When I lived in WA state, I worked with a number of felons who were being released or had been released from prison, helping them to get started in their own businesses.

We were talking about if an investor should make an adjustment to the 50% rule or any other rule they are comfortable using when the area they invest in has notoriously higher taxes or other expenses.If you insist on knowing, there are many aspects to my business.

He better be a rich man (having taken money from many people) to return all funds and serve a prison sentence.Having said that, you carry a major responsibility in investing in a private company without securities (at that time).

Hi Rita,I'm not out of the rat race yet, but the thing that got me to jump into the business was when I was a volunteer at a state prison in WA, teaching a class on life skills.

The largest new construction project was a new prison in Jefferson City Missouri.

Some of these appointed officials can be notoriously difficult to deal with.

Credit card companies are notorious for using slimey selling tactics.

I don't know if it's socialist but it is a clear example of the corruption we're in.This bailout is the equivalent of dumping taxpayer dollars into WorldCom to prop it back up, taking Bernie Ebbers out of prison and giving him a bonus, then blaming 401k's and tech stock investors for their scandalous greed.

Heck for some illegals, spending time in prison in the states is better than the condition that they came from.

I have traveled to many other countries in this world, and trust me, there is no place that I feel safer and more comfortable stating my opinion and not have to worry about being put in prison or executed than the USA.