Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:21:32 +0100
From: "Gabe Menezes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Have you no shame, no self respect to go on pandering falsehoods on this forum ?
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The U.S. Govt only wants foreign entities, including Sovereign Wealth Funds, to 
buy T Bills and to bail out doggy US financial institutions.
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I have no issues with the US Govt policy, neither should you but to blatantly 
and falsely give readers the impression that the US is an open market is sheer 
balderdash.
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Mario responds:
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Goans in the middle east who may be interested in investing in the US need to 
know that Gabe is simply factually wrong in his rudely worded post when he 
writes that, "The U.S. Govt only wants foreign entities, including Sovereign 
Wealth Funds, to buy T Bills and to bail out doggy US financial institutions."
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The following excerpt from the report in the link below shows that investments 
in the US in 2004 just from the middle-east amounted to $9.3 billion.  All of 
these, according to the report are in "actual factories, office buildings and 
other tangible assets as opposed to stocks and bonds."
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"By contrast, Arab countries in the Middle East accounted for $9.3 billion, led 
by $4.7 billion in investment from Saudi Arabia. The United Arab Emirates was 
second among Middle East Arab countries with $1.8 billion in investments, 
according to the data."
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The following report details the facts better than I can.  These facts are well 
known to those who follow world events and the trend has accelerated since 2004 
with additional corporate acquisitions and new factories in the US by foreign 
manufacturers.
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-03-19-foreign-ownership_x.htm
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An excerpt:
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At the end of 2004, the total foreign direct investment in this country — 
actual factories, office buildings and other tangible assets as opposed to 
stocks and bonds — came to $1.53 trillion, 8.2% more than in 2003. 
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That investment shows up in all of the 50 states. [end of excerpt]
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