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		<title>A mentira do governo Lula (In Portuguese)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vendo as diversas pessoas que ainda conseguem defender o governo Lula, é necessário apontar alguns fatos. Primeiro, a mentira e falácia do Lula atual, quando comparado ao Lula de antes: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=143786388975397 Segundo, um fato óbvio: O Brasil cresceu. Sim. Também cresceram a maioría dos países subdesenvolvidos, assim como estagnaram a maioria dos países desenvolvidos. Aliás, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Vendo as diversas pessoas que ainda conseguem defender o governo Lula, é necessário apontar alguns fatos.</p>
<p>Primeiro, a mentira e falácia do Lula atual, quando comparado ao Lula de antes:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=143786388975397">http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=143786388975397</a></p>
<p>Segundo, um fato óbvio: O Brasil cresceu. Sim. Também cresceram a maioría dos países subdesenvolvidos, assim como estagnaram a maioria dos países desenvolvidos. Aliás, em termos de países subdesenvolvidos, o Brasil cresceu até pouco. Não existe mérito nenhum no Lula ou eu nenhum outro, e sim um fenômeno macroeconômico. Assim como o Brasil &#8220;cresceu&#8221;, cresceu também a corrupção (ver o site transparency international, compare as estatísticas de corrupção do Brasil antes do governo Lula e agora. Depois veja a quantidade de escândalos por governo, que está disponível na Wikipedia).</p>
<p>Não é possível acreditar que gente com cultura e educação, com fatos e dados a disposição, ainda consiga defender um cidadão cercado de tanta falácia e corrupção (não se esqueçam do mensalão!).</p>
<p>Acorda, Brasil, não joguem mais outra década fora.</p>
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		<title>Now with my own MSDN blog WAY!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, it was about time to separate things. From now on, my technical topics blog will be at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/velloso/ while this one will remain as my personal one. Will be posting stuff soon.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, it was about time to separate things. From now on, my technical topics blog will be at <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/velloso/">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/velloso/</a> while this one will remain as my personal one. Will be posting stuff soon.</p>
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		<title>Connect Outlook and Messenger to Facebook</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And social network madness keeps going For Outlook: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&#38;FamilyID=ce8b7517-234c-48a1-a655-324a88893b02 And for Messenger: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/outlook-social-connector-partner-listing-FX101812910.aspx]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And social network madness keeps going <img src='http://www.mateus.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>For Outlook:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&amp;FamilyID=ce8b7517-234c-48a1-a655-324a88893b02">http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&amp;FamilyID=ce8b7517-234c-48a1-a655-324a88893b02</a></p>
<p>And for Messenger:</p>
<p><a href="http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/outlook-social-connector-partner-listing-FX101812910.aspx">http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/outlook-social-connector-partner-listing-FX101812910.aspx</a></p>
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		<title>Retouching Photos Made (much) Easier</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 05:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever had to take photos of a group of people and every time you try, someone had the eyes closed, made a funny face or something else? Your problems are over! This very powerful tool, now part of Windows Live, can do awesome tricks, mixing two or more photos together and doing replacements with nearly [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ever had to take photos of a group of people and every time you try, someone had the eyes closed, made a funny face or something else?</p>
<p>Your problems are over!</p>
<p>This very powerful tool, now part of Windows Live, can do awesome tricks, mixing two or more photos together and doing replacements with nearly zero effort!<br />
<a href="http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/02/microsoft-rolls-out-impressive-enhancements-to-windows-live-essentials-suite/">http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/02/microsoft-rolls-out-impressive-enhancements-to-windows-live-essentials-suite/</a></p>
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		<title>Interesting numbers from Microsoft blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 23:41:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently the official Microsoft blog posted quite a few interesting numbers that worth spreading. First, the source: http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2010/06/25/microsoft-by-the-numbers.aspx Then, the numbers: 150,000,000 Number of Windows 7 licenses sold, making Windows 7 by far the fastest growing operating system in history. 7.1 million Projected iPad sales for 2010. 58 million Projected netbook sales in 2010. 355 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Recently the official Microsoft blog posted quite a few interesting numbers that worth spreading.</p>
