It reminds of that crazy dude with glasses on TV Matthew Lesko who has that book filled with all these "free government property" resources.

Abu Dhabi has a large one (expecially when you look at it per capita) that they are currently using trying to diversify away from the energy sector into other industries.Norway has a large one as well from oil profits.

The March number was artificially high and the April number isn’t really an improvement, just a statistical correction as a result of the moratorium being lifted.The government is playing the spin game in an effort to improve consumer confidence so that people will start spending again.

There is legislation soon to be presented to the government "all-knowing" powers on the stupidity of these rulings.

Local municipalities Control the funding if they acquire it from the federal government.Home Investment Partnership Program (HOME)http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/affordablehousing/programs/home/HOME is one of the largest block grant programs of the federal government whereby local municipalities and states receive funding to build, buy or rehab affordable housing.

While the Chinese, knowingly and intentionally, export inferior and even toxic products and dangerous toys and goods to be sold in North American markets, the media wrings its hands and criticizes the Bush Administration (now Obama Administration) (and the Harper Government!)

The government does not have the right to tell us that we need special licensing to sell our own properties; nor do they have the right to further regulate the terms under which we can sell or burden small investors with a new set of rules that we can't comply with.

I HATE big government control, but Jeff is absolutely correct.

TX also has oil industry revenues in lieu of a personal income tax to fund government operations.However, when you compare the actual property tax paid on the median priced property in CA to the tax paid on the median priced property in TX, I bet the TX property tax will be significantly lower than the amount paid in CA.

No, I'm not an elitist, but on the other hand I'm not a lazy riff-raff deadbeat being supported by the government (hardworking taxpayers) either.