退休制度改革與減稅

  去年2017年蔡政府總算是將公教退休金制度調整完成,當然不盡理想,只是這也是不得不,因政府沒錢支應,外加過往政府基金管理者沒有足夠專業知識,使得總體退休金績效與報酬非常慘淡,而今隨著美元貶值,或許反倒是因禍得福,因投資海外的匯率損失不輕,但匯率升升貶貶,新臺幣終究還是不可能無止盡的升值,等到美歐經濟有很清楚的成長,失業率與工業增長緩步回升,新興市場貨幣終究是必須相對走低,只是美國與歐洲的債務水準都很高,匯率貶值也是經濟調整的常態,美國持續期望進行自身公共建設的重建,自然會帶動美債發行量的擴大,投資人在此前提下,要求較高的回報率,造成美國公債債券殖利率的上揚,也是必然現象,但是一旦美債市場回穩,資金必然大量湧入,此時新興市場貨幣相對走弱也是必然。

  回頭談蔡政府最近做的減稅,直白地說,並沒有很贊成,因為此舉還是一個扭曲市場機制的動作,過度減少不具成長性產業的稅負,以及不具備高度生產力工作者的稅負,並不會讓這些人的生活變好,只是徒然讓國家的稅收減少,如果是站在國家在很多資源配置上並沒有個人有效率的角度來看,或許支持減稅者會以為將本該由國家支出的資金直接轉移給個人,讓個人來支配,對於國家總體福利是增加的,只是這樣的論述,始終受到非常多經濟學家的質疑實證資料中也沒有見到足夠支持此一論述的資訊;在實證資料中經常發現,在所得級距百分之四十以下的家庭和個人,經常會有浪費資金在高價與非民生用品上的現象,比如高價手機與高價服飾和其他奢侈品上;如此一來,政府的減稅美意將失去作用,或許對進口奢侈品的消費量會有幫助,或許對高價商品的銷售量有幫助,但本意如果是希望這些較為窮困者能因減稅而有生活品質的改善,其實過往的實證資料常發現,政府的期望並不會成真,因為這些人會貧窮,除了自身能力不足外,自身儲蓄與金融財務觀念的錯誤,經常是導致其未能改善生活品質的關鍵因素,由此可知,政府的政令宣導廣告與相關資訊提供,教育所得偏低者如何進行財務資源的配置,已是蔡政府在減稅的同時,必須重視的地方,否則政府美意或許造成受到減稅好處者曲解,如此一來,還不如將此減免稅收交給國家支配,方為正途。

  在傳統經濟學理中,經常討論到的政府失靈,立論點是在面對諸多新議題,政府沒有能力進行有效資源配置以獲取較高產出,有很多聲音以為政府很多事情不該插手,該由民間進行,這樣的論述有其根據,但也有諾貝爾獎的經濟學者並未在實證資料中發現此一現象,反倒是很多由民間經營的監獄相對上並沒有比由政府經營有效率。蔡政府明顯質疑政府經營能力不足,期望藉由減稅提高月薪所得三萬以下者,能有較高資金支配權力,但卻未能顧及這些人低薪原因,正因能力與訓練不足,有能力者通常為善於自身資金與財務管理者,並不會因勞動所得三萬以下而長期處於弱勢,反倒能藉由稅負少繳優勢,盡其可能增加自身福祉,只是若蔡政府不能同步讓這些人擁有相關能力,政府減稅最終結果可能與實證資料雷同,這些所得偏低者,即便減免稅負也只是造成奢侈品購買與諸多非生活必需品消費,這在英美國家的實證資料中,已是非常常見的現象。

  蔡政府若希望低薪者的生活能夠得到改善,須有諸多配套,這些低薪者該如何藉助減稅來提升自身福祉,自身福祉提高該如何界定?在固定支出為不變的前提下,藉由稅收支應的減少所產生出的額外所得,是否真的有助其改善生活,其實是相當值得蔡政府繼續研究的議題,真正的議題在於如何讓這些減稅能轉化成生活品質提升,以及實際固定支出的增加,以利總體社會發展。

  很多企業家必然以為減稅是好的,特別是減免企業稅負,很多個人必然舉雙手贊成,特別是懂得自身財務規劃者,必能善用此一優勢提高自身福祉,只是所得偏低者之所以所得偏低必然有其原因,能力不足是主因,政府如何提升其能力或使其能夠從事特定工作展現能力,應該才是蔡政府該做的事情,由此可見,政府若有心,該扶植適合這些低薪者可以大幅提升薪資的產業,當產業有錢賺,有很多需求時,這些人的低薪生活自然結束,政府高喊的低薪問題也迎刃而解,例如臺灣每天有很多人會上網直播賺錢,但真實的情境是臺灣數位產業內容貧乏,臺灣在影劇產業投資不足,政府該大力扶植相關產業發展,很多人自然有高薪工作,而非刻意提高無高附加價值的特定產業與工作,此舉甚為不妥,對社會總體福祉提升也無幫助。

電子支付與數位貨幣

  中國大陸在電子支付的蓬勃發展,使得年輕一輩根本不再使用提款卡與信用卡,甚至採用手機手表與各種電子裝置進行支付甚為普遍,這樣一個完整產業鏈的建構是否適合已有高度信用卡發展歷史的臺灣,其實值得商榷的!很多中國大陸的政府官員以為電子支付可杜絕洗錢與相關貪汙腐敗,鼓勵電子支付甚至是數位貨幣的運用是好的,但電子支付與數位貨幣的優勢正因交付容易與成本低廉,若是遇到大規模的金融詐欺與資金移轉,將因沒有中介者的管理與介入而更加嚴重,無人管理與成本低廉意味者中間者變少,自然弊端可能因此出現,目前銀行匯款需銀行行員來幫忙,因此可能降低金融詐欺事件發生,但電子支付在帳戶資金移轉後,若被迅速被轉移到其他帳戶,並未能有相關管理配套措施,若是如此,電子支付將使得金融詐欺更為方便,對於國家未來的長遠發展,並非有利!

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  知道大家很喜歡看這個部落格,只是個人心有餘但力不足,很是疲憊!來談正題,今天要談的是全球經濟議題,首先,不是要做預測,而是要跟大家報告一下,全球需要多少的經濟成長,才可能讓美國有兩百萬人就業,新興市場至少需要六到七個百分點的成長,而美國至少需要二點五到三個百分點的成長率,美國在西元2018年才可能有兩百萬到兩百二十萬人得到全職工作。至於臺灣的經濟成長該是多少呢?我也不知道,去問賴院長旁邊的那個副院長好了,看看他希望是多少!

  新興市場股市持續成長是全世界的期望,也是全球投資人的殷殷期盼,大家都有投資新興市場,大家都希望新興市場持續增長,大家都盼望美元持續走弱,大家都希望人民幣最好哪天能變成一塊人民幣換一塊美元,以展現中國大陸的強盛國力!以上所述,不是預測,是小小期待,也或許永遠都不會發生!今天中國大陸面臨美國信評機構調降主權債評等,並非空穴來風,主因在於中國境內的信用風險過高,而中國央行屢屢採用貨幣發行方式沖淡衝擊,這樣的發展對中國來說是人人獲得高額人民幣,也導致中國境內存款額度高達一百兆人民幣,但有多少早已被呆帳沖刷殆盡?有多少根本沒有實質的對應準備,始終都是發人深省的問題。

  新臺幣的發行背後需要相當的準備。新臺幣過往的發行,背後有黃金的支持,爾後有美元的支持,其所持有的美元還會被拿去購買美元資產,比如美國政府公債或是高評等的公司債或是美國政府擔保的債券,以賺取相對的利息收入,今天中國大陸為解決境內信用風險議題,過度運用財務槓桿,早已使得中國境內充滿矛盾,但中國共產黨根本不敢直視問題,因這些問題都是共產黨內的皇親國戚所造成,也就是共青團的人所造成,中國的又紅又專,今天變成中國信用風險製造者,太多投資失利,太多財務工程,都使得中國境內很多投資項目充滿著不為人知的秘密,一百兆的人民幣存款確實驚人,但背後完全沒有任何黃金準備與美元準備的事實,更讓人惶恐,當中國大陸在西元2015年公布自身的黃金準備存量時,全世界不少的金融專家以為中國一定是刻意保持低調,故意少報,比方說應該是五千公噸的黃金故意說成五百公噸的黃金,只是一旦發現真相後,全世界金融機構紛紛退出中國,不少美歐的大型金融機構,過往拼命拿錢入主中國金融機構,在全球2008年的金融風暴後,紛紛退出中國,賣出持股並將資金匯往海外,也造成中國境內金融機構目前本益比(P/E ratio)已是全球大型經濟體中的最低,目前只有八到十倍左右!當全世界發現大家拿的是真金白銀投資中國,但中國大陸卻拿玩具鈔票來面對全世界,至此敢說真話的人只能拚著老命匯錢出中國,於是我們就見到西元2015年到2016年間,中國大陸損失掉近兆美元的外匯準備。 

  大家都知道中國共產黨絕對不會讓中國崩潰,只是中國境內的人民幣數量必然越來越多,反正中國大陸目前實施的總體經濟策略就是貨幣學派掛帥,沒錢就印錢來填補,所有的債券都不會違約,因為政府一定出手相救,而拯救的方法就是印鈔票填漏洞,中國大陸以為自己這招是跟老美學的,但是老美的聯儲局(FED)可要求要印鈔可以每一塊錢美元背後都要有美國公債擔保,每一元的美鈔背後都要有美國財政部發行的美國公債來擔保其購買力,如果中國大陸也是如此,若要維持一塊錢美元換六塊多的人民幣,那中國的財政部應該要發行市值將近十七兆美元的政府債券,來擔保一百兆人民幣的貨幣數量才是,如此才能保障人民幣購買力,而且這十七兆美元的債券都要付息,試問中國政府有能力每年支付這麼高額的利息支出嗎?為何中國境內不會出現政府關門或是地方政府倒閉?

