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  • Flat tires on the business cycle

    Zero Hedge;
    Punishing Savings Through Inflation Is One Of The Greatest Crimes In Human History
    "The Fed's 2% inflation targeting seems 'normal' these days but it is really a stealth tax on savings with no empirical basis for it whatsoever."
    ONLY the jewish central bankers have endorsed the 2% inflation target. Paul Volker, a Presbyterian central banker judged that there was NO JUSTIFICATION at all for it. So, the jewish central bankers endorsed the target to finance the jewish-owned banks. "They" increased the money supply by about 6% a year to get 2% inflation. Actually, it is higher than 2%.

    France: More Death To Free Speech
    "Defending someone who is accused of being a 'racist' implies the risk of being accused of being a 'racist' too. Intellectual terror reigns in France..."
    The French are protesting the poverty brought on by their Central Bank. THAT particular cause has been submerged out of the discussion.

    $35 Billion: UK Faces Huge Loss From Electric Vehicle AdoptionFutures Tumble, Stocks Slide As China Wants More Talks Before Signing "Phase One" Trade Deal
    "We are back to trade deal groundhog day."
    G7 Panics, Says "Global Stablecoins" Pose Threat To Financial Stability
    "...the introduction of 'global stablecoins' could pose a host of challenges to the regulatory community, not least because they have the potential to become systemically important... include challenges for financial stability""
    When it gets right down to it, the State doesn't want any crypto except STATE crypto.

    Armstrong, "We are in a position where there is a crisis on the horizon and we will see a hard landing outside the USA. The impact of a European banking crisis can send the dollar significantly higher. The risks for accounts will be in Europe, for there are no bailout policies"
    Taking into account Armstrong's prediction of a world economic collapse on Jan 18, 2020, we can assume that European banks will close some time close to the second quarter.

    Armstrong, "ANSWER: The original theory was to smooth out the business cycle. The political governments turned to the central banks and argued that they were responsible for the money supply. Therefore, it was allegedly their duty to control inflation irrespective of the spending of politicians. This was an inconvenient economic truth.

    The problem is that the ONLY theory they have is the Keynesian Model. They really have no other theory to rely on. So they keep lowering rates, hoping to stimulate demand and are oblivious to the economic reality that the political side is hunting taxes and becoming more aggressive in tax enforcement."
    Armstrong appears oblivious to the fact that off-shoring, automation and falling wages have diminished demand.
    "They will pray at the foot of their bed before each night that their theory will somehow work. That is not going to happen or prevent anything. We must experience the pain before they would EVER consider any reform."
    "Reform" to Armstrong implies that the State leave private enterprise completely uncontrolled. U.S. GOV spends 24% of the GDP. Imagine what will happen when State finance goes bust and, this spending stops. Armstrong just does not see UBI coming down the tracks.

    QE4 'Not A QE' Begins - Fed Starts Buying $60 BillionIn Bills Per Month Beginning Next Week
    QE Renamed To 'Reserve Management' !


    U.S. GOV assures us that there is a terrorist behind every rock. NOW, they assure us that the MAIN terrorist IS a rock.


    The council on Foreign Relations (CFR) has produced a very intimately filmed video of a 2018 get together of all the major players in the 2008 crash.

    They seem to have left out a few facts.
    In 2004, U.S. GOV mandated that the banks MUST give loans to people who did not qualify. The banks very fined if they did NOT approve loans to people who could NOT pay them back. Sub-prime borrowers defaulted on sub-prime loans.
    The biggest shock to the system was the collapse of Lehman Bros. The Treasury Secretary at the time was straight out of Goldman Sachs. When the banks got into trouble, the secretary of the treasury orchestrated the execution of Lehman Bros.

    When the Russian bond collapse brought down Long Term Capital Management, the banks all ponied up money to save the wider system from systemic collapse.. Bear Stearns refused to contribute. In the aftermath of the 2008 collapse, Bear Stearns was also executed.

