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To: tejek who wrote (583918)	9/1/2010 7:10:53 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572635

Not really. Yes really. .the trend has been to build corp. facilities and move jobs to other countries. Until the financial crisis hit, unemployment was low. Yes Americans where investing more in other countries than before, and other countries where investing more here. That allows for increased efficiency of, and probably a bit more of investment. It doesn't cause a "loss of jobs", it didn't cause a general increase in unemployment. and unfavorable tax and regulatory policies in the United States are the main reasons for the contraction VC from American firms is only a small part of net investment in the US. You have companies investing from cash flow, from issuing securities etc. and you also have venture capital from individuals, and from foreign VC firms. But to the extent the loss of VC firm venture capital in the US is a problem, then we would probably do something about those unfavorable tax and regulatory policies. Increasing taxes on high earners and on investments and increasing the corporate income tax, all move us away from attracting more investment. Your worried about a lack of investment in the US, but you support policies that would chase it away.