  大家都知道中國絕對不會崩潰,而中國經濟必然持續成長,至少保持每年百分之六的成長,而且美國一定不准中國大陸的人民幣貶值,否則中國對美國的外銷將不再只是外銷,而是傾銷!因為中國人民幣依照四兆美元兌換一百兆人民幣來看,將是1塊錢美元兌換25塊錢人民幣,而不是六塊多,那中國將面對高度通貨膨脹,甚至是惡性通貨膨脹,難怪中國境內房價物價高漲,原來早已反映通貨膨脹!只是如此一來,大家或許以為那中國生產將接近免費,中國將取得更多的美國市場份額,全世界的企業都沒有中國企業來得有競爭力,這樣說的人都沒考慮水電跟人工還有原物料成本?當中國開始進行嚴格外匯管制時,中國企業如何有充足的外匯購買原物料來生產?中國境內將面臨外匯準備不足以幫助生產外銷的事實,人民幣兌換美元的匯率再低,都是沒有用的!關於這點,您可以參考一下委內瑞拉的情況,因委國境內的高度通貨膨脹,最後造成境內生產企業倒閉,因企業拿不到外匯去購買設備和原物料,更遑論支付工人薪水生產,即便委內瑞拉的貨幣兌換美元再低,大家只見到企業倒閉潮,跟委內瑞拉連自身的石油開採都已是大問題,有石油但沒有錢開採與銷售全世界,這是多麼悲慘的事情!

  當臺灣跟中國大陸緊緊相連,最終將使得臺灣面臨跟著中國沉淪的不幸,因為臺灣生產的多是中間財,需要中國大陸進行最後加工才能外銷,中國因外匯管制,導致無法從臺灣進口,最終也無法出口全世界,這對臺灣是災難,除非臺灣開始進行移地生產,這也是鴻海必須前往美國生產的主要原因,讓半成品能出口美國加工生產,以利外銷,或許以後臺灣變成美國出口的主要合作夥伴,因為中間半成品都是臺灣生產,但都打上美國製造(Made in the USA)的標籤出口全世界,而日本其實早就是如此,美國製造的頭又大(toyota)汽車,過往在臺灣銷售,關鍵零組件正是日本製造!

  很多中國大陸的人士,一定會說中國地廣物博,中國實體經濟與相關原物料價值可擔保人民幣的購買力,中國的稀土,中國的高價值原物料,都說明中國的出口仍是全球需要,只是這麼多的貨幣數量,其背後的價值認定是一個非常大的議題,人民幣相對於美元的匯率將會是未來很多年大家必須正視的議題,那關於國際貿易,那關於出口,那關於廠商的生產與銷售布局。

  大家都在談電動車,連中國都希望境內少用石化燃料,只是電動車的鋰電池壽命短,馬上面臨更多環保的問題,石油會造成地球暖化是無庸置疑,地球人口越來越多,電動車沒有環境汙染,就像核能電廠沒有環境汙染是一樣的論述,試問最後的核廢料如何處理?丟到無人小島上就不管,然後颱風來,讓核廢料或是核汙染隨著大氣飄送全世界?鋰電池可能產生的污染或許在未來,隨著電動車的普及,也將有類似的問題。

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  討論過往馬政府執政的八年,實在不知道該怎麼討論,只能說那個政府非常意識形態。並沒有非常支持蔡政府的勞工政策,但破壞公物亂貼貼紙是無知與幼稚的行為,每個人都有表達自身意見的權利,只是讓別人找不到公車站牌無法前往目的地,不應該在言論自由的範疇,那樣已太超過!

 馬政府若是到今天還是不知道做錯甚麼,個人對此真的很無言,國艦國造是馬政府的政策,但為何不選擇國家努力培植的中船?也就是目前的台船?很多時候,國家會走錯路,其實是因為領導人的私心,不論領導人是有意或是無心,但過錯已造成,或許反倒讓國家本該走的路,因執行方式的錯誤,導致更多不該發生的事情出現。馬先生領導的台北市政府,為何放任大巨蛋任意變更設計,以致後來危及既有古蹟?甚至若真正完工,可能引發未來更大的危機?馬政府領導下的兩岸開放政策,是否真正想到本地央行並無法解決新台幣與人民幣兌換,一味開放對岸來台旅遊,卻無法限定交易貨幣須限制為美元歐元等國際貨幣,試問最終使得央行的外匯準備中持有過高的人民幣,其用意為何?人民幣終究只能在中國境內使用,外國接受人民幣交易的機會少之又少,連中國大陸北邊的俄羅斯,最終也將取得的人民幣在中國貴金屬交易中心購買黃金,再將黃金用各種方式轉運回國,試問本地央行可以這樣做嗎?中國大陸近年來開始進行的外匯管制,其實多少說明人民幣貨幣供給量連年大增的困境,因著中國內部企業與個人用各種理由將自身資產帶出中國,不但使得中國大陸的外匯準備在2015-2016年間損失掉近一兆美元,更使得中國境內人民幣存款超過一百兆人民幣的事實讓人感到惶恐,若是全部的人民幣都轉換成美元,依照目前的匯率,中國大陸需要十六兆到十七兆的美元外匯準備,但中國大陸目前不到四兆美元的外匯準備,即便中國持有美元外匯準備是全世界最高,但卻仍不足以讓中國大陸百姓可以自由將手邊的人民幣兌換成美元!這樣的情境,同樣可以運用在本地的經濟,當中國來的旅客帶進大量的人民幣,而我們允許人民幣與新台幣自由兌換,最終這些人來玩等同於免費,而且同步讓本地新台幣的貨幣存量擴張,最終自然帶來通貨膨脹,試問這些新台幣背後的準備是甚麼?不就是那些本地收到的人民幣嗎?如此一來,只會使得本地更加依賴中國經濟的發展,成為中國大陸經濟的部份,這與台灣持續期望走向國際的目標是相悖離的。本地觀光旅遊業者一味責怪蔡政府搞壞兩岸關係,卻忽略中國大陸對台灣在各方面的經濟企圖與政治意圖,不外乎是期望台灣整合進中國大陸,個人並不支持台灣獨立,但也不主張台灣該如此與中國大陸整合,台灣還是需要自身非人民幣的外匯準備,以利國際貿易與投資。試問馬政府沒有做錯嗎?和中國的貿易開放不是錯誤,但交易計價的貨幣該訂為美元或是其他國際貨幣,很多政策表面看起來很好,但實際作為其實對台灣的長久發展都是有害的,這就是過往馬政府的作為。

  馬政府不重細節且缺乏完整規劃與執行能力的執政方式,一直都是那個政府執政八年間最大的問題,今天蔡政府注意到這個問題,但卻仍然難以避免很多口號治國的現象,台灣的水電是世界便宜的,這點全世界的大企業都知道,試問今天要不用核能,又要用燃煤,國外有很多採用煤來發電的電廠都選擇採用無煙煤或是高品質汙染少的煤,只是那樣的煤價格很高,最終還是得反映在電價上漲上,試問蔡政府是否真心誠意要解決這個問題?那就是提高電價,以價制量?台灣已民窮財困,退休者高達兩三百萬人每月領不到兩萬二,過往國民黨政府和前任民進黨政府,確實是藏富於民而累積債務給國家,有不少人在過往做政府生意或與政府往來都有賺到錢,蔡政府能將這些資金導入國家發展中嗎?空氣汙染是因為設備老舊的汽機車和工業廢氣造成,但政府敢放棄所有的石化工業或盡力補貼讓百姓多採用電動車嗎?如果不能,那我們該如何忍受,或是就是這樣?

  台灣走入困境當中的原因很多,但馬政府不重細節且沒有遠見的執政方式,就像一個部門的成員,一天到晚說自己做很多事,但做的事情卻有害部門發展,而馬政府的過往所為,正是這樣的情境!


