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To: Jurgis Bekepuris who wrote (39028)	8/31/2010 8:04:37 PM
From: Ken Ludwig	6 Recommendations Respond to of 78702

The pathological aversion to paying fair taxes, egged on by Forbes and the crazies behind the tea party are accelerating our US decline in competitiveness. We get fewer and fewer things done, we maintain fewer and fewer parts of our infrastructure and on it goes. This will not help us make money or stay vital in the longer term. Those of us fortunate enough to be born here or to live here won the lottery and gratitude rather than greed seems the more appropriate response. ken

To: Jurgis Bekepuris who wrote (39028)	8/31/2010 10:55:22 PM
From: maverick61	3 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 78702

Wow - who put the burr up your arse? I believe you missed the whole point of the article and my reason for posting it so you could carry on your big government, tax happy agenda. I am going to leave my personal political beliefs out of this. If you step back from the ledge you are on - the article is written by a well known hedge fund manager - one whom has been an activist and at times value investor. The point he is making is simply that there are certain industries now where the gov't interference in his opinion, will be a drag on profits, and thus share prices. You are more than welcome to disagree with his premise without your political rant, but as someone who also focuses a portion of my portfolio on value, I certainly see where he is coming from and I think that is an interesting perspective which I will certainly keep in mind as I look at stocks in these particular industries