<p>First, the source:</p>
<p><a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2010/06/25/microsoft-by-the-numbers.aspx">http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2010/06/25/microsoft-by-the-numbers.aspx</a></p>
<p>Then, the numbers:</p>
<p><strong>150,000,000<br />
</strong>Number of Windows 7 licenses sold, making Windows 7 by far the fastest growing operating system in history.<br />
<strong>7.1 million</strong><br />
Projected iPad sales for 2010.<br />
<strong>58 million<br />
</strong>Projected netbook sales in 2010.<br />
<strong>355 million</strong><br />
Projected PC sales in 2010.</p>
<p><strong> &lt;10%</strong><br />
Percentage of US netbooks running Windows in 2008.<br />
<strong>96%</strong><br />
Percentage of US netbooks running Windows in 2009. <br />
 </p>
<p>Who was the smartypants who said netbooks would kill Windows??</p>
<p> <br />
<strong>0<br />
</strong>Number of paying customers running on Windows Azure in November 2009.<br />
<strong>10,000</strong><br />
Number of paying customers running on Windows Azure in June 2010.</p>
<p><strong>700,000</strong><br />
Number of students, teachers and staff using Microsoft’s cloud productivity tools in Kentucky public schools, the largest cloud deployment in the US.<br />
 </p>
<p><strong>16 million<br />
</strong>Total subscribers to largest 25 US daily newspapers.<br />
<strong>14 Million</strong><br />
Total number of Netflix subscribers.<br />
<strong>23 million</strong><br />
Total number of Xbox Live subscribers.</p>
<p><strong>9,000,000</strong><br />
Number of customer downloads of the Office 2010 beta prior to launch, the largest Microsoft beta program in history.</p>
<p>(Doesn&#8217;t really look like a number related to a dying product, does it?)</p>
<p><strong>21.4 million</strong><br />
Number of new Bing search users in one year.</p>
<p><strong>24%</strong><br />
Linux Server market share in 2005.<br />
<strong>33%</strong><br />
Predicted Linux Server market share for 2007 (made in 2005).<br />
<strong>21.2%</strong><br />
Actual Linux Server market share, Q4 2009.</p>
<p><strong>8.8 million<br />
</strong>Global iPhone sales in Q1 2010.<br />
<strong>21.5 million<br />
</strong>Nokia smartphone sales in Q1 2010.<br />
<strong>55 million<br />
</strong>Total smartphone sales globally in Q1 2010.<br />
<strong>439 million</strong><br />
Projected global smartphone sales in 2014.</p>
<p><strong>9<br />
</strong>Number of years it took Salesforce.com to reach 1 million paid user milestone.<br />
<strong>6</strong><br />
Number of years it took Microsoft Dynamics CRM to reach 1 million paid user milestone.<br />
<strong>100%</strong><br />
Percent chance that Salesforce.com CEO will mention Microsoft in a speech, panel, interview, or blog post.</p>
<p>(he he)</p>
<p><strong>173 million<br />
</strong>Global Gmail users.<br />
<strong>284 million</strong><br />
Global Yahoo! Mail users.<br />
<strong>360 million</strong><br />
Global Windows Live Hotmail users.<br />
<strong>299 million</strong><br />
Active Windows Live Messenger Accounts worldwide.<br />
<strong>1<br />
</strong>Rank of Windows Live Messenger globally compared to all other instant messaging services.</p>
<p><strong>$5.7 Billion</strong><br />
Apple Net income for fiscal year ending  Sep 2009.<br />
<strong>$6.5 Billion</strong><br />
Google Net income for fiscal year ending Dec 2009.<br />
<strong>$14.5 Billion<br />
</strong>Microsoft Net Income for fiscal year ending June 2009.<br />
<strong>$23.0 billion</strong><br />
Total Microsoft revenue, FY2000.<br />
<strong>$58.4 billion</strong><br />
Total Microsoft revenue, FY2009.</p>
<p>(for those who are not familiar with the terms, income is what really matters)</p>
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		<title>Still about IPad</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:34:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe I was unfair about the IPad. Let&#8217;s see what others are saying: Yahoo Finance: &#8220;Apple&#8217;s iPad Debuts to Great Expectations &#8230; and Disappoints&#8221; http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/apple&#8217;s-ipad-debuts-to-great-expectations-&#8230;-and-disappoints-414370.html?tickers=aapl,amzn,%5Eixic,mhp,nws,hpq  Gizmodo: &#8220;8 Things That Suck About the iPad&#8221; http://gizmodo.com/5458382/8-things-that-suck-about-the-ipad  Business Insider: &#8220;The iPad Is Such A Bad Product Name That MadTV Was Mocking It 4 Years Ago&#8221; http://www.businessinsider.com/the-ipad-is-such-a-bad-product-name-madtv-was-mocking-it-4-years-ago-2010-1 PCWorld: &#8220;Apple [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maybe I was unfair about the IPad. Let&#8217;s see what others are saying:</p>
<p>Yahoo Finance: &#8220;Apple&#8217;s iPad Debuts to Great Expectations &#8230; and Disappoints&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/apple's-ipad-debuts-to-great-expectations-...-and-disappoints-414370.html?tickers=aapl,amzn,%5Eixic,mhp,nws,hpq">http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/apple&#8217;s-ipad-debuts-to-great-expectations-&#8230;-and-disappoints-414370.html?tickers=aapl,amzn,%5Eixic,mhp,nws,hpq</a></p>