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  臺灣需要一個新的政黨和民進黨輪流執政,而那個政黨絕對不該是國民黨,因國民黨已腐敗多年而且和百姓生活脫節太多!國民黨只會帶頭炒作房地產和讓臺灣的資金流往中國大陸,那樣的經濟發展策略只會使貧富差距更大,大家都知道中國大陸的習主席是絕對反對這樣的經濟發展策略,但面對與之交往的國民黨,根本不在乎這個黨在臺灣採用何種方式執政,大家能看一下香港,香港搞富人執政偕同共產黨共同管理香港已經多年,試問最後發生甚麼事情?

  該是讓國民黨飛灰煙滅的時候,臺灣百姓要有自覺,這樣的政黨是無法幫忙解決臺灣的民生議題,國民黨的敗亡消滅,真的是不遠,只是難道只能讓民進黨一黨獨大嗎?臺灣需要新的政黨與之抗衡,而那個政黨真的不是現在的國民黨!

  當然,個人主觀以為臺灣並沒有獨立的本錢,畢竟是做人生意的地方,臺灣的出口多半為中間財,沒有中國市場,臺灣不可能生存在這個世界上,美國的蘋果可能削減iPhone 8五成以上訂單,但是中國的華為(Huawei)已是全世界第二大手機銷售者,市場占有率僅次於三星(Samsung),而華為的Kirin晶片正是委託台積電生產的,試問我們如何獨立於中國之外?當川普先生高談美國第一,但是卻事事以特定人利益為優先時,美國製造的大夢何時能成真?在此之前,台灣的企業又如何生存?其實都很值得台灣百姓深切思考!

 

 


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  很高興R. H .Thaler先生如眾人所期望,拿到諾貝爾經濟學獎。在去年此時,曾以為R. H. Thaler不會一個人獨得諾貝爾經濟學獎,而是跟其他行為經濟學研究學者一起獲獎,理由當然是R. H. Thaler發展的行為經濟學數理化的程度不夠複雜,總以為大家還是比較喜歡技術功力強的學者得獎;只是眾人須了解Thaler先生是Kahnemann與Tversky這兩個先生的多年好友,在R. H. Thaler的書中您能見到Tversky因為癌症去世的故事,到死前很多人都不知道他得到癌症,Thaler經常參與K與T先生關於研究論文的討論,也深知這兩個先生花費多少時間在論文的寫作上,展望理論(Prospect Theory)不是無中生有的,而是經歷過千錘百鍊的討論,不論在哲學精神或實證支持上,都有其相當的深意,實驗經濟學與行為經濟學經過這麼多年的努力,已是經濟與財務學界中的顯學。很高興R.H. Thaler先生獨得諾貝爾經濟學獎。

  行為財務與行為經濟學的實證研究,晚近大多運用非常複雜的統計與計量方法來替相關行為財務與行為經濟學理論進行相關的實證研究,很高興這個領域持續受到諾貝爾經濟學獎協會的重視,坦言這個領域其實很寬廣,諸多的實證與理論還有待持續發展!

  只是倒也覺得驚訝,沒想到Nobel經濟委員這麼捧場,讓這幾年的預測都沒"貢估",不知道諾貝爾經濟委員會能否在多年後也考慮一下,讓本人也能拿一座諾貝爾經濟獎!??? 哈!這當然是很嚴肅的玩笑話!

  行為經濟學或行為財務學的諾貝爾經濟學獎得主都有一個共通點,就是這些學者持續不斷在自身領域中前進,不管有多困難,不管當初行為經濟學主流經濟學界跟社群多排斥,排斥到最後只好自己成立一個行為經濟學會來主辦研討會,拚命爭取經費跟爭取主流經濟期刊支持,甚至成立行為經濟期刊來發表相關研究,R. H. Thaler在申請進入芝加哥大學經濟學系工作時,也曾因自身的研究受到質疑,被人質疑不夠數理也不夠嚴謹!只是這條漫漫長路,總算在這麼二十多年間開花結果。行為經濟學與行為財務學目前已是經濟與財務學界的顯學,也是大家耳熟能詳分支-行為經濟學與行為財務學!值得一提的是,Richard H. Thaler,Kahnemann和Tversky都是猶太裔的學者!

  R. H. Thaler曾在某部電影中解釋甚麼是CDO (Credit Debt Obligation)(坦白說您能見到老人斑,Thaler確實已垂垂老矣!),也鼓吹美國人該將多一點錢放在401K中,多存退休金來保障自身退休生活,長壽風險(longevity risk)並非空穴來風,大家都該替退休多儲蓄些;甚至晚近的財務研究顯示,與傳統理論不同的是,很多人(包含本人)都以為眾人的退休金資產配置,該多放一些資金在股票市場中,因為波動大的商品通常會有較高的報酬率(the equilibrium of risk-rewarded ratio is what we talk about)!  

  在西元2016年的10月11日,個人曾在這個部落格替Richard Thaler先生寫下下面文字.....

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在西元2014年10月14日時,在這個部落格曾經替Jean Tirole得到諾貝爾經濟學獎感到高興,也寫下以下的這段話:

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Dear Mr. Trump:

   It is an embarassing situation to me to ask you to think through a lot of questions you face today. A first question is what kind of Fed Chairman or Chairwoman you want to help you move the economy of the U.S.A. A second question is what kind of the world you want American people have in this dynamic world.

  I still hope Mr. Trump should know those two questions better in the term as a leader. Lately, we find the unemployment rate in the United States goes even lower which makes all the economic theory not workable as used to be due to the vanish of the Phillips curve. Those theories are invented by many American scholars. This time, those theories are not workable as used to be because of the piling up debt in the United States. We don't see the tradeoff of unemployment rate with the inflation. The inflation is gone or even lower when people buy cheaper things to replace much expensive ones. All the manufacturing jobs go abroad and leave American people to be vulnerable. I still urge you to consider seriously about moving lots of jobs back to the United States, especially those necessity goods American people need every day. It is a must-be action even those goods may get more expensive for American people. The outflow of greenback is not permitted forever. American people could not live a life paycheck by paycheck. A greate leader should let all American people have food on the table and a happier life. therefore, Mr. Trump has to break the vicious circle for whole American people this time. Mr. Trump will be a great leader if he could do this one.

  For the concern I mention, I still ask you to rethink the reappointment of Mrs. Yellen as the Fed chairwoman. Mrs. Yellen cares about the unemployment rate even more than any Fed leader in the history. I think that is the reason why Mr. Trump get elected because those people do care about the job issue. A lot of poor white families are eager to have a decent life. Moving the necessity goods manufacturing in the United States is a must-be. If it is not workable through the market mechanism, the US governement could riase a fund to support the corporation manufacturing its own products in the United States. To be honest, it is not a mean strategy when American people spend billions of US dollars buying foreign manufacturing goods. How come leave money to foreigners?  How come not let American people spend money to help other American people? If the market mechanism doesn't work as Mr. Trump wishes, how come the government could not sponsor those activities that Ameican people would love to pay for their daily necessity needs manufactured by its own people?  That is Americans.

  A self sustainable economy is a good thing to stop the outflow of US greenback to foreign countries, especially when those countries use the greenback to harm the interest of American people. Mr Trump should consider a serious question when the Trump administration ask to lower corporate tax to 15%. The good thing is to let the greenback largely flow back to the United States. But there are a lot of consequences Mr. Trump could not see. The first one is how to face those money flow back to the United States when the house price and the stock market go even higher already. How to use those inflow well to create a better life for American people? The first thing people may think is to direct those money to the infrastructure project. How to make those investment workable and profitable needs the US government to help. How to use the market mechanism well to create even more jobs for whole American people, especially for those white male with lower education in the United States?  You know China does a lot of things to direct their industry development. They use the government intervention to direct its society changing and innovation, including financial technology innovation. The second thing is if it is a necessary thing to lower the tax rate that lower when the United States is a country using the globalization well in the world. I think that is not a good idea to let the corporate tax rate go to 15%. American people should figure out how to use those flowing back money well.

  The other question is if Mr. Trump wants to raise the tax for the rich people in the United States and to reduce the burden of the middle class for American people. This kind of fiscal policy should accomodate with the monetary policy. When the US government reduces the tax burden for the middle class of the United States, and at the same time we see the Fed raises the rate or to shrink its balance sheet to increase the interest payment of student loan, the mortgage and the credit loan. All the benefit goes to the banks but leaves little to the ordinary American people. It is not a wise idea. You can't want both of the reduction of US debt and the happiness of whole American people this time when the US goes through so much trouble already. Mr. Trump should ask the help from Mrs. Yellen when the Trump administration wants to reduce the tax burden of the middle class for American people in case to face a counter impact from the process of the normalization of US interest rate, that are to raise the Fed fund rate and to reduce the Fed's balance sheet. If the Fed raises the interst rate level or reduces its balabce sheet too soon too fast, it will largely reduce the benefit of the government's tax cut. We know the banks are so eager to see a higher interest rate level, then they could collect more interest. But this is not the case this time. When people get some money from tax refund but have to pay even higher interest payment from the mortgage, the loan and others, it will make the tax cut not workable as Mr. Trump thinks.