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    • That Dave guy from the x22 report is for people like me who are not
      sure about all of the complexities of the ever changing trends according
      to the lame stream news.

      Dave basically says the same thing every time just like you say the same
      thing every time. You report on many interesting things from A-Z from
      Wall street to the next financial suicide and Dave keeps saying
      "IT LOOKS LIKE" sorta like predicting the weather I guess.

      Dave has been saying that this system is going down while the new one
      building up is taking over based on GOLD. I have you both to review and
      am looking for a third guy who makes good sense.

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      • Gold and FOFOA

        Mikey, I can't give you the name of a good candidate for a third guy. I've been reading everybody for 14 years now. I read different people for different subjects.
        If you want to read the definitive history of gold, there is;
        Another
        Friend of Another (FOA)
        Friend of friend of Another (FOFOA)
        FOFOA is now behind a paywall.

        Trusted gold and precious metals dealer since 1973. Buy, sell and invest in gold coins and bullion with expert guidance.


        FOFOA: January 2014

        This is the exhaustive analysis of gold backing in the West.

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        • Okay sounds good oh and excuse me if I am not as breathless as
          say people in the know cause I ain't. In fact economics was so
          boring to me back in the 70's When gold bellied up I went fishing
          instead. Back then I was still pedaling a 20" bike to deliver news papers
          to keep in tip top physical condition. I can remember the big noise made
          over Gold going up AND down. This might have been 70-71 I think it
          was. Wasn't it about 385?

          Since then we have come a long way. The form of govt we have been
          exposed to in out lifetime is call futilism. This means no matter what
          you do, yer screwed. This form of govt is being exposed and will gradually
          be replaced.

          Nothing stated in the 70's came true, just like the 80's, 90's well you
          get the idea.

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          • Equality vs equal opportunity

            Squeezed for time this morning. The U.S. constitution tries to guarantee us "freedom for the pursuit of happiness. "
            There is no guarantee of happiness, NOR equality. We are born with vastly different abilities. The Left tries to legislate equality. With $25 trillion mis-spent on the war on poverty, all the Left has to show for it is destroyed societies in various cities.
            People with great natural talent and great motivation are more likely to rise to the top. The Left can't stand this and, demands that they be taxed exorbitantly to make up for inequality.
            Bernie sanders wants a 97% tax,,, or something like that.

            The answer is NOT taxing the snot out of the rich. Much of our problems were created by the constant currency inflation that outran wage inflation. Most of this gets back to regulatory capture. Greenspan said that we needed to get rid of Glass-Steagal to make American banks to better compete with European banks. He and slick willy gave us the Graham-Leach-Bliley act that gave all our money to the bankers so that they could speculate on everything and, front-run everything that we needed to buy.

            This is a comprehensive article about how Wall Street destroyed capitalism. It doesn't mention regulatory capture.
            ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

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            • HERE IS A FLUFFY VIEWPOINT.

              [VIDEO]https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=O4C4swNQ4oY[/VIDEO]

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              • REPO and LIBOR problems indicate big liquidity problems in the banks

                As the magnetosphere gets weaker, more and more solar flux / particle storm gets through. This flux directly affects the brain and heart. but, solar cycle 25 has only started. The wacky news just gets whackier. A couple hundred years ago, Cardinal Malachi made a list of all the future popes, though not by name,,, by characteristics. The current pope is the LAST on the list.
                Lisa Havens reports that the current pope wants to make an interfaith center combining all the Abrahamic religions.
                ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero


                Illinois Red-Light Cameras Have Collected More Than $1B From Drivers Since 2008
                US Money Supply Suddenly Surges - Bouncing From A 12-Year Low

                There's an election coming.
                "Complete Demise" - Neil Woodford's Flagship Equity Fund To Be Liquidated
                "We have seen the complete demise of the most famous fund manager the U.K. has seen for years."
                IMF Forecasts "Synchronized Global Slowdown" - Weakest Growth 'Since Lehman'
                Panic Behind The Scenes: China's Capital Outflows Are Soaring