<p> Gizmodo: &#8220;8 Things That Suck About the iPad&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://gizmodo.com/5458382/8-things-that-suck-about-the-ipad">http://gizmodo.com/5458382/8-things-that-suck-about-the-ipad</a></p>
<p> Business Insider: &#8220;The iPad Is Such A Bad Product Name That MadTV Was Mocking It 4 Years Ago&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/the-ipad-is-such-a-bad-product-name-madtv-was-mocking-it-4-years-ago-2010-1">http://www.businessinsider.com/the-ipad-is-such-a-bad-product-name-madtv-was-mocking-it-4-years-ago-2010-1</a></p>
<p>PCWorld: &#8220;Apple iPad Reviews: The Critics Weigh In&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/188073/apple_ipad_reviews_the_critics_weigh_in.html">http://www.pcworld.com/article/188073/apple_ipad_reviews_the_critics_weigh_in.html</a></p>
<p>Case closed <img src='http://www.mateus.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>IPad frustration</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:26:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone is talking about how disapponted they are about this whole IPad thing.   Then someone sent me this:   http://www.archos.com/products/nb/archos_9/index.html?country=nz&#38;lang=en   This is what IPad wanted to be when it grows up. A real computer. Not a big IPhone that can&#8217;t even make calls.   Now imagine someone holding an IPad close to the ears [...]]]></description>
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<div>Everyone is talking about how disapponted they are about this whole IPad thing.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Then someone sent me this:</div>
<div> </div>
<div><a href="http://www.mateus.info/wp-admin/redir.aspx?C=de1e18ed05ff42d8ad32e1f54daa3211&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.archos.com%2fproducts%2fnb%2farchos_9%2findex.html%3fcountry%3dnz%26lang%3den" target="_blank">http://www.archos.com/products/nb/archos_9/index.html?country=nz&amp;lang=en</a></div>
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<div>This is what IPad wanted to be when it grows up. <img src='http://www.mateus.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  A real computer. Not a big IPhone that can&#8217;t even make calls.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Now imagine someone holding an IPad close to the ears yelling: HELLOOOWWW???</div>
<div>FAIL!</div>
<p></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: xx-small; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px" dir="ltr"></p>
<div> </div>
<div>This Archos one runs a real OS, Windows 7, not a freaking half baked OS that won&#8217;t allow you to do anything. And some serious HD (60 GB) so you can really do something useful with it.</div>
<div>And the price, you may ask? US$ 549!</div>
<div>So who in perfect sanity would rather buy an IPad? Steve Jobs maybe? Nah, he is a smart guy, most of the time&#8230;</div>
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		<title>Why people calculate the probability of God?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday this article was published on NZ Herald:   http://www.nzherald.co.nz/science/news/article.cfm?c_id=82&#38;objectid=10616394&#38;ref=rss   The author, Dr Jeff Tallon, a physicist, wastes two pages of interesting information to justify why it is likely to be a God out there. I have a friend, probably one of the most intelligent persons I ever met and it turns out that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Yesterday this article was published on NZ Herald:</div>
<div> </div>
<div><a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/science/news/article.cfm?c_id=82&amp;objectid=10616394&amp;ref=rss">http://www.nzherald.co.nz/science/news/article.cfm?c_id=82&amp;objectid=10616394&amp;ref=rss</a></div>
<div> </div>
<div>The author, Dr Jeff Tallon, a physicist, wastes two pages of interesting information to justify why it is likely to be a God out there.</div>
<div>I have a friend, probably one of the most intelligent persons I ever met and it turns out that he believes in God. He gave me the only rational explanation I ever heard from people who believe in God. He said something like:</div>
<div>&#8220;If God wanted to give us a rational proof of his existence he&#8217;d just come to earth and say: Hey! Believe in me, I&#8217;m here! But no, it&#8217;s all about faith, not logic. You have to believe by yourself&#8221;.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>So Dr. Jeff in this article is committing a basic mistake: He is trying to use statistics to justify his belief and consequently, he is completely missing the point.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>If the probability of the creation of the universe and life is so minimal, so unlikely to occur, then the probability of the existence of a superior being that managed to create the universe is even less likely. Therefore the whole article is a waste of time.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>But still quite fun to read <img src='http://www.mateus.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </div>