  Mr. Trump should think to reappoint Mrs. Yellen as the Fed's leader and ask the help from the elite society also in the United States. Mr. Trump should make the fiscal policy work perfectly with the monetary policy this time when we still not see any inflation happens in the period of even lower unemployment rate in the United States lately. The reason is obvious when American people still contrubite billions of US dollar to buying cheaper foreign goods. It doesn't make the United States better. American people should know better when they buy those goods made in the USA, it just brings more good things to themselves, American people. A self-sustainable economy is what  Americans want.

  To move the factories back is a must-be, especially those one who manufacture the necessirty goods American people need every day. To make the USA a self-sustainable society is the first priority for the Trump administration. Or we could not see the inflation go even higher when too many lower paid jobs created in the United States and American people still buy a lot of goods made outside the USA. Cheaper is not a good thing for Americans lately when American people need some higher paid jobs. To have a lot of manufacturing jobs first is important, then you will need managers to manage the corporate. After all of those jobs creation, then your MBA could have some values for the American society. Therefore, the borrowiing of student loans may have some meaning eventually. Or American people will still live in a vicious circle until they finally realize the importance of basic jobs, that is the manufacturing jobs.

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  無意替蔡政府打分數,認為蔡政府在年金的改革是對的,因臺灣真的快破產,只是蔡政府目前做的所有一切,都是補破網,讓台灣回到二十多年前的情境,當時公務人員跟政府機關雇員,並未占用國家太多資源,國家也未負擔如此承重的照顧費用,爾後經歷民主跟黑金與白道共治的...政治,號稱民主的臺灣,被政客們玩弄於股掌,一點一點沉淪,試問民主何用?當百姓始終活得辛苦,當房價暴漲數倍,當一切的一切變得荒謬與不合理時,試問財富的重分配始終存在於甚麼樣的產業?是努力耕耘的小民產業嗎?還是高資本與能和金融機構掛鉤的相關產業,這些產業只有富人能進行嗎?或者小民也能從事?當這一切指向的是永遠執政的富人時,臺灣的經濟動能在哪裡?

  大安區的房價在1980年代的初期,一個近四十坪的房子,市價是一百五十萬新臺幣,現在是兩千八百萬到三千兩百萬新台幣左右,價格取決的高低是土地持份,物價果然膨脹,市斗小民果然是身價暴漲?這荒謬的一切是由誰引起的?政府放任,用各種藉口以為財政困難,放任土地高漲,放任房價高漲,政府以為唯有如此才能提高稅收,才能從中抽取高額稅金,放任土地與房價高漲來彌補過度膨脹的財政負擔?這是何等荒謬與瘋狂的事?到底是哪一個領導人想出來的瘋狂念頭??!回頭問,高漲的財政負擔哪裡來?政府過於高漲的福利是源頭,全民健保是源頭,特別是公務人員與相關政府雇員的福利高漲,高官與高級將領的福利更是驚人,特別是台灣今日醫護人員的薪資低落以及其待遇與付出嚴重落差,是誰造成的?為何民主政治中的立委諸公諸母們沒能監督?為何民主政治走到最後是分贓政治?

  蔡政府,目前在做的確實是讓大家都窮困!!想盡辦法降低政府負擔,想盡辦法讓政府不破產,您可以看美國中央政府一天到晚必須不斷提高舉債上限,因每隔不久就得面臨債務破表和可能的關門危機,臺灣為避免相關情況,只好縮減過往過度高漲的公務員跟政府雇員的福利,人民其實無感,因為沒錢的人還是只能租屋,而租屋市場的租金並未因各種措施而有所減少衰退,還是高漲!

  只是...太多的退休老人必須住在不見天日的地下室中,太多的窮苦家庭必須依賴食物銀行的幫忙,試問蔡政府做了甚麼?當蔡政府高喊長照2.0時,很多百姓正為須花錢請看護而發愁,很多人都在擔心自己老時無人幫忙照顧,當少子化不斷漫延,每天工作的人越來越少,越來越多人在退休當中並需要政府照顧,七百萬的退休勞工,每月最多領不到兩萬兩千元者占七八成,試問大家還能說甚麼?

  當我們不斷反思過往,不難發現,蔡政府其實是一個贖罪的政府,贖的是李老先生的罪,贖的是陳先生的罪,贖的是馬先生的罪,這些人的政策,讓國家一點一滴的不知所云,所以只好補破網,想辦法能活下去。

  當很多人在怪罪其他人炒作金融市場時,試問房地產沒被炒作嗎?台北市與新北市的房價,這三十多年已高漲二十倍左右,但七百萬的退休勞工,有七八成以上的人,一個月退休領不到兩萬元新臺幣!當很多人在怪罪不該發展新產業替代舊產業,因可能造成失業時,卻忘記要跟上時代,新產業需要更多高價值員工,企業卻找不到這樣的人,太多人具備的能力無法被企業所雇用,新產業誕生所需的人力資源在哪裡?學校有能提供這樣的人嗎?還是繼續沉淪腐敗,最後就是學校倒閉,而培養的學生不是企業需要,即便這些人可能都有碩士學歷,那又如何?

  當企業在抱怨水電不足時,回頭看臺灣相關發展企業多為高耗能與高污染產業,半導體沒有高汙染嗎?汙染水源空氣跟環境!石化業沒有汙染嗎?太多人得到癌症!產出的塑膠袋若未能妥善處理,隨意廢棄大海,最終回到人的食物鏈,臺灣百姓的環境癌症風險因子越來越多,罹患各種癌症的可能性越來越高,這樣的產業表面帶來財富,但大部分財富卻集中於特定富人手上,產出的汙染與垃圾卻是全民承擔。這是我們要的臺灣嗎?或許..目前還是!以後也可能繼續是!!因我們沒有高附加價值的企業,只有做別人不做的辛苦高汙染企業,台灣百姓才能生活??!向來跟隨臺灣腳步的中國大陸製造業,又何嘗不是如此!?

  中國目前有大數據等人工智慧相關的科技電子商務產業,但回頭看,阿里巴巴的淘寶銷售,每天產出的電子商務垃圾何其多!從紙盒到塑膠包裝,最後這些廢棄物到哪裡去??其實還是回到人的食物鏈中,最終還是讓中國大陸的人更容易罹患各種奇奇怪怪的癌症,這就是美式資本主義-從生產製造到銷售賺大錢,再到低階低薪工作外移海外-的宿命?用各種方式製造出各種汙染,利用這些污染創造少數富人的財富,然後大多數窮人更容易得癌症??最後退休時還是每個月領不到兩萬元新臺幣!這是蔡政府要的臺灣嗎?

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  身為臺北市的市民,觀察柯市長一段很長的時間,對於柯市長的失望,與日俱增,首先談世大運,確實世大運是國民黨時代留下的爛攤子,花費上百億的經費,期望讓臺灣有國際發聲的機會,最後獎牌數最多的是日本跟南朝鮮,而且是中國拒絕參加,有很多項目是臺灣自己加入的,因此當然有很多獎牌,國人也很有參與感,周邊商品有銷售,確實帶來新商機,這些都是好的,但柯市長是一個沒有辦法容人的人,他下面不少不錯的人,只要有機會都另謀發展,甚至有的人是因必須將某些事情做好,只好參與團隊,一旦完成,就馬上離開。柯市長任內,常惹得很多基層員工不滿意,不少警察同仁對柯市長不滿,不少基層員工對柯市長頗有微詞,這些事情始終都存在。

  柯市長絕對是個好醫生,而且不分藍綠,所以連勝文就被醫好,但是柯市長除了醫師專業外,其實是不會做市長的,當初很多人選擇柯市長,是因為國民黨推一個有點恐怖的官二代,百姓已經受不了高漲的房價,也受夠低薪,因此選擇柯市長,但別忘記當初世大運的主場館是松菸巨蛋,至今這個蛋孵不出來,所有的事情都好慘。

  百姓受夠這些,但柯市長也只能如此,台北市的內湖還是每天大塞車,週五下午到傍晚,更是可怕到不知道該怎麼辦,所有的一切都沒有變好,除了百姓終於可以擺脫國民黨的荼毒,不再由國民黨在臺北市主政,除此之外,百姓沒有得到任何幸福。大家都付很高費用去買屋,大家都擔心薪水無法支付生活跟房貸,大家都擔心未來生活不知在哪裡,試問這些,柯市長能幫忙嗎?

  如果沒辦法,其實也只說明...我們即便擺脫國民黨的糾纏,卻無法擺脫過往國民黨跟民進黨二十多年的胡搞瞎搞,最終...我們還是...都輸了!柯市長似乎沒有搞清楚,政治是一條不歸路,當您選擇支持陳水扁先生,同情他的境遇,做了很多當時以為勇敢的事情,其實已讓自己身陷險境之中!!