                Maybe they shouldn't have messed with Hong Kong.
                Futures, Yuan Slide As China Threatens Retaliation Over US House Bill On Hong Kong

                China Pork Prices "Will Continue To Rise Sharply", Analysts
                "Every week it's a new record."
                China is unfolding an Orwellian crackdown at the same time that food prices are rising.
                Historic Midwest Blizzard Has Farmers Seeing "Massive Crop Losses...As Devastating As We've Ever Seen"
                "An unprecedented October blizzard that hit just before harvest time has absolutely devastated farms all across the U.S. heartland. "
                Is it HAARP or, is it Memorex?
                The Economic Collapse
                So have American farmers been blasted by HAARP to make the food situtaion in China that much worse?
                Investors Panic-Sell Saudi Stocks As Bear Market Erupts
                Saudi is going broke FAST.

                From the Left;
                Waffling Warren Confirms Gender-Reassignment Surgery Is Now A Right
                Pedophile Who Assaulted Nearly 200 Kids Stabbed To Death In Prison

                I'll bet that was quite painful. The cons really detest child molesters.
                Hillary Clinton Says It May Take Her 'More Time' To Grasp Person With Penis Can Identify As Woman
                Twitter Paves Way For Trump Ban With New Content Rules For World LeadersThe Ghosts of Failed Banks Have Returned - Alasdair Macleod (10/15/2019) - WallStreetWindow.com

                Socialism is the great de-motivator. Every economy that it seeps into becomes moribund. Social security was supposed to support people after their working years were over.
                As automation took over, fewer and fewer people were qualified for the remaining jobs.

                How many people have never worked in their lives? - Full Fact
                https://fullfact.orghttps://qz.com

                44 million receive direct government assistance. 51% receive a check from GOV. So, what happens when the sovereign bond market collapses? The banks are already in deep trouble.
                Last edited by Danny B; 10-17-2019, 02:43 PM.

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                • THE RIGGED CENTRAL BANK

                  [VIDEO]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGQbyV8MtNw[/VIDEO]

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                  • Derivatives, NIRP,,, liquidity pumping

                    "They" are working overtime to ensure that nobody loses confidence in the banks. The banks are strained for liquidity. Here are a few headlines.



                    Interest rate swaps and corporate default - European Central Bank
                    As interest rates crash, there are many $trillions of interest-rate-derivatives. Great mountains of liquidity are disappearing into Wall Street banks to satisfy demands from counter-parties to interest rate derivatives.
                    "Fed Is Offering $100 Billion a Day in Emergency Loans"
                    I see lots of articles asking where the money is going. I don't see anyone directly reporting that all this liquidity is issued to rescue swaps that are being wiped out by low interest rates.
                    Reportedly, NIRP is coming to America to stimulate the economy. All of this is pumped into the upper loop and won't help consumption. At the same time, NIRP plays havoc with $trillions in derivatives.

                    "Congress Is Not Curious Enough to Hold a Hearing"
                    There is NO MYSTERY about this. The FED needs to pump in $trillions to keep the derivative market from imploding.
                    There is an election coming.


                    Capital flight is taking out more than that.

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                    • The values of money

                      Here is a must-read article about the subjective value of money vs the objective value of money. Keep in mind that; when gold was used for money, it had intrinsic value. Money today is just information.
                      Evidence mounts that the global credit cycle has turned towards its perennial crisis stage. This time, the gathering forces appear to be on a scale greater than any in living memory and therefore the inflation of all major currencies to deal with it will be on an unprecedented scale. The...

                      Like all information, it is widely susceptible to corruption.

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                      • Warfare-welfare has destroyed the currencies once again

                        The previous article shows that; any freely accepted "money" must have a long history of wide acceptance. Fiat currencies are accepted at the point of a State-held gun. Latin and European currencies have been regularly cancelled. The dollar has not. Great Depression one was caused by runaway currency inflation caused by the FED. There was just not enough money circulating when the credit bubble collapsed. Roosevelt devalued the dollar from $20 to $35 and ounce to free up currency printing to support the general public. Gold-backing had locked up the amount of currency in circulation.
                        When Nixon closed the gold window, this cut loose the chains on the printing presses so that currency could be wildly expanded. Closing the gold window was forced on him by the previous creation of the welfare-warfare State.
                        With the closure of the gold window, wars and welfare could be expanded almost without limitation.

