The U.S. loses about $100 billion annually due to offshore tax evasion, according to a Senate probe that is taking aim at Swiss bank UBS AG and Liechtenstein's LGT Group for allegedly marketing tax-evasion strategies to wealthy Americans. U.S. clients hold about 19,000 accounts at UBS, with an estimated $18 billion to $20 billion in assets, in Switzerland, according to the findings from the Senate probe and Justice Department prosecutors.

Between these people and the corporate evaders we could easil cover everyone.

Taxing working Americans to cover nonworking Americans will only increase the hostility against the "welfare crowd". This gives rise to racism and makes people turn on the poor... which is how we ended up without Universal Healthcare in the first place.

, not sold. Selling something requires persuasion , and choice. It is a relationship in which a buyer WANTS something and gives something to get it. Thats called free enterprise.In most cases both sides feel happy /satisfied and get something they want. There was no transaction with TARP.It was financiers raping us while the government held us down and covered up our screams by bandying about slogans of HOPE and CHANGE in loud voices.Like many rapists they laughed at our helplessness and told us " Its for you - just lay back and enjoy it."

The fact that it occurred during an election in which no candidate offered an alternative tells us everything we need to know about this so called democracy- (calls to Congress were heavily against it) its a dictatorship by global capital who will decide when,how and how much.

Its shock capitalism, - get used to it, the future has arrived.

I think we need to have a government genital inspector to make sure no one is slipping through the cracks.Or into the cracks.

Or into the quacks.

Maybe you are quiet when hanging out with a loud beerdrinking crowd but come to life when discussing strange foods of the world

with a group of entymologists.

By labeling yourself "introvert" you give up in getting to know the full panorama of your and others interests. You retire before even trying to poke past the initial discomfort and shrink yourself to fit a description.

Its hard to be a Self when we cling to the idea that we are finished products . We're not - we're always evolving,shedding our skins and chemically reacting with our surroundings. Never settle for being a something! Instead go forth and explore- you don't have to talk a lot to explore ,you just have to fan your curiosity and keep your feelers open.

You start at the point where your husband is (not in the most healthy way , perhaps )trying to hold the family together. He doesn't like that you work late into the night on work projects? Hellooo - you do have a child and it sounds like a young child. He's relieved your unemployment gives you no means to move on.? thats because he wants to preserve your family, its understandable. The fact that your parents don't support you seems like perhaps they don't see your reasons as sufficiently valid.Which, given the dearth of info about WHY you are NEEDING a divorce in the first place leads me to conclude that they know you and are hoping you will grow up.

That you come from a well off family makes me suspect that you are used to veiwing life as a series of endless choices to try out and entertain yourself with. Perhaps you now view your marriage as one more been there,done that experience,time to move on to something more instantly gratifying.

I may be way off base here but I reread the letter with no clue as to your original motivation for breaking up your family.I suspect whatever you do in life will appear as a prison , since you demand total freedom complete with the approval of all for every move you make, ala the ring situation.

Of course it your right to leave a marriage you are not happy in, but it is sad that have done so little work on nurturing your happiness within yourself while married ,while spending so much effort to condemn your situation as intolerable.

Susan Boyle and the rest of the talent show contenders can actually do something. Its nice that there's a way for people who think they have talent to be exposed to an audience and for some real talent to be discovered. I think these show have probably renewed an interst in the performance arts among the population. But do we really need to encourgae people to have gynormous families?

I think our alienation from each other make us want to see how other people are living.Shows like Wifeswap and the Nanny are like an anthropological study of America.In many ways they free us from the conformity of thinking there is only one right way to live and broaden our horizons . ( obviously I don't get to travel much)

That happiness is inside you all the time.

if you can get a flight I'm sure you'll find someplace here you can stay , may be even a MJ fan

http://www.couchsurfing.org/wiki/London

Honey- you don't have a chance.

When you friend Bob advised you against dating Sam he was letting you know the guy wasn't ready for anything serious. You refused to listen to the inside information and now you're whining.No one but yourself to blame.

Ever heard of rebound ? Most men are not ready for a serious relationship right after a divorce - , so if you're looking for serious - avoid them..They are just boning up on their social skills again. Obviously Sam still had a lot to learn, given the email.

I loved Cary's little essay on male behavior- should be required reading for every female twelve and up !