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Estonia – 0% Corporate Tax Yet Profiting Why Can’t The US Learn From This?

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“The scarcity mindset reinforces that there’s never enough time, never enough money. And since we can never be sure about the future, we have to ration every last possible resource and grab every bit for ourselves. This ‘scarcity’ mindset pretty much sums up tax policy in most ‘rich’ Western nations.” S Black

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Paul Krugman’s Worst Nightmare

Tallinn, Estonia ~  In the absurdly best-selling book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, author Stephen Covey wrote about abundance vs. scarcity.

With the abundance mindset, people confidently view the world as full of resources and opportunities… that there’s more than enough to share… and that more success is coming soon.

The opposite is the scarcity mindset, where people view everything as scarce and finite. If you’re winning it’s because I’m losing.

The scarcity mindset reinforces that there’s never enough time, never enough money. And since we can never be sure about the future, we have to ration every last possible resource and grab every bit for ourselves.

This ‘scarcity’ mindset pretty much sums up tax policy in most ‘rich’ Western nations.

In the US, tax revenue as a percentage of GDP has been almost exactly 17.7% of GDP since the end of World War II.

It hasn’t mattered how much they’ve raised tax rates; when tax rates go up, overall tax revenue, i.e. the government’s slice of the GDP pie, stays about the same.

For years they’ve been bleeding cash.

Yet rather than say “How can we support abundance? How can we help set the right conditions to make the PIE bigger,” they punish and intimidate everyone. Continue reading →

Stephen Lendman ~ George Soros’ Predatory Worldview

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SteveLendmansBlog  May 14 2014

steveLendmanHe’s a world class confidence man. He’s a multi-billionaire predatory investor.

He’s a new world order corporate pirate. He’s known for rogue investing. He’s made billions from human misery.

He cashes in irresponsibly. He’ll do anything for greater profits. He does so from imperial wars. He gains hugely from financial ones. He uses wealth to accumulate more of it.

In late April, the New York Review of Books headlined “The Future of Europe: An Interview with George Soros.” Der Spiegel correspondent Gregor Peter Schmitz conducted it.

Ukraine was discussed. Soros called Russia an “emerging…big geopolitical player…” EU nations have “a resurgent rival on (their) east,” he said.

Putin enjoys overwhelming popularity. It exceeds 80%. Soros ludicrously claimed he “lead(s) from a position of weakness.”

He lied saying he’s “repressive at home and aggressive abroad.” He irresponsibly blamed Bashar al-Assad for US-sponsored death squads’ use of chemical weapons.

Lies infested his commentary. They reveal his dark side. He ludicrously claimed US-manipulated Maidan violence erupted “spontaneous(ly).”

He urged Western unity “in response to Russian aggression in Ukraine.” He claims Obama represents responsible US leadership.

Putin is a master geopolitical strategist. Not according to Soros. He “woefully misjudged the situation,” he said. He turned truth on its head claiming it.

Ukrainians rebelled, he said. He ignored Washington-manipulated Maidan violence. US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland was caught red-handed. More on this below.

She’s hardcore neocon. She’s a career foreign service officer. She’s worked with Democrat and Republican administrations.

Early in her career, she covered Russian internal politics at Washington’s Moscow embassy.

She served on the Soviet Desk in Washington. She worked in the State Department’s Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs. She served in Guangzhou, China.

She was Deputy to the Ambassador-at-Large for the Newly Independent States of the former Soviet Union. She directed a task force on Russia, its neighbors and an expanding NATO.

She was Clinton’s Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott’s chief of staff. She was Deputy Permanent Representative to NATO. Continue reading →