                        The bankers always farored a flexible currency. They needed this flexibility so that they could always be first in line for new money. This new money + your savings were used to speculate in everything. They bought up everything that you needed. At the same time, the State needed a flexible currency to pay for programs needed by various politicians to buy votes.
                        Post WW II, the war industries had no intention of fading away. They got various wars going on the flimsiest excuses. The emerging State of israel got lots of foreign aid and used it wisely. They invested in buying the U.S. congress to ensure unending wars against all of their neighbors. 78 members of congress are israelis with dual citizenship. Their elections were paid for by 3 American, jewish billionaires.
                        Currency expansion reached enormous levels to finance a warfare-welfare State that had reached enormous proportions.

                        The fact that America had never cancelled it's currency attracted people to dollar investments. The fact that America was less socialist than Europe attracted capital to U.S. investments. The fact that America was nowhere near as authoritarian as China attracts investments. There is worldwide capital flight to the dollar zone because the U.S. dollar has the longest running stability.
                        At the same time, there is a growing recognition that the world must pull away from the U.S. dollar if it wants monetary independence from the district of corruption.
                        The R.O.W. prefers a return to gold.


                        The paper-gold price is maintained by the COMES, LBMA and, the bullion banks. The State doesn't want any alternative stores of value outside it's fiat currency. The State goes along with the suppression of the price of gold. The DOJ attack on gold manipulators at J.P. Morgan signals a whole new approach.

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                        • Office Vacancies In China Hit Decade High Amid Economic Turmoil 20%

                          China Bans Exports Of Black Clothing To Hong Kong Amid Escalating Social Unrest
                          That will definitely fix the problem,

                          Nobody wants the 737 so, we tax the snot out of the Airbus.

                          As long as the banks get the money, they don't care.
                          The long read: The population is getting older and the welfare state can no longer keep up. After two months talking to people in Britain about retirement, it’s clear that old age is an increasingly scary prospect

                          This is a long detailed article about retirement on Britain.

                          Rense
                          Trump Beats GOP Competitors At Fundraising 194-1
                          The donors just can't stomach Pocahontas or Cortez
                          Despite Ruthless FB Censorship, Zuck Claims He's 'Not Comfortable Being Arbiter Of Free Speech"
                          Somebody whispered in his ear that BAD things just might happen to him if he shut off Trumps' Twitter account.
                          US Slaps EU With Record $7.5 Billion Tariffs
                          MAGA baby !

                          Lebanon Cancels Tax On WhatsApp Calls In Wake Of Mass Protests - Comm Minister
                          Lebanon's 'tax Intifada': Beirut Aflame As Protesters Call For 'downfall Of The Regime' - Vid

                          Something like that could really get out of hand. Don't mess with their apps.
                          'WhatsApp Revolution' Protests In Lebanon Turn Violent With Fires, Road Blocks; Multiple Dead & Wounded

                          Venezuela Ready To Hand Control Of State Oil Company To Russia's Rosneft
                          More oil than Saudi Arabia, but, completely mismanaged.
                          Missing money

                          Two Investment Banks Eligible For Today's Fed Loans Got Over $2 Trillion From The NY Fed In The Last Crisis
                          Remember that money is only information.

                          The IMF is going to double-down on inflationary policies that have always failed.
                          ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

                          Singapore has banned fake news,,,,, any news that disturbs tranquillity.
                          ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero


                          'Peace-Expert' George W Bush Says "Isolationism" Is Dangerous To Peace
                          By all means,,, get the big wars going again.
                          Why Has There Been A 56% Increase In Suicide Among Young Americans In Just 10 Years?
                          "Today, our society offers more ways to entertain ourselves than ever before, but it offers very little hope..."


