Breakfast Links

Posted by Jeff Carter
on September 22nd, 2012

Protecting their equity value for a recession, $YUM raises dividend and $MCD raises too.

US farmland hits $20k per acre. Are the Russians or Chinese buying it? Seems a bit frothy to me.

Capital gains tax needs reform to help farmers. Young farmers priced out of the market. Another reason Friedman is correct when he said we need a 0% cap gains tax.

Looks like pork prices could double next year. ($HE_F)

Another facet of the drought, The Grassland Fire Index is very high. Didn’t even know they had one.

Some information on the California ballot initiative on food labeling. I am for transparency in labeling, but this idea is generated by environmental wackos. Sensible labeling based on science that informs consumers about what they are eating makes sense. Agendas don’t.

Harry Reid is a public official. Why isn’t he releasing tax returns?

No one trusts the media. Good thing. Most of them are making news instead of reporting news.

Social Media insurance?

Is the Romney vote being understated? I know a lot of the polling data is skewed because either the sample size is too small to be meaningful, or they over sample certain groups to get the result they want.

100 days till the largest tax increase in US history if Obama isn’t voted out.

Know what you are doing when you mess with a snake.

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