    政治是條不歸路,民主又何嘗不是,當我們拚著老命支持民主,支持臺灣每個人都能勇敢發聲時,卻有一批人,用盡各種可怕方法折磨人!民主何用?如果老蔣在世,而我們又是處於老蔣位置,直接將這些人砍頭就好,白色恐怖?敢說話??因為民主,得忍氣吞聲,因為民主,得忍受更多以前不民主時不必忍受的事情!因為....這就是民主!

  坦白說,很擔心柯市長下次真的沒選上,可能只能去小診所當醫生,臺大醫院或許難回去,試問這一切值得嗎?只因替一個身體已不太好的陳前總統發聲,就這麼慘,值得嗎?知道柯先生很同情宋楚瑜先生,只是您知道宋先生是前總統馬先生的仇人嗎?您知道馬先生跟他的親信們在過往多麼厭惡..在臺灣,政治永遠都是你死我活,血淋淋的讓人搖頭!

  民主何用??!!!

  即便選贏,還是有可能在久遠以後慘遭毒手,因這些人是沒風度且沒水準的,這些人根本沒資格在民主社會中活下去,不然他們該知道甚麼叫做民主與尊重!

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  得先聲明,大數據分析是統計背景的人較適合發展的領域,至於資訊科學跟資訊工程的人,當然也適合發展,但機器學習本身並不需要背景知識(domain knowledge),因著如此,進行科學計算者只需要專注於目標函數的最適化達成,藉著各種設定好的限制式,追求條件限制下的最適化,只是如果沒有商學院或管理學院的學科磨練,幫忙設計機器學習者可能並不了解特定產業中需要解決的特定議題,此時機器學習最終將變成是一個四不像,毫無實用性與真實價值可言;簡單的說,沒有背景知識者所發展出來的機器學習是無法為實際商業決策提供任何貢獻的。在決策科學中,經常會討論到專家系統運用,只是專家系統需要的內涵是甚麼?絕對不是機器學習,不論您想要機器學習甚麼,都是需要替機器設定目標,如果希望機器學習結果能構建出一個專家系統,或是藉由專家來幫忙調整機器學習的目標,這些都需要人來幫忙定義與界定,若只是讓機器針對各類設定好的計算原則加以計算,那機器學習的目標就只是幫忙人們很快找到真相,因為人一時之間能處理的資料量有限,人有情緒跟盲點,人經常需要很多時間的試誤才知道真理是甚麼,但是機器不會,在設定的演算規則與邏輯下,機器只要有很快速的CPU或是GPU,就能進行各類計算,就能幫忙人們克服很多過往需要大量時間才能達到的目標!機器不會累但人會,統計學習或是機器學習在此的目標就是一個能高速計算並很快探求事實真相且將問題降低維度來簡易化的問題過程與建構一個探查真相的模式!是的,這裡談的是弱AI!統計學習與機器學習在此就是替人們很快速地進行相關計算,幫忙人們進行特定決策的簡易人工智慧,此時如果您設計的機器學習演算法無法與任何特定相關商業議題有關連,其實機器學習出來結果就真的是GIGO( Garbage In, Garbage Out)!

  談到統計學習,得先從J. Friedman開始談起,1990年代,Friedman是第一代決策樹學習-CART(Classification and Regression Tree)的始祖,另一個CART的始祖就是L. Breiman,Friedman同時也是統計無母數回歸(nonparametric regression)的MARS(Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines)創始者,而CART是第一代決策樹學習(decision tree learning)的基本計算學理與原則,決策樹學習是一套監督式的統計學習(supervised statistical learning),原諒個人不太願意將它說成是機器學習,因為他用的是Chi-Square test,這是統計學界常用的方法,特別是在線性模式(linear modelling)中,雖然很多資工或是資科的人喜歡說決策樹學習是監督式的機器學習,但Friedman先生是統計學界的人,而這套方法在1990年代是統計學界中非常熱門的方法,只是在那個年代總是在高速或是工作站上的電腦才能完成,今天卻能在自家的桌機或是筆記型電腦完成,最多您只能說是資工與資科的人,借用統計學界發展出來的這套以條件機率和相關性高低與Chi-Square Test準則為發展基石,它背後的學理是統計思維,這個方法應該被視為是統計學習,而非傳統資工或是資科所界定的機器學習方法。回頭談決策樹學習,第二代的決策樹學習融入資訊理論Entropy的想法,利用這個方式來進行變數新增選擇-條件機率下特定變數增加對於決策的幫助有多少,其實Entropy最好用的地方不是資訊工程,而是電信相關領域,很多電訊的信號傳遞,經常因路途遙遠會失真或是發散,如何利用各種方式讓電信資訊內容傳遞保持一定程度的可信,資訊壓縮是重要的處理方式,就需要各類方法來衡量資訊傳遞多寡的可信程度,其中Entropy是基本衡量原則!

 另一個晚近流行的統計學習方法是隨機森林(random Forest),這個方法是前面提到的L. Breiman所發展,這個先生在業界待過一段蠻長的時間,爾後才回到學界中,Breiman師承機率論大師Loeve,但自身是做統計計算的,這在統計學界很常見,大家都知道理論統計中最重要的兩個議題是中央極限定理跟大數法則,L. Breiman提出的隨機森林融合拔靴法(Bootstraping,這個方法是另一個很重要的統計學家B. Efron所發展出來的方法)跟第一代決策樹的學習方法,衍生出後來的隨機森林!!當您聽到別人在談隨機森林時,請記得要跟資工和資科的人說明,這個方法是統計學習,機器學習的資訊研究學者只是借用這個方法發展出來不少應用,常讓人以為這個方法是機器學習,但L. Breiman當時可是在UC Berkeley的統計系所任教!隨機森林的基本概念是為解決一些特定議題,比如資料中經常會面臨缺值問題,在隨機森林中,就由取出放回的重複抽取來建構新樣本,再藉由特定邏輯不斷重複進行相關事宜補強,最終重新將建構出的枝葉增補在特定決策樹,爾後就是後續計算與參數估計和統計檢定的議題,這個方法剛看起來有些怪異,就像當初拔靴法(bootstrap)的估計法曾引起統計學界的爭議,因拔靴法的估計統計量可能不是不偏的(bootstraping may create a biased estimator),而隨機森林的基礎立論是大數法則與中央極限定理,從隨機森林所推演出的統計量,有時還是無法滿足不偏,有效,一致等統計學者以為需要達到的優良統計量準則,但確實補強不少過往統計學者以為決策樹學習發展的不足,或許是天妒英才, L. Breiman先生在西元2004年與世長辭。

  晚近機器學習最重要的方法,也確實是資訊學家發展長達五十年以上的方法是人工類神經網絡(ANN, Artificial Neural Network),這個方法的歷史久遠,可源自於1950年代的俄國研究者,爾後晚近因在強化學習與相關學習增強賞發展出具備記憶能力學習得到改進的突破性發展,使得此法功力大增,大家前一陣子見到的AlphaGo就是ANN的改良,不可否認的是這類方法是以人大腦運作為模擬與仿效的對象,目標確實就是取代人類,讓機器更像人,讓機器能模擬人的思考模式,進行各類資訊的判讀與辨識;這是資訊學者的重要貢獻,而非統計學者的貢獻!

  回頭談在非監督式學習方法中,經常使用到的多變量分析(multivariate analysis),這些研究與分類界定的方法,多為發展超過五六十年以上的老方法,大家常用的主成分分析(PCA, principal component analysis),主要找尋的是線性的關係,相對於回歸分析,找的是一個多聞度的線性組合平面,而衡量方式是用空間的實際資料點直接垂降的方式來衡量距離,以找出最佳的多維度平面或是直線,主成分分析找的也是直線或是多個維度的座標參考軸,只是衡量的方式是用空間中的實際資料點垂直連接到特定直線或平面上,以找出在這個直線上的所有垂直投射點,是否具備最大的變異量,如果確實,那這條就是第一個成分(the first principal component),爾後遵循此一原則找尋另一個與其第一成分直交或是斜交的直線,對其直線上垂直投射出來的點進行變異計算,判別其變異是否為第二大,以此類推直到找到足夠的成分,就能利用這些成分構成新的解釋空間,對於資料點進行更多的解釋與闡述,這樣的計算過程完全可以採用矩陣的方式來加以展現,因此在1940-1950年代時,美國知名的哥倫比亞大學裡的Hotelling先生等人就已將重要的數學推導推論出,爾後隨著電腦的發展,這些與主成分分析相關的延伸方法,其視覺化呈現也越加清晰,這裡就不得不提到J. Tuckey先生在1977年左右的巨著Exploratory Data Analysis(EDA),這是所有視覺化資訊分析的開始,爾後的故事,大家就都知道了!只是主成分分析(PCA)在機器學習中被歸類為非監督式學習(unsupervised machine learning),但對於統計的人來說,它只是重新界定座標軸,讓這些變數的線性組合能夠更清楚的表達相關特定的議題,以利後續的分析與實用,而對於統計學者來說,主成分分析主要的目標是在找尋變異與降低變異,讓變異的來源分成能夠被解釋與不能被解釋的,能被解釋的就是主成分,不能被解釋的就是殘差,很多統計學者可能不知道甚麼是非監督式學習,但卻非常了解主成分分析,因為它的發展歷史已經超過六十年以上!晚近社會科學學界的其他相關延伸,討論的是多個具有變異因子的線性方程式所組成的線性方城組,這樣的延伸有點類似類神經網絡的鋪陳,藉由一個又一個變數數的線性組合,來表達特定與界定特定的議題,這些方法也被歸類為非監督式的學習方法,因為最終的結果並無發從一開始就被歸類出來,都屬於資料替自己說話的型態,也屬於Data Dependent的機器學習模式。