                          With MMT, it won't be debt at all.
                          Military Police Deployed As 500,000 Catalan Independence Protesters Shut Down Barcelona
                          The long-standing plan to flood Europe with immigrants (Kalergi Plan) is a necessity to keep Tribal uprisings like this from ever happening. 1/2 million Catalonians are a force that the Spaniards just can't reckon with.

                          "Complicated Web Of Payments Behind Hunter Biden's $700K Ukraine, China Dealings Untangled"
                          what a tangled web we weave when we practice to deceive
                          Canadian Central Bank Exploring Digital Currency To Better "Track People's Spending Habits"
                          Of course, this has nothing to do with taxing.
                          770,000 Indexes Just Died, But There's Still 2.96 Million Left
                          For The First Time Since The Crisis, Companies Spent More On Buybacks And Dividends Than They Earned...


                          Trump Boasts The US "Has Secured The Oil" In Syria
                          ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

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                          • Credit Bubble Bulletin : Market Commentary: China Watch

                            Escobar: Syria May Be The Biggest Defeat For The CIA Since Vietnam
                            ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

                            Excellent news

                            Getting Out Of Foreign Wars: Next Up, Ukraine?
                            China's $3.6 Billion Bailout Insulates Turkey From US Times Square Billboard Shows Trump Being Hogtied & Tortured
                            So much for the tolerant left!
                            Von Greyerz: The Problem Is The Economy, Stupid! Not The Climatehttps://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-...all-over-globe

                            G20 Finance Leaders: Stablecoins Could Threaten Global Financial System
                            "Such risks, including in particular those related to money laundering, illicit finance, and consumer and investor protection..."
                            OF COURSE, it is never about lost tax revenue. Do it for the children.
                            CIA Analysts Lawyer Up As Brennan, Clapper Ensnared In Expanding Russiagate Probe
                            "I Stand Against Everything She Represents" - Gabbard Hammers Tired, Sick, Fragile Hillary
                            Navy Patents UFO-Like Compact Nuclear Fusion Reactor And Hybrid Space/Sea Crafts
                            A mysterious set of patents filed recently by a U.S Navy researcher has caught the eyes of technologists and conspiracy theorists alike...

                            The Army Is Building A Cannon Capable Of Firing From Nashville To NYC
                            The powerful cannon can fire a projectile over a distance of more than 1,150 nautical miles...
                            So, what has Nashville got against NYC?
                            "There Is A Global Crisis" - Israel Diamond Industry Collapses Amid Faltering Demand
                            "There is a global crisis. The government needs to help out the industry. "
                            Millennials have no interest in diamonds so, the government should buy up israeli diamonds

                            California Is (Again) Teetering On The Edge Of Financial Ruin
                            Bring it on. I have my bags packed.
                            Santiago On Fire: Chile's Military Quells Mass Riots With Tanks & Troops Patrolling Streets
                            State of emergency in effect, helicopters & armored vehicles patrol the city amid 'metro protests' as masked student rioters in running war with police...
                            Santiago is a very nice city. It sounds like antifa is loose.
                            PG&E May Sporadically Cut Power To Californians For A Decade
                            California is now the most taxed and regulated state in the nation. Not surprisingly, life here is becoming less affordable, and less profitable.



                            It's never worked but, why stop now.

                            TOR, we hardly knew you. Now, you're fading away.



                            The Guardia Civil are the government thugs that they bring in when the police just aren't violent enough. The Catalans will get BADLY beaten just like last time. They will buy scandalous headlines just like last time. They will show lots of bleeding Catalans,,, just like last time. Madrid will incur the fury of the rest of Europe just like last time.
                            You can see why the Eurocrats want a European army. They will use NON-nationals to put down any nascent revolts. "They" claim that they need a European army to defend themselves from Russia. Nigel Farage asked in the EU parliament, "who do you think you're kidding"?
                            "They" plan to have a united states of Europe no matter how many people they have to kill and imprison.


