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How do you feel about it?

I have been looking over the political board here…… So….

They should be on the financial board, but since the President has put the financial crooks on alert that he is holding them accountable and that they will “police” themselves, isn’t that like putting the fox in the hen house? I believe as you none of that really matters cause they can do it again. Like the way Morgan Stanley drove and manipulated the price of oil up to $140 a barrrel! Yep they did it and could because no regulations left to stop it. Google it and read about it.

in the case of oil here are too many people in the oil patch tat know the OPEC nations are and have been overproducing for decades. It’s all a joke.

But don’t worry your beautiful head about it cause our elected officials in Washington are getting over $4 billion from the lobbyist and the lobbyist even hire their family members so you know who they are really representing.

I am sure this really doesn’t make sense either, but what the heck. Have a “enchanted” 2009! Ha, ha.

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Please help. Do I still owe the IRS?

In 2003 I filed bankruptcy and gave up some income property to satisfy my creditors. At the time I thought I owed the IRS around $4000 (they would have had a priority claim). The IRS was notified by my attorney prior to the case being settled, but they never filed a claim. Since then they have sent me notices of the amount owed and interest due. In November of 2007 they added a charge of $8000 on top of the previous amount. This was for two quarters of employee taxes which I know were paid.

Under most circumstances, IRS debts are not cleared through bankrupcy, but there are exceptions. I’d talk to the lawyer you used for your bankrupcy to check whether you met an exception.

If the employee taxes were paid, then you need to show the proof to the IRS and demand that amount be taken back off.

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can i get some help with economic please?

1. the legal reserve ratio applies to checkable deposits at
a. national banks
b. credit unions
c. savings and loans
d. institutions of all of these type
2. which of the following are all assets to a commercial bank
a.vault cash,property, and stock shares
b. vault cash, stock shares, and demand deposits
c. demand deposits, stock shares, and reserves
d. vault cash, property, and reserves
3. banks create money when they
a. accept deposits of cash
b. add to their reserves in the federal reserve bank
c. exchange checkable deposits for the IOU’s of businesses and individuals
d. sell government bonds
4. in a fractional reserve banking system
a. bank panics cannot occur
b. banks can create money through the lending process
c. the federal reserve has no control over the amount of the money in circulation
d. the monetary system must be backed by gold

1: D
2: D
3: A
4: B

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