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<div>My former business partner used to say: &#8220;The problem about statistics is that when you torture numbers they will confess anything you want&#8221;.</div>
<div>For instance, I hereby declare that drinking water turns people into murderers. After all, 100% of the murderers used to drink water.</div>
<div>There you go, now I have a proof for my belief. Easy <img src='http://www.mateus.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </div>
<div>Shame on you, Dr&#8230;</div>
<div>Learning to separate personal beliefs from science is the first important rule for a scientist.</div>
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		<title>1% of the GPD is all we need</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to recent data, 1% of the world&#8217;s GPD is enough to clean the world. That&#8217;s it, a lot, lot less than what was wasted with bailouts of banks that were incompetent in managing their own assets and we could have a whole new, clean shinny world to live at. So we don&#8217;t have an [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">According to recent data, 1% of the world&#8217;s GPD is enough to clean the world. That&#8217;s it, a lot, lot less than what was wasted with bailouts of banks that were incompetent in managing their own assets and we could have a whole new, clean shinny world to live at.</span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">So we don&#8217;t have an environmental problem anymore. We have a political problem. Wrong politicians, wrong decisions consistently being made, world sinking in debt when the real problems that we should be focusing on fixing are proven easy to solve and here we are.</span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">Makes you wonder if there is intelligent life in this planet.</span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">Putting it in a more simplistic way: I can choose another bank if I don&#8217;t trust mine. But I can&#8217;t choose another planet.</span></p>
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		<title>Turn your webcam into a surveillance system</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m quite happy with the results of the free beta of Vitamin D ( http://www.vitamindinc.com/index.php ) . Basically it turns your webcam or any other camera into an automatic surveillance system that will recognize movement and images. Then you can create rules, like to send you an e-mail when a person is detected, range of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I’m quite happy with the results of the free beta of Vitamin D ( <a href="http://www.vitamindinc.com/index.php">http://www.vitamindinc.com/index.php</a> ) . Basically it turns your webcam or any other camera into an automatic surveillance system that will recognize movement and images. Then you can create rules, like to send you an e-mail when a person is detected, range of hours or days of the week, etc.</p>
<p>So even if someone breaks into your house and steals your computer, the images will be already sent by internet and you will be able to give them to the police to help tracking down whoever was there.</p>
<p>I am using the Microsoft LifeCam VX-7000 which is working great but the software also supports network enabled cameras and configuring different regions of the house if you are really some sort of security freak. <img src='http://www.mateus.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Also a very good idea to use bitlocker encryption on all your internal and external drives so your computer data cannot be accessed without the proper keys. At Microsoft this is now mandatory and I’ve seen several situations where customers lost their laptops with sensitive data, which is something you don’t want to experience.</p>
<p>If you encrypt your drives, remember to make a good backup of the recovery keys (preferably on some secure internet drive) so if something goes wrong with your keys you are not completely doomed.</p>
<p>And no, I’m not a security freak… Although I’ve also installed 6 window/door monitor plus a few motion sensors around the house. After all, why not? <img src='http://www.mateus.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>CPI Index 2009: New Zealand Up, Brazil Down</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Zealand now is officially the least corrupt country in the world: http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2009/cpi_2009_table It is interesting to see the progress from the 3rd position in 2003. Unfortunately I can’t say the same about Brazil, who went down from the 54th in 2003 to the 75th position now in 2009. That describes well how Brazil has [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>New Zealand now is officially the least corrupt country in the world:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2009/cpi_2009_table">http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2009/cpi_2009_table</a></p>
<p>It is interesting to see the progress from the 3<sup>rd</sup> position in 2003.</p>
<p>Unfortunately I can’t say the same about Brazil, who went down from the 54<sup>th</sup> in 2003 to the 75<sup>th</sup> position now in 2009. That describes well how Brazil has been doing with Lula’s government. In several different occasions in the last years we could see Lula protecting politicians accused of dreadful corruption crimes.</p>
