for your consideration

Your rent is due; please post your check to 'Your Landlord' Paris, France.

Well of course you would never get a notice like this, there will always be a middleman here in the states, but we do have a problem developing here. You see more and more of our country is owned by people who don't live in our country and we have to pay them for their wise investments. They will of course spend their profits but it won't all, if any, be here.

Stop and think about this for a moment, this means that our ownership and wealth is moving oversees. I say 'our' because it affects all of us, whether we own property or not. Owning a business or working for one, owning property too, produces a return on the investment and where that return is spent is of great importance to all of us. Taking money out of the country leaves less of it for us.

I will not pretend to know what will work out the best for us in the future but the issue does warrant further investigation and possible action in the future. If not by our government then certainly by us.

I seek balance in all areas of life; I am not leaning towards jingoism.

Meanwhile take a look at this article in the Guardian Unlimited regarding Warren Buffet's views on the matter and this article in Forbes regarding Warren Buffet (he's the 2nd richest man in the world.)