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California’s Latest Hustle: Utility Bills Based on Ratepayers’ Income

Leave a Comment / Electricity / By Guest Contributor

Utility bills—for electricity, natural gas, water, and garbage—have by long-standing tradition been based on customer usage, measured in kilowatt-hours of electricity, therms or Btu of natural gas, hundred cubic feet of water, or number of garbage cans. Every residence and business has electric, gas, and water meters that measure utility usage… But what if utilities based their fixed fee on customers’ income levels rather than a flat uniform fee for every customer?

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Cyprus Banks and the Rise of Neo-Feudalism

Leave a Comment / Economic Trends, Government / By Guest Contributor

Even though the Central Bank of Cyprus is showing the world – in stark naked detail – how governments will deal with their debt problems, there is no general panic. Panicos Demetriades the governor of Cyprus’ central bank goes about his business… like Ben [Bernanke] and Mario [Blejer head of the Argentine Central Bank]… ripping

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The Risks and Rewards of High Dividend Stocks

Investing, Stock Market / By Guest Contributor

High dividend stocks are traditionally seen as a safer, less exciting method of investing, often useful for producing a steady, if unspectacular return on investment. Dividend stocks are available from more mature companies that produce a stable amount of profit that does not need to be reinvested in the company, so is issued to shareholders

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The Next Investment Disaster

Leave a Comment / Investing / By Elliott Wave International

By Susan C. Walker When money market funds, mutual funds and CDs yield next to nothing, the old itch to find higher yields kicks in. That may be why Bloomberg has had a field day reporting on the latest attempts to find higher yields. For example, from an October 7 story: Private-equity firms are

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