 統計學習跟機器學習的不同,在於統計學習的方法大多為監督式的學習方法,對於最終的可能結果在學習之前就已經界定好,反觀晚近的機器學習有不少方法是屬於非監督式學習具記憶功能的增強式學習,這類方法對最終結果並未在學習之前就界定,而是讓資料替自己說話,最終結果是甚麼,端賴輸入的資料而定。不可否認的是,統計學習中還是有不少方法屬於非監督式的學習方法,很多無母數回歸的方法其實也多屬於無法在學習前就界定好最終結果者,但無母數回歸,相對於傳統的廣義線性回歸或所謂的監督式統計學習法,最大的不同點在於參數估計的靈活性,既未限定參數數量的使用,也未限定在特定的情境下可運用的參數數量,在計算與資料模型的配適上都比傳統母數回歸法是更有彈性的,這個觀念與監督或非監督式學習的定義大不相同,若以為監督式學習的參數數量需要事前決定,那無母數回歸的計算方法因為參數數量並未事前決定,確實比較類似非監督式學習,但與非監督是機器學習不同的是,無母數回歸估計法所採用的特定基本生成函數或是特定生成分配,還是在一開始就界定好,並非不可預測的,且為了防止不良的發展,通常都會針對特定最適化議題去設計懲罰函數(penalty function),目標當然是期望降低所需參數的多寡,藉由變異與有偏估計量的控制與交換(trade-off),來讓資料的配適與參數估計修正與改進,最終使得估算結果更為合理!

  十多年以前,在本地,統計諮詢在臺灣這個小島沒有甚麼市場!試問誰會花費很多錢請人幫忙進行相關統計諮詢?曾聽過心理學的專家談統計,也曾聽過醫學院的人談統計,這些人都認為統計只是工具並非一項專業,當然那是十多年前的事情,只是在臺灣,對統計專業的了解不夠,而生物統計在國內的發展,始終都是由醫師與相關能爭取到經費者主導,專業統計人員扮演的角色只是助理與建構模式的黑手,薪資固定且大部分相關的利潤是由計畫者所取得,專業統計者很難分享參與!再多的統計專業,都遠不如能主導計畫與爭取到可發展經費,這在國內非常不健康的統計諮詢市場中始終存在,這也使得在臺灣,統計始終都只是工具,只是回頭談,誰會質疑會計師所使用的會計不是專業?誰會質疑經濟學家的經濟理論並非專業?誰會質疑金融財務操作者的財務學理不是專業?但始終有一堆人質疑統計學家的統計專業!或許時代轉變,如今很多的機器學習方法過往都是由統計學家所發展,只是資工與資科者當然會刻意漠視,因此需要統計學家說明統計學習其實是諸多目前流行的機器學習背後執行時的思維與觀念,當機率出現在諸多機器學習計算中,統計學習才是其發展的根源!

  在國內,統計學與數學的掛勾,經常讓人搞不清楚統計與數學的不同,數學是邏輯推演的思辯過程,當邏輯走不通時,可以自己定義就能處理,但統計卻始終是處理實際問題,統計採用的研究方式是歸納而非演繹,統計對實際存在現象,只能找方法找相關與找真相不可能自己定義甚麼,統計經常被認為是沒辦法中的辦法,針對諸多難量測的事,不斷發展出各類衡量方式加以面對,這是很多數學背景的研究者所不能體會的,沒人因為物理用到很多數學,就說物理就是數學吧?!!統計其實也是如此,統計需要大量數學是無庸置疑的,但數學對統計來說,真的只是工具!國內統計學界的問題,始終在於統計的碩博士,並不具備商業方面的知識,甚至大學統計系所的學生,最終並不選擇統計碩士與博士學程作為後續的發展目標,因為大學裡面的統計課程有相當程度與碩士課程重疊,若是統計碩士課程走向更為數理的發展,對學生是負擔,而且也不太能讓學生考量到未來的就業議題,在全世界碩士學歷大幅度貶值的此時,統計領域必須更為應用與更具實用性,大數據的發展歷程中,可採用非常多統計方法,而這些方法都已經發展超過三十年以上的歷史,也已有二三十年的實際應用歷程可參考,對於統計領域者,必須更加善用計算機的運用與相關建模與模擬,這是統計學界必須持續發展的道路。

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Dear Mr. Trump:

   Sir, you do want to make some changes for whole American people. I think that is a great idea. But I have to ask you to postpone your conflict plans for one year. Lately, the US economy is fine and getting well. Now, the financial market runs smoothly and people could get some jobs to do in the US. The plan you want to implement should have a forward looking viewpoint. Tax cut is fine, but not this moment. If you give tax cut for the wealthy, you may expect the stock market goes even higher. So does the US property market. But the poor American people still could not reap the reward from your tax cut when they have not enough income to enjoy the benefit because a lot of American people get a lower-paid job. When is the proper time for the tax cut? People know that the right time is when a lot of American people have a well-paid job and the economy is getting soft. At the time, the tax cut could boost spending of ordinary people and keep the economy going. Now, the tax cut is a little premature.

  We do not want you to feel that people leave not many choices on the table to you. We want you to know that a lot of policies you want to do are good, but they all need to be implemented at proper time. Now the tax cut is not proper when the US government still faces the debt ceiling issue and there are not enough American people have a good job. People may expect the time comes when the unemployment rate goes down to 4% or even lower. We may expect some salary raising at the time. At then, the tax cut is much meaningful for whole American people. All the policies should be done at proper moment. The issue about when the time is proper depends on your economic consultants' advice. Infrastructure investing is good. Tax cut is nice. Some regulation refinements are excellent. But all those acts should depend on a big question - when is the right time to do that?

  What's wrong with the United States and the whole world? It is a question we have to ask. The first one is how come the Phillips curve relationship disappear in the US. In simple words, the question is how come the the lower unemployment rate does not push up the inflation. The second question is how come the property price in the United States could not be stablized at a proper place.

  For the first question, we have to understand the technology does play the role with the issue. If the corporate could find some ways to use machine learning and artificial intelligent to replace the repetable boring jobs people do all the time, then we may see those jobs disappear forever because the machine would never get tired and never have temper or emotion. The machine could do the job fine when the rule is stricly set. We should remember the booming age of personal computer and high speed super-computer in the United States. Now they are gone as the component price gets lower from a large production oversea. The most important thing is the technology updates even faster than people think. Artificial intelligent is with people in daily life for years. When we use iPhone or Andriod system, those applications are all with artificial intelligent and machine learning algorithm. When people ask something from Siri or other intelligent system, the machine learning algorithm plays the role. Those machines do grow up with more data they get for training. That is what we call the machine learning. The machine learns from the presetting algorithm with data they get from daily business.

  This factor creates the lost relationship of the Phillips curve, people could only find a lower-paid job when the automation and artificial intelligent play the role. Lower-paid jobs bring lower wealth to people and all the aggregation creates lower inflation. As the Milton Friedman, an Noble Economic prize winner, once said that inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon. When people circulate tons of money among themselves, we may see the price goes up with much money chase few goods. But it is not the case we see in real life lately, especially for those ordinary American people. All the lower-paid job created does have something to do with the global supply chain. A college graduate student earns USD 650 a month in China. They have college degree and can perform machine learning algorithm if the corporates they serve have the software. What is the advantage that American people have? To be honest, not much if American people can not do the same thing smarter with different creation. It is the reason why we still see a lot of higher paid jobs find no American people to fill in. We even see a lot of greater universities in the United States create some programs to fill the need. For example, we see the Standford University has a program on Big Data with AI for those people who wants to work as a data science. It is an example that the American university tries to find a way out. To have some directions for American people to pursue in order to have a higher paid jobs. If those goals could be obtained, then we will see the situation that Phillips curve is alive eventually. Now, we see no clue how the Phillips curve revives. American people do pay a higher price for college education, but it seems not have much help for them to have a higher paid job sometimes. What's wrong? How to help American people allocate their resources in the right direction and have a greater life? It does need Mr. Trump to watch out and seek some ways to help.

