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...true with any bank failure involving FDIC-insured deposits. A taxpayer with $100,000 of insured cash in his local bank might get lucky. If the firm goes under and his deposits are saved by the FDIC, his years of paying taxes will come back to him with a profit...
...cash will come from the government and that means the U.S. will end up owning significant pieces of the largest banks. It may be able to sell those interests back into the private market at some point in the distant future. The taxpayer could even end up with a profit, but it never works that way. The money gets diverted by a Senator who needs to build a damn in Oregon to keep his job. (See what businesses are doing well despite the recession...
...they make it really impossible for a neat individually owned store to make a go of it,” MacDonald says. “So you get corporate chains that come in and are backed by corporate money, and they probably don’t even make a profit...
...less affected by the economic slump than by daily weather conditions and tourism in the Square. He also notes that in recent years, Square landlords have started taking into account the long-term diversity of the community when choosing tenants, rather than simply looking for the biggest profit...
...personal connection with Israel, the Jewish people, and with their own Jewish identities.BIRTHRIGHT: HARVARD EDITIONOf course, Harvard has their own edition of Birthright, known as Harvard Hillel Taglit-Birthright. One aspect of the Harvard Hillel program that distinguishes it from other programs is its partnership with Shorashim, a non-profit organization that strives to bring Israeli and North American Jewish people closer together. Because of this partnership, the Harvard Hillel trip is organized so that Israeli soldiers join the participants for the full 10 days, whereas on most other trips, soldiers are only present for a few days...