                            That certainly appeared out of the blue. A suspicious person might think that a certain neighbour wants to destabalize the home of Hezbollah.

                            Mandated by our overloards in Tel Aviv.
                            The groundwork was laid down many years ago.


                            India and Pakistan are heating things up.
                            https://www.rt.com/news/470092-india...n-nuclear-war/
                            The Affordable Care act, "As we recently reported, 66.5 percent of all bankruptcies in the US are tied to medical issues, either because of high costs for care or time out of work. An estimated 530,000 families turn to bankruptcy each year because of medical issues and bills."
                            A new study has revealed that waste and needless spending in America’s healthcare system could amount to almost $1 trillion each year. This exceeds the total US military expenditures in 2019 and as much as all of Medicare and Medicaid combined.

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                            • Failure of Interest-rate & oil derivatives

                              2002
                              Warren Buffett's company is sitting on $122 billion in cash
                              "Rates in the $2.2 trillion market for repurchase agreements rose as high as 10% on September 17 as demand for overnight cash from companies, banks and other borrowers exceeded supply."
                              The FED had to step in because Buffet and other refused to lend liquidity to a crashing market.
                              The FED originates about $100 billion a day and, has extended this into November.

                              Deutsche Bank capitalized to $14.1 billion.
                              Bank Run: Deutsche Bank Clients Are Pulling $1 Billion A Day July 2019.
                              Deutsche Bank pegs its derivatives exposure at about $22 trillion 2019
                              On July 21, 2011, ... A derivatives book of $49 trillion notional puts Deutsche Bank

                              counterparty
                              Russia and Iran will transfer payments using an alternative system to the internationally recognized SWIFT money transfer network, the governor of the Iranian central bank, Abdolnaser Hemmati, announced.

                              Just to make matters more difficult, Russia (Rosneft) is taking over oil production in Venezuela. Venezuela reportedly has more oil that Saudi Arabia in it's Orinoco basin.
                              Reportedly, Syria has more oil in the Golan that Saudi Arabia has. Russia is guaranteeing Syrian stability.

                              https://news.wsifn.com

                              How long can the fracking spending spree last ...
                              https://www.houstonchronicle.com

                              https://oilprice.com
                              US Fracking Industry is Losing Epic Amounts of Money ...
                              https://www.youtube.comhttps://www.economist.com


                              Jim Willie, "The enormous cash flow is also used to settle dismantled Petro-Dollar derivatives. As the USDollar to crude oil connection breaks down, "
                              This is easy enough to believe.

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                              • This Federal Policy Enabled the Fracking Industry's $280 billion loss....
                                https://www.resilience.org

                                1/4 $trillion in new liquidity dumped into the system to rescue counterparties of Deutsche bank. NO mention from Armstrong.
                                Though, he does write about Great Thurberg and, the global warming hoax.


                                Madrid just doesn't seem to learn that the Catalans are yearning from bloody headlines.
                                I lived in Madrid for a while and, it is very nice. The spectre of Franco still seems to linger in the halls of justice. They just can't win the PR battle by beating people up.

                                Will the Chinese go down the same road?


                                I'm sure that this was well-received.

                                The Secret Service told him that it was indefensible.



                                Back in the day, for those of you that are old enough to remember and have experienced one of the most incredible trader psychology driven stock market
                                The unicorn massacre unfolding today is exactly the opposite of what happened in 2000.


                                The Verdict Is In: "Negative Rates Are A Huge Negative For Savers, Low-Income People, And Investors"


                                [B]A US-China Trade Deal Will Likely Be A Zero-Sum Game[/


                                California is already home to almost half of the country's homeless.
                                Believe it.
                                At the same time, government pension costs are rising across the state; faster in California than in the rest of the nation.
                                "a recent paper by economists Joshua Rauh and Ryan Shyu found that out-migration of top-bracket taxpayers accelerated after the state's 2012 income tax hike.

                                "Among top-bracket California taxpayers, outward migration and behavioral responses by stayers together eroded 45.2% of the windfall tax"
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