. People do not matter. Markets and industries matter. Banks matter.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cu\u003EOne Interesting Point on Gambling \u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn2.google.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ2sJF7vfLdPF859ZDhGCL7IZ3vxOOpJq_885WgPX_wuFSmLkS5RQ\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn2.google.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ2sJF7vfLdPF859ZDhGCL7IZ3vxOOpJq_885WgPX_wuFSmLkS5RQ\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003EAdmittedly it does take a lot of nerve to come to Nevada and campaign against gambling but that’s what Romney appears to have done. In one local newspaper, there’s this for the local news cast quoted above:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"\u003ERomney also said he doesn't support legalizing online gaming. He's says he's against it because of the social costs and people's addictive gambling habits.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003EIt’s a very eye-opening remark but like most things that Romney has said, it isn’t what it appears to be. Why? Because Romney’s objections to legalizing online gambling can easily be used for ALL gambling, whether online or not.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003EThe social costs and the addictive nature of gambling is certainly \u003Cb\u003Enot\u003C\/b\u003E restricted to the Internet. His reasons are solely on \u003Ci\u003Emoral\u003C\/i\u003E grounds and while that might be play well, in the Bible belt,  in Nevada such moralizing could be another deciding factor in the November.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003EIt is clear that the economy of Nevada draws a great deal from its gaming industry, regardless of the social costs. At the same time, Romney made those statements,  Nevada Gaming Control Board officials announced that Nevada gambling revenues increased 5.7 percent in February to $932 million, a figure greeted by analysts as \"solid progress.\"  State gaming tax collections were up 69 percent in February.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003EObviously the gaming industry didn’t pick up on the full implications of that remark. There’s a very good reason why he doesn’t seem to have made any distinction between the moral hazards of gambling but only mentioning online gambling. He wants to have it both ways.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;One of his failings is constantly trying to appear strong and attempting to please everybody. In this particular case, it cannot be done.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003ELet me explain. Romney’s position on gambling fits into his Mormon background and is, if anything is, unlikely to change. (That's saying a lot when it comes to Mitt Romney.)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003EAccording to the tenet of the faith of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gambling, games of chance, and lotteries are condemned as moral evils and admonishes its members not to participate in them in \u003Cb\u003Eany\u003C\/b\u003E form.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003EGambling is based on the morally wrong philosophy of getting something for nothing, of taking money without giving fair value in exchange. Not only is gambling morally wrong, the Mormon devout claim, but it is also bad economics for customers. Additionally, according to author Charles D Tate, Jr. and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/contentdm.lib.byu.edu\/cdm\/compoundobject\/collection\/EoM\/id\/4391\/show\/3717\"\u003Ethe Encyclopedia of Mormonism\u003C\/a\u003E:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"\u003EThe lavish gambling centers around the world stand as ample evidence that the chances of winning are weighted heavily in favor of the establishment and against the bettor... There can be no question about the moral ramifications of gambling, including government-sponsored lotteries.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003ETherefore an interesting dynamic appears. The Guardian tells us that the Mormons played a large part in Romney’s victory in Nevada during the Republican caucuses.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"\u003ERomney's vote was magnified by the large Mormon population in Nevada who turned out in large numbers to support their co-religionist. A survey of caucus-goers showed about 25% were Mormons.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"\u003ERomney's support was magnified by the large Mormon population in Nevada who turned out in large numbers to support their co-religionist. A survey of caucus-goers showed about 25% were Mormons.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003EWhether he recognizes it or not, Romney finds himself trapped between the powerful \u0026nbsp;gaming industry and all the revenue that industry generates for the state against the Mormon support for its own candidate. \u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 15px;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cu\u003EConclusion\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003EAccording to recent poll conducted by Rasmussen,  President Obama now has a 52 to 44 percent lead over Mitt Romney. While that’s a pretty strong advantage, very much depends on how the economy  fares between now and election day.  On that front, at least, there has been \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/politics\/articles\/2012\/04\/22\/swing_state_unemployment_down_obamas_chances_up\/?rss_id=Top+Stories\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Egradual improvement\u003C\/a\u003E in recent months.