<p>I can only feel sorry for my home country.</p>
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		<title>Recession is over. Yeah, right&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So now they say that recession is over. The same people who didn’t have a clue about the economic crash that was about to happen, who said repeatedly that everything was fine before the deep dive of stock markets are now assuring you that everything is going to be fine, the worst is over. Let’s use [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So now they say that recession is over.</p>
<p>The same people who didn’t have a clue about the economic crash that was about to happen, who said repeatedly that everything was fine before the deep dive of stock markets are now assuring you that everything is going to be fine, the worst is over.</p>
<p>Let’s use our brains a little bit:</p>
<p>Absolutely nothing differently has been done by Obama’s government. Actually the recipe for addressing this issue is exactly the same one that lead US and the whole world into this problem in the first place. Ridiculously low interest rates and measures to bring forward future economic growth in a non-sustainable manner so politicians and central banks could deliver “results” to public opinion and push the problem to the next ones to be in charge to solve them, that’s all.</p>
<p>Likewise in other countries, such as Brazil, nothing has been done in the last 8 years to improve the economic growth in any way. None of the important structural changes was even considered.</p>
<p>Any economic “growth” we can witness in US is nothing more than just future growth brought forward by artificial measures. It comes with an invoice yet to be paid by every single person on this planet.</p>
<p>Debt is skyrocketing, currencies and most assets are devaluating.</p>
<p>Allow me to illustrate what I’m talking about:</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-155" title="chart" src="http://www.mateus.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/chart.jpg" alt="chart" width="485" height="397" /></p>
<p>This chart shows some currencies and stock market indexes, all indexed in Gold. Imagine gold as a fixed unit of value, always equals to 1. Then convert everything else into this unit of value. That’s what you get.</p>
<p>Any number anyone gives to you should be analysed from this perspective.</p>
<p>With the exception of Brazil’s Bovespa, which goes irrationally against this trend (but not for too long) everything else has just lost value.</p>
<p>Unemployment, wages, house prices, revenues, profit margins… You name it. They are all still going down.</p>
<p>But don’t worry, that’s just the beginning. The worst is yet to come.</p>
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		<title>New Zealand Ranks #10 in the &#8220;prosperity index&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mateus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scoring the 10th place in a list of 104 nations covering 90% of the world&#8217;s population is something that deserves respect and recognition. And if we are talking about a tiny country with 4 million people then it gets even more interesting. So New Zealand is officially the 10th most prosper country in the world: http://media.nzherald.co.nz/webcontent/document/pdf/Successful.pdf Well [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Scoring the 10th place in a list of 104 nations covering 90% of the world&#8217;s population is something that deserves respect and recognition. And if we are talking about a tiny country with 4 million people then it gets even more interesting.</p>
<p>So New Zealand is officially the 10th most prosper country in the world:</p>
<p><a href="http://media.nzherald.co.nz/webcontent/document/pdf/Successful.pdf">http://media.nzherald.co.nz/webcontent/document/pdf/Successful.pdf</a></p>
<p>Well done, New Zealand.</p>
<p>Unfortunately I can&#8217;t celebrate my home country, Brazil&#8217;s situation. We are ranking at 41, which might not sound so bad until we compare the same country two years ago when it was ranking at 34.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s sad and shows how not well current government is doing over there. But much worse is Venezuela that managed to go down from 31 in 2007 to impressive 74 now. How stupid can people be to not see such a disaster happening before their eyes? How can people still approve someone as Hugo Chaves or Lula after so many obvious facts?</p>
<p>In Brazil it is easy to explain. People are too busy celebrating that Rio will be hosting the Olympics to worry about boring statistics and facts. Oh well, let’s hope things will change in the future over there&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Windows 7 RC on a Dell Mini, amazing!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 00:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After upgrading my Dell mini 9 to a 32 GB SSD Runcore HD and 2 GB of RAM, I decided to install Windows 7 RC on it to see how it behaves. And I still can&#8217;t believe on the performance! Total installation time: ~17 minutes (including booting, formating, etc) Total full boot time: ~15 seconds! [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After upgrading my Dell mini 9 to a 32 GB SSD Runcore HD and 2 GB of RAM, I decided to install Windows 7 RC on it to see how it behaves.</p>