  We do see some changes in the institution of higher education in the Unoted States. But all the harm they brinig, that is a tons of tuition fee for American people, is done and no remedy. People have to figure out how to pay down those debt with no proper skill they have for the need of  society. It is the problem American people face lately. We do see some programs have to be built from scratch and it does play some roles for the lately jobs creation. But how about those tuition fees those instituions create for ordinary American people? How to resolve the problem? We all know the answer is try to reeducate American people with college degree to have something the society needs. They need some programs for training to fit thenselves in the society.

  The second question is the property price goes much too high compared with the income increase of ordinary American people. It is the source to the proverty. People spend all their money on food and shelter and could have a way to save. It largely impacts the capital accumulation of American people. It is also the reason why we do not see the inflation comes in the United States because ordinary American people have nothing in their pocket after paying the necessity they need in daily life. The wealth discrepancy brings  even severe problem to the United States. That is the reason why the congress won't dare to abolish the Obamacare. People are afraid that they could not afford higher medical price and get themsleves in the spiral of proverty which  is a vicious circle.

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  蔡政府終於完成年金改革的立法,弔詭的是大家都不高興,特別是軍公公教,有趣的地方是蔡政府走的卻是回頭路,回頭路?是的!回頭路。臺灣目前走的是小蔣時代持續未完成以及小蔣時代始終保持的政府政策,記得很多年以前,曾經聽到過往領導人馬先生,對小蔣總統諸多政策的不滿,其中一項就是公教人員的福利問題,而那樣的觀點也存在過往國民黨的黨政大老裡,特別是做過公立學校老師以及政府政務人員者,這些人藉著本省外省的無聊議題,在李老先生的年代中,一舉將所有的制度改變,這樣的改變,一改就讓臺灣慢慢衰敗長達二十多年,爾後在美國與特定政客的鼓吹下,臺灣的廠商拼命往中國發展,也造就中國輝煌的這個二十多年,對比的是臺灣持續衰敗二十多年,從1990年以後,臺灣已慢慢走向衰敗之路!

  臺灣年輕人該知道的是,在二十多年前臺灣的公務人員年金制度本來就是蔡政府改回來的這樣,蔡政府努力半天,不過只是將李老先生所做的錯誤改回來,改回到小蔣時代的制度!您可以想像一個被認為臺灣獨立意識高漲的民進黨政府,竟然服膺於小蔣總統的國民黨政府政策嗎?這不是全世界最荒謬的事情?民進黨從一開始建黨的目標是甚麼?一開始的主張是甚麼?已沒有人在乎,也沒有人真的有興趣??或者該說那些主張已過時,是因臺灣已走向民主嗎?還是走向真正的奴役之路??當住在新北市跟臺北市的人都成房奴,我們走向的是真正奴役之路,哪裡來的民主?當民主是由別人定義以及別人施捨與給予,不再是由自由意志所產生,或者說自由意志選擇只是讓自己走向被奴役之路,自由民主的意涵反倒顯得荒謬,所有人的投票行為只顯示出自身無知與易受影響和操控。當民進黨變成以前期望搞建設的國民黨,而國民黨成為以反對為主的不知道甚麼黨時,國家已陷入瘋狂的局面!

  當有人告訴我臺灣的保險公司,做的都是騙錢的事情時,我很想跟這個無知的小孩說,當您處在西元1997-1998年,當您身處2007-2008年時,您可能不會這樣說,而是會告訴我,好在所有的資產都放在保險公司裡,沒有拿出來做任何的投資行為,很多時候我們常喜歡用自身的偏執來定義這些那些,卻不知道過往臺灣的幸福,其實一直都是因為有一個全知全能的小蔣政府,它很堅持公教人員不能領取過高的薪水,也不能有過於豐厚的福利,但民間企業可以有非常高薪的工作,高薪到讓所有的人流口水,讓大家前仆後繼拚著老命成立新的企業來賺錢,老百姓能每年都有加薪的機會,每個人都能找到薪資不錯的工作,大家都覺得政府的工作薪水低沒甚麼吸引力,但是民間的活力驚人!

  過往大學教授的福利是很棒的,大學教授培育的都是未來民間企業的菁英與領導,今天大學教授顧的是自己的溫飽,太多的大學教授所擁有的知識都已過時與陳舊,太多的大學其實早已失去存在的價值,很多偏遠地區的公立大學其實早已沒有存在的價值,他們只是另一種形式的公務員,企業需要的知識與能力,似乎已不再來自於大學教育中!今天大學教授的福利,在台式的社會主義主導下,臺灣的環境越來越不好,連帶也使得大學能提供培育人才的價值越來越低,越來越多人都以為公立大學教授就是公務員,所有的福利都比照辦理即可,卻忽略大學應該是引領國家創新的搖籃,做的研究應該是臺灣社會未來十年二十年後的真正所需,試問這是甚麼奇怪的大學?

  如果蔡政府真的有心要改變臺灣,那就讓大學學費自由化吧!那就真正勇敢的廢除全民健保,或是大幅改變全民健保吧!讓專業的醫護人員能真的賺到很多錢,讓有知識能創新的大學教授跟大學能賺到很多錢!

  今天遇到一個計程車司機,談到本來以前是公車司機,月薪七八萬,但是一天工作超過12小時,有時高達十五個小時,心力俱疲,很多的薪水都拿去看醫生買藥,很多時候常忙到沒時間吃飯,只好邊開車邊吃便當,實在受不了,只好退下來。而他也以為年金制度本來就該改變,此時雞婆的我忍不住問他,為何二十多年來投票都沒改變過這些事情?他竟然說,因為二十多年前國會人數大幅擴張,立法委員諸公諸母們很自私,所以根本不可能改變,也不知怎麼改變,試問國會人數擴張是誰的政策?當我們回頭檢視歷史時,常發現一些很難想像的事情,但這不就是過往K黨控制人民的方式嗎?表面上民主,但事實不過是想辦法影響百姓,讓黨與個人的私利得以伸張!而這就是我們所謂的民主!

  華倫巴菲特以為這個世界的貧富不均,並非富人造成,而是經濟制度使然,富人有資本有賺錢的管道與方式,即便面對經濟不景氣,還是能藉由經營事業或是投資上的現金流量增加來降低自身損失,因此富人越來越有錢是必然!但在中國在亞洲,其實有不少地方說明,富人與窮人的差距,其實是政府政策所造成,對富人容易累積財富的地方沒有課稅卻對一般民眾能賺到錢的地方拼命課稅,造成富人與窮人的差異更大,過往地產稅的輕稅讓很多人賺到非常多,政府免稅制度設計,其實也默許買房買地者可以減免非常多稅負,若今政府對這些制度大幅調整,當然可能造就其他類型非藉由地產增值累積財富的富人,但相對可課徵的稅收增加,用此補貼窮人的教育與各方面生活,還是能在貧富差距縮減起很大效果,但是政府肯不肯做?其實我們見到連中國大陸都在做這件事,試問臺灣自己做了沒有?政府官員到底能不能體會一般百姓的辛苦,特別是那些退休的七百萬勞工,有百分之六十五的人月退領不到兩萬元新臺幣,特別是目前正在上班的勞工有超過一半以上每月領不到四萬元新臺幣,這樣的情況能有怎樣的改善,讓青菜水果更便宜?藉由農民的損失來補貼勞工?或者讓菜蟲跟水果中介商更加從中剝削果農與菜農??藉此來降低物價的巨幅變動?還是真正鼓勵創新型態的社會?但問題有來了,誰要支付這樣的創新?當社會的財富集中於少數人手中時,這些人的家中最多也是兩三台電視機,最多也是一兩台冰箱,最多也是一台微波爐,不是嗎?而且他們也不一定會採用創新型態的服務,試問提供服務者如何賺錢與生活?讓大家都能買房,自然有很多家具與裝修的需求,讓大家都有特定商品或服務的需求,自然能帶動相關的產業發展,這些那些,其實政府做的也不多,我們沒有很多專業的職業運動,也沒有足夠的資源去支持這些職業運動的參與者和可能的參與者,在服務業的創新與薪資提高上,其實政府做的真的太少!

 

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Silk Road porgram

  Silk Road program is indeed an ambition to China and the whole world. If it works, bringing new trades and new idea across middle Asia and the rest of the world, China will be the first economy in this world. Now when the United States tries hard to bring the USA back to the old day, China does try hard to improve the living standard in a different way. Listen carefully, Mr Trump does nothing wrong but with a totally wrong perception to preserve the value of democracy. If the United States goes on in this way. it is not hard to imagine why the United States is puting itself in a path of self-destruction.