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003EWhile it’s often risky  to put too much faith in poll results,  for what it’s worth, other polls are even more positive for Obama. Six months ago and for most of last year, Obama’s approval rating was unhappy news.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003ENow, however, there’s been a steady improvement in the numbers.  \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.publicpolicypolling.com\/main\/2012\/04\/obama-doing-better-in-nevada.html\"\u003EPublic Policy Polling reports:\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"\u003EOver the last 5 months Obama's approval numbers have recovered, Romney's favorability numbers have taken a strong turn in the wrong direction, and Obama's opened up an 8 point lead in the state at 51-43.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"\u003EObama's 44\/53 approval rating in the state has now flipped to positive territory at 50\/46. Most notably what was a 42\/53 breakdown with independents is now 55\/40. He's seen smaller improvements with Democrats (from a 78% approval rating to 82%) and with Republicans (from a 6% approval to 12%).\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"\u003ERomney's net favorability meanwhile has dropped by 14 points to -13 with 38% of voters seeing him positively to 51% with a negative opinion. Part of his strength in Nevada had been an unusual number of Democrats seeing him favorably, but that crossover appeal has dropped from 27% to 18%. With independents his favorability is 36\/54.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003EIf the Nevada voting patterns from 2008 repeat themselves, Obama should be able to count on backing from women voters, Hispanic voters and voters under the age of 44. In the last presidential election, Obama drew unusually strong support in the state with those voters:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E59% of ballots cast by Nevada women\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E62% of ballots cast by Nevada voters under age 44\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E76% of ballots cast by Hispanic voters in Nevada\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003EThe problem is this is not 2008 and the president wasted too much of his credibility attempting to negotiate with Congress that was unwillingly to compromise and hell-bent on making him a one-term president. Therefore, Obama will need to convince those groups that changing horses in mid-stream will undermine the work in progress. (And if George W. Bush could do it, then surely there's no reason to be hopeless.)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003E\n\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003EIn each of those categories, Romney’s support is particularly weak. With the drafts of controversial laws regarding immigration and a variety of women’s issues, Republicans in the state legislatures have certainly not been much help to Romney on the national stage. The take-no-prisoners attitude among Republican leaders may play right into Obama’s hands by November.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003EAll in all, the news from Nevada looks pretty positive for the president but politics is a fickle game and how the end results will turn out can never be 100% certain.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003E\n\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003E_________________\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003E\n\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"zemanta-related\" style=\"margin-top: 20px; overflow: hidden;\"\u003E\n\u003Ch4 class=\"zemanta-related-title\"\u003E\n\n\n\nRelated articles\u003C\/h4\u003E\n\u003Cul class=\"zemanta-article-ul\" style=\"clear: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cli class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/fromthetrenchesworldreport.com\/breaking-the-patriots-of-nevada-deliver-ron-paul-delegates-win-25-of-28-seats-to-republican-national-convention\/14599\"\u003EBreaking! The Patriots of Nevada Deliver Ron Paul delegates Win 25 of 28 Seats to Republican National Convention!\u003C\/a\u003E (fromthetrenchesworldreport.com)\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/politics\/articles\/2012\/04\/22\/swing_state_unemployment_down_obamas_chances_up\/?rss_id=Top+Stories\"\u003ESwing-state unemployment down, Obama's chances up\u003C\/a\u003E (boston.com)\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/blog.aarp.org\/2012\/02\/05\/nevada-republicans-place-a-heavy-wager-on-romney\/\"\u003ENevada Republicans Place a Heavy Wager on Romney\u003C\/a\u003E (aarp.org)\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cimg alt=\"\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/pixy.gif?x-id=50b2a66e-0b5d-4552-898b-158a5b46c6e9\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/407281054887604200\/posts\/default\/7880784531897743953"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/407281054887604200\/posts\/default\/7880784531897743953"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/nomadicpolitics.blogspot.com\/2012\/05\/closer-look-at-swing-states-obama-must.html","title":"A Closer Look at the Swing States Obama Must Win: Nevada"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Nomad"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/03686282358562565742"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-8SpPCkpAHAU\/T6elGgB6gcI\/AAAAAAAAEOA\/wajkHuMiBCI\/s72-c\/lasch_phototour21.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}}]}});