<p>And I still can&#8217;t believe on the performance!</p>
<p>Total installation time: ~17 minutes (including booting, formating, etc)</p>
<p>Total full boot time: ~15 seconds!</p>
<p>It is running office 2007 and now I&#8217;m planning to install visual studio and virtual pc on it.</p>
<p>It is actually running faster than my work laptop. For those who don&#8217;t see a future on netbooks or windows 7, there you go.</p>
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		<title>Open minded or close minded?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nice video&#8230; Unfortunately if you are close minded you don&#8217;t care about reasoning anyway so in that case, don&#8217;t bother watching it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T69TOuqaqXI]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nice video&#8230; Unfortunately if you are close minded you don&#8217;t care about reasoning anyway so in that case, don&#8217;t bother watching it.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T69TOuqaqXI">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T69TOuqaqXI</a></p>
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		<title>O que o cidadão comum pode fazer? (In Portuguese)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Respondendo à pergunta postada no meu blog: “Caro Mateus: tenho acompanhado seus artigos e as coisas tem acontecido como esta escrito. Penso que eles venham do conhecimento de Historia,associado a uma capacidade de elaboraçao privilegiada o que o leva a uma percepçao acima da media da realidade que esta acontecendo e que esta por vir [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Respondendo à pergunta postada no meu blog:</p>
<p>“Caro Mateus:<br />
tenho acompanhado seus artigos e as coisas tem acontecido como esta escrito. Penso que eles venham do conhecimento de Historia,associado a uma capacidade de elaboraçao privilegiada o que o leva a uma percepçao acima da media da realidade que esta acontecendo e que esta por vir (cérebro mesmo). Não vejo nisto um elogio, vejo uma constatação.<br />
Voce ve o problema. E eu pergunto: Na sua opinião, o que o cidadão comum pode fazer para se proteger do que está por vir? Melhor, o que pode fazer para minimizar as consequencias do que esta por vir?<br />
[]<br />
pato:(“</p>
<p>Caro pato,</p>
<p>A primeira coisa que o cidadão comum precisa fazer é tomar consciência e conscientizar os amigos à sua volta, que provavelmente ainda estejam alienados aos fatos.</p>
<p>Considerando que a aprovação do Lula ainda é de 65%, mais da metade do Brasil ainda não percebeu que ele é o grande responsável por não ter preparado o país quando tudo era notícia boa, e agora vai pagar um preço caro (não estou falando da crise econômica, mas da popularidade dele que vai sair pelo esgoto). Enquanto ele pede para que em nome do Brasil o povo gaste todas as suas economias, eu lembro à você e a todos e a tarefa de salvar a economia brasileira é de responsabilidade do Lula, e não sua ou da sua poupança. Ele devia estar se preocupando com isso por anos e não se preocupou, até porque não entende nada de economia. Então deixe essa coisa de torcer pelo Brasil como se torce para um time de futebol de lado e use a cabeça. Deixe que o Lula já está dando um jeito de gastar o seu dinheiro e as suas economias (vide FGTS e outros), mesmo que você não o faça. Este governo entrará para os livros de história como o governo que desperdiçou a maior oportunidade que o Brasil já teve de se tornar primeiro mundo. Pena&#8230;</p>
<p>Então num país onde até o Collor consegue voltar ao poder, fica mesmo difícil nós, isoladamente, fazermos muita coisa.</p>
<p>Mas individualmente falando, o que eu recomendaria é:</p>
<p>1-Fazer um “pé de meia”, se já não fez. Isso é fundamental. A maioria esmagadora dos meus amigos não se preocupa o quanto devia com relação ao futuro e as estatísticas mostram que a maioria dos idosos não juntou o suficiente para ter uma velhice confortável. Isso unido ao fato de que a expectativa de vida tem aumentado e que anda cada vez mais difícil viver de renda nos leva a conclusões bem óbvias. Todo mundo tende a ser otimista quando planeja o futuro. A maioria acha que vai ter mais dinheiro do que realmente terá, acha que é mais inteligente do que realmente é, acha que terá um emprego melhor do que realmente conseguirá e assim por diante. As pessoas preferem financiar o carro do ano que juntar dinheiro para a faculdade dos filhos.<br />
2-Diversificar. Diversificar tipos de investimentos, bancos, países e bens. O ideal é que você não tenha todo o dinheiro no mesmo país, nem no mesmo banco, nem no mesmo tipo de investimento. Tem gente que prefere financiar a casa própria por 30 anos ao inves de pagar aluguel e ir diversificando as economias. Grande erro. Casa própria apenas não quer dizer nada. Ninguém come tijolo.<br />
3-Não confie em dinheiro. Muitas águas vão rolar e o dolar americano anda com os dias contados. Isso vai dar uma bagunçada em todo o modelo econômico global e portanto, confiar em dinheiro apenas é perigoso. Diversificar com ouro é altamente recomendável na conjuntura atual.<br />
