The IRS Commissioner has confirmed this as well.

Might be a good summer for a European vacation to look at real estate that is getting cheaper by the day (for the USD).

Having said that it won't be too big of a hurdle for some of the small European countries to overthrow us if we keep spending 2X what we take in for tax "revenues."

I would do it in my student rental if the floors needed it.Do a forum search for "european wood floors"

Hard to say without knowing the house, neighborhood, etc.If the property is already bank owned I would recommend checking out your local county's "master commissioner sale".

In that light, we are always going to rank behind socialist and quasi-socialist systems such as Cuba and European government simply due to the bias in the question.That's not to say that our system can't be improved -- it absolutely can.

About half my neighbors in India are actually U.S. and European expats who have been sent there by their U.S. companies to transfer expertise to their India operations.

Attend monthly commissioner meetings to show your devoted support (LOL).

That road led to self-employment.The work is harder, the pay often low for the hours put in, my retirement is not guaranteed, my silent partner (the government) is greedy and corrupt, and the people I work with (tradesmen, etc.) and for (tenants) range from injuriously stupid to outright evil.If I could go back and become a pipe-smoking, tenured, co-ed chasing, leather-elbow-patched college professor I'd certainly be tempted.But alas, here I am griping on BP while my tenured friends contemplate which European country to tour during their three month summer vacation........

Have you checked with your state insurance controller/commissioner?