4-Lembre-se: É impossível prever os movimentos dos preços, portanto não da pra dizer com certeza se a bolsa vai disparar, se as ações vão subir, etc. Pode bem acontecer uma alta recorde da bolsa devido a distorções econômicas como a bovespa também poderia ficar 10 anos sem chegar nos patamares que está. A conclusão novamente é diversificação e gerenciamento de risco.<br />
5-Self improvement: A competitividade no mercado de trabalho vai ficar mais difícil. Por isso a demanda por cursos superiores e profissionalizantes vem aumentando. Esteja adiante no jogo, identifique as novas oportunidades de negócio e se prepare profissionalmente para elas. Avalie também se a empresa onde trabalha está se preparando para esse cenário de crise.</p>
<p>Para finalizar, não acredite em conselhos de ninguém, nem nos meus. A melhor coisa que a gente faz na vida é aprender a aprender. Errar é humano, mas insistir no mesmo erro é burrice imperdoável. Constantemente avalie o que está funcionando e o que não está e esteja preparado para mudar de idéia quando os fatos lhe mostrarem outra realidade.</p>
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		<title>Por que eu sou melhor que o ministro Mantega (In Portuguese)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Não, eu não sou Ministro da Fazenda. Não sou formado em economia pela USP, não sou dotô com especialização em sociologia. Nunca dei aula de economia num curso de mestrado. Mesmo assim, com toda a arrogância que deus me deu eu vou aqui explicar por que eu me considero muito melhor que o Mantega: 1-Eu [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: PT-BR;" lang="PT-BR"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Não, eu não sou Ministro da Fazenda. Não sou formado em economia pela USP, não sou dotô com especialização em sociologia. Nunca dei aula de economia num curso de mestrado.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: PT-BR;" lang="PT-BR"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mesmo assim, com toda a arrogância que deus me deu eu vou aqui explicar por que eu me considero muito melhor que o Mantega:</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: PT-BR;" lang="PT-BR"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1-Eu sou melhor que o Mantega porque no ano passado (2008) eu não disse para todo mundo que “A crise financeira global não ameaça o crescimento brasileiro”. Pelo contrário, em 2006 eu já falava que a coisa era feia e que era melhor o Brasil começar a se preparar.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: PT-BR;" lang="PT-BR"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2-Eu sou melhor que o Mantega porque eu não prometi, em setembro de 2008 que teríamos um excelente Natal, quando depois a queda desastrosa da produção industrial do último trimestre provou o contrário.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: PT-BR;" lang="PT-BR"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3-Eu sou melhor que o Mantega porque não disse, em Junho de 2008, que pneumonia nos EUA é pequeno resfriado no Brasil, sendo que a queda da produção industrial do último trimestre no Brasil foi DUAS VEZES maior que a dos EUA.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: PT-BR;" lang="PT-BR"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4-Eu sou melhor que o Mantega porque enquanto eu avisava que o pior ainda estava por vir (e ainda está) ele dizia que o fundo do poço da crise já tinha passado, isso em Outubro de 2008.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: PT-BR;" lang="PT-BR"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">E para finalizar, agora, final do primeiro trimestre de 2009, quando o Mantega vai a público dizer que tudo indica que não haverá recessão tecnica (mesmo que o Brasil só cresca 0.1%, o que tecnicamente é a taxa em que a unha cresce depois que a gente morre) eu que não sou economista, não tenho acesso às informações que ele tem, que não tenho dotôradu disso e daquilo, garanto que a coisa ainda vai ficar muito pior antes de melhorar. </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: PT-BR;" lang="PT-BR"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A diferença entre ele e eu? </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: PT-BR;" lang="PT-BR"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Um de nós já provou diversas vezes que ou é incompetente ou mentiroso e não devia nunca estar ocupando o cargo que ocupa, colocando em risco a economia de um país inteiro. Um de nós não parece ter compromisso nenhum com manter a população informada. </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: PT-BR;" lang="PT-BR"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Um de nós trabalha para um cara que depois do escândalo do mensalão teve a cara de pau de ir a público e dizer que não sabia de nada, e ainda consegue se olhar no espelho todo dia.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: PT-BR;" lang="PT-BR"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Essa é a diferença.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: PT-BR;" lang="PT-BR"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: PT-BR;" lang="PT-BR"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"> </span></span></p>
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		<title>Ok, e agora? (In Portuguese)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 07:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Muito bem, adivinhar a primeira parte da crise foi fácil, mas e agora? No jornal Valor Econômico de hoje, vejo a notícia que os países asiáticos estão literalmente distribuindo dinheiro para a população, para que eles gastem, de forma a &#8220;aquecer&#8221; a economima. Taiwan, China, Japão, Tailândia, todos dando 100 a 200 dolares por pessoa, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Muito bem, adivinhar a primeira parte da crise foi fácil, mas e agora?</p>
<p>No jornal Valor Econômico de hoje, vejo a notícia que os países asiáticos estão literalmente distribuindo dinheiro para a população, para que eles gastem, de forma a &#8220;aquecer&#8221; a economima. Taiwan, China, Japão, Tailândia, todos dando 100 a 200 dolares por pessoa, com regras distintas.</p>
<p>Sim, isso começa a delinear a fase 2 da crise. Enquanto o Reino Unido coloca as impressoras de dinheiro a todo vapor para aquecer a economia, começamos a ver os primeiros sinais da fase 2 chegando. A China já sugere que o US Dolar deixe de ser a moeda de referência. Perda de confiança generalizada no dolar é tudo o que se precisa para que a coisa vá para o buraco de vez.</p>
<p>Mas de uma hora para outra as bolsas começam a parar de cair. Os preços das casas começam a parar de cair. Aqui na Nova Zelândia, as taxas de juros fixo de longo prazo para financiamento de imóveis começam a subir.</p>
<p>Imagina se eu compro um imóvel financiado aqui, com juros fixos de 5% ao ano por 5 anos. Daí imagina se nesse meio tempo a inflação dispara, o que acontece com a minha dívida? Desaparece, e quem leva o ferro é o banco.</p>
<p>É por isso que os bancos, que não são bobos nem nada, já começam a subir os juros fixos de longo prazo, que estão perto da mínima histórica. É um sinal do que vem pela frente.</p>
<p>Na dúvida do que está por vir, basta ler sobre a Alemanha em 1923: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperinflation">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperinflation</a></p>
<p>Uma sensação de melhora tomará conta de todos, desemprego cedo ou tarde irá parar de aumentar e todo mundo vai começar a pensar: &#8220;ah, que bom, já já acaba a crise&#8221;.</p>
<p>Aí é que vem a crise de verdade.</p>
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		<title>E a crise continua&#8230; (In Portuguese)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Em Março de 2007 publiquei um artigo falando sobre a crise econômica e o preço do ouro. Naquela época, o ouro estava cotado a US660. E os “especialistas” dizendo que a bolsa ia dobrar de valor em coisa de dois anos no máximo. Como o dolar estava R$ 2.13 significa que o ouro estava cotado [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Em Março de 2007 publiquei um artigo falando sobre a crise econômica e o preço do ouro.</p>
<p>Naquela época, o ouro estava cotado a US660. E os “especialistas” dizendo que a bolsa ia dobrar de valor em coisa de dois anos no máximo.</p>
<p>Como o dolar estava R$ 2.13 significa que o ouro estava cotado a R$ 1405.</p>
<p>O tempo passou e semana passada o ouro atingiu US$ 1000. São 51% em 2 anos. Isso em US$. Porque o dolar também se valorizou em relação ao real, para R$2.38</p>
<p>Significa que hoje o ouro está R$2380, o que da uma valorização de 69% em reais. Já em dolar Neozelandes a valorização foi de 108%. Sim, o NZ$ se desvalorizou em relação ao Real. Isso se deve ao fato de que enquanto o Brasil tiver os juros mais altos do mundo (e der conta de pagar por eles) vai ter gente pegando empréstimo no exterior e investindo em renda fixa no Brasil. Isso até o dia em que:</p>
<p>A) Algo faça sacarem essa grana rapidamente<br />
B) Baixem os juros no Brasil<br />
C) O Brasil quebre<br />
D) Todas as anteriores<br />
Já a Bovespa de lá pra ca&#8230;</p>
<p>Alguém adivinha?</p>
<p>Mesmo com o ótimo ano de 2007, de lá pra ca a performance do Ibovespa foi de belos -6%.</p>
<p>E ainda tem gente achando que essa crise não é de nada.</p>
<p>Vale explicar algumas coisas:</p>
<p>1 &#8211; Não é o ouro que tem valorizado. É o resto que anda perdendo valor.<br />
2 – Isso só está começando, ainda estamos na fase 1 da crise<br />
Nada melhor que andar bem informado e saber diferenciar os verdadeiros especialistas dos que apenas ganham dinheiro com a sua corretagem ou o seu crédito.</p>
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		<title>Does it make any sense?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So&#8230; here in New Zealand if you own a house and get a mortgage to buy a new one and then rent it to make some extra money you can get many tax rebate benefits. Cool, eh! But if you are a first time buyer wanting to buy your little house so you can be free [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So&#8230; here in New Zealand if you own a house and get a mortgage to buy a new one and then rent it to make some extra money you can get many tax rebate benefits.</p>
<p>Cool, eh!</p>
<p>But if you are a first time buyer wanting to buy your little house so you can be free of paying a rent, guess what? No tax rebate for you!</p>
<p>So what&#8217;s the rationale behind of a system that rewards you for doing a risky (house-bubble-sort-of) investment but doesn&#8217;t stimulate you to buy your own house?</p>
<p>Go figure</p>
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