Th perservation of old day in the Unoted States

  Old days are gone, it never goes back. It is a sure thing that Mr. Trump tries hard to resist. The ganster of Mr. Trump does preserve their wealth and their own family future. Mr. Trump tries hard to abolish the Obamacare but not to fix the holes the Obamacare faces. The big hole of Obamacare faces is the guarantee of central government to the healthcare system. If the government does not provide funding and helping, the universal health care system can not be done. Even the healthcare system does get itself done, without a proper mechanism design, the lower premium will bring many treatments cannot be done in the hostipal. American people have to pay for those treamtments themselves but not through the coinsurance mechanism to lower the cost and the price.

  Yes, if the United States uses trade barrier to protect its steel industry, it may have some temporary effect but not for a longer term. Steel is the element for production. If the production is for the US's self need, then the steel industry may bring some benefit for American workers. But if the steel is used for the export production, then the overproduction may bring disaster to American workers. The steel comapny could not make itself survive in a limited demand society for a long time. The simple idea to protect American workers may be effective in a short term but not the long run, the self-protection plan may be a totally wrong idea for the competitiveness of US steel industry.

The implication of Silk Road program

  Silk Road program is to find many new markets for China-made products. From the viewpoint of economic and production scale, China tries hard to build Silk Road program is for its own good to export many cheaper goods made in China. When the middle Asia is full of China-made goods, those nations could not have their industry production ability anymore. They may rely heavily on China's export a long long time. Their basic industry could not get a chance to develop. Under such a circumstance, we could expect the US steel industry would not find itself a place in those middle Asia markets because China is taking advantage of the Silk Road program. When Chian launches its Silk Road program and provides billions of US dollars for free to those middle Asiam nations, China does find a big way to export its overproduction and control the destiny of those middle Asia countries. Those middle Asia countries exchange their oil and materials for the China-made infrastructure, but it also make itself hard to develop its own basic industry. The basic industry includes steel, clothes, white goods and other daily needs. On the one hand, China has larger export surplus with the United States. On the other hand, Chian use those trade surplus to develop its Silk Road program for its own good. It is a brilliant idea for the future of China.

  Trade is good for now to those middle Asia nations. In the long term, the Silk Road program is another plan of expansion for China-made goods exporting. From the standpoint of the United States, it means the US steel industry could not find their export opportunity to those middle Asian nations hereafter. The united States ignores the reality of the whole new world and forgets the US has lost its power and influence to those middle Asian nations. So does the Russia. China is emerging and having greater influence to those middle Asia nations gradually. China brings new influence and impact to those nations. The most important thing is China has its leverage power to those middle Asia nations which the US and Russia lack.

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  全世界目前因為人口越來越多,很多國家面臨到的問題都是農地跟魚塭被廢棄物填滿,這些廢棄物不是工業產生出來的有毒廢棄物,就是焚化後產生的廢棄物,不是強酸就是強鹼的廢棄物,不但汙染土地,最重要的是臺灣以後將面臨沒有食物可吃的局面。這些被廢棄物填滿的,不是價錢便宜的農地,就是價格便宜的魚塭,試問蔡政府為這些事情做了甚麼?

  我們很多的媒體人總說中國大陸的地方政府多麼有效率,因為政府要拆老百姓的房子,說拆就拆,說要將原來經營得好好的地方變成政府的,或是要做甚麼都市計畫變更,說做就做,一下子就做到。也不管民眾要不要去告,反正法院也是政府開的,百姓怎麼爭,都跟政府沒得爭,我們總是很慶幸好在臺灣的政府沒有這麼有效率,但過往二三十年政府放任市場機制的濫用,跟建商的貪得無厭,已使得臺灣百姓飽受剝削,最重要的是政府的資源分配不均,讓很多地方的百姓在自己居住的老家難找到與能力相當的高薪工作,只好離鄉背井,到大都市去工作,又因都市的房價被炒作過高,連帶使得房租成本不低,最後被逼的不是去租很糟糕的房子,就是去買空屋量很高地區的房子,如此一來,即便有還可以的工作,買的房子因當地供給量過剩,不但沒有增值的空間,還可能出現因使用年限長而出現房價下跌危機,因為供給量過剩正代表著當地的地價很難會上漲,連帶也使得自身辛苦賺到的錢沒辦法因為買屋而得到價值保存。過往臺北市不少地區,在捷運一條一條的開通之下,使得房價跟地價上漲到超越人想像的地方,但少子化的問題未解,學校缺的是學生不是老師,各地都是流浪教師,只因地方政府沒錢聘新老師,舊老師的退休金問題也讓人頭痛,這些問題的加總,道盡臺灣多年以來發展的瓶頸與無奈。

李老先生與陳先生做錯了嗎?那馬先生呢?

  相信在李老先生主政下的環境,一定沒想到臺灣今天的環境會變得這麼糟糕,沒想到美國人竟然要求臺灣廠商要降低成本去中國大陸大量生產,更沒想到,其實很多臺商在中國是有賺到錢的,只因某些不明原因,不是錢被騙光,就是搞到不知為何身無分文。陳先生曾經拼命幫助臺灣進行兩兆雙星的投資,但技術沒升級,大量投資買人家現成的機器設備,技術跟發展都受限於別人,於是錢丟到水裡,甚麼都沒有,只是給借錢出去的銀行多很多負債。李先生努力於全民健保跟軍公教推休金改革和教育改革,陳先生努力於大量投資所謂的高科技產業,卻無法控制投資的品質與國家的總體技術發展,而馬先生則是直接挹注軍宅的發展,拿政府的錢去做一些有點讓人不知該怎麼說的地產發展。

  總之,目前臺灣學歷貶值,年輕人其實根本不愛讀書,卻又拼命追求文憑,結果換來的那張紙沒有替自己帶來加分,最慘的是還被人以為大學生不如高中生,碩士生不如大學生,這就是臺灣目前的窘境。學校老師安逸慣,學生出社會需要的教育,在學校裡一項都沒有教,老師教育學生的只是自身擅長的,但卻是社會根本不需要的,大學或是技職教育中的教師,根本沒有再努力求進步,讓學生也能學到社會需要的。很多人會以為那當初還不如辛苦一點賣雞排或是鴨賞就好,社會越發陷入低潮,大家都在找出路,很多人發現最終能有好生活的其實都還是國家出錢養,只有靠國家養才有溫飽,不幸的是軍公公教又被人忌妒,自己不爭氣到利用制度自肥,退休的領得比正在工作的多許多,而公立老師福利遠勝過私校老師,公立醫院的護理人員跟醫生福利遠勝過私人醫院診所,造成國家更多的動盪不安,最重要的是教育市場機能完全無法發揮,也失去透過學歷來鑑別能力的功能,整個國家陷入一片混亂,老百姓感覺上好像見不到光,大家都過得很辛苦,只有炒作房產且能買賣轉手的人是最終獲利者,資源更加錯置,大家都想不勞而獲,或者該說只能不勞而獲,因為根本沒有好工作,試問這是怎麼樣的一個臺灣?

教育改革與全民健保

   教育改革希望釋放民間的創新能力,弔詭的是,少子化造成需求不足,哪來需要這麼多的創新,根本沒有人付得起很多的創新,這些創新大多用於外銷特定產品,老闆們只會覺得很多創新只是便宜廠商浪費公司資源,但沒有創新,哪裡需要新的年輕人來幫助公司成長?大家都用舊方法重複不斷進行,又何需高端的技術人員?!

  最近有一個保險業務員跟我提到,報載他們公司最近業績特好,主因是因這家保險公司有很多六年期到期的投資型商品其閉鎖期結束,業務員紛紛鼓勵客戶贖回保單,重新再買一張保單,藉由這樣的方式來衝高自家業績,讓人想到過往的連動型債券保單!乍聽之下,不禁要問那為何客戶願意?或許台灣的老百姓都是很善良的,讓人想起十五年前直到今天,臺灣銀行端的理財專員,也很喜歡叫客戶贖回共同基金,再買其他的商品,只為了賺取微薄博的手續費與達成業績,當臺灣的金融資產管理走到這個地步,其實只說明臺灣的慘澹經營,大家都知道的投資原則,就是長期持有的投資,除非市場出現急遽的大變動,否則盡可能的長期投資,才是上上策,但今天的臺灣,沒有新的生意,年輕族群的所得不足,根本無法支撐臺灣新的金融資產管理與成長,於是變成是不斷地贖回與再購,也因此這家擁有年紀較大業務通路的公司,反倒重新獲得市場注意,因老客戶願意幫忙,公司自然感覺好像經營的還可以,但大家都知道不過就是重新購買,那不過是客戶的滿期金或是閉鎖期結束所造成的現象。

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經過長久的思考,這個世界需要腦袋清楚的人發言,繼續讓這個世界運作順利!!

民進黨政府不應該讓農藥殘留量的數據增加,那是不對的事情!民進黨政府固然要跟日本與美國妥協,但是能用別種方式嗎?我們不需要跟中國大陸對抗,因為那是不可能事情,我們需要維護自身的主權領土完整,但可以用更溫和的方式嗎?

臺灣老百姓的健康,比經濟發展重要,這不是民進黨對台灣塑膠工業發展所以為的方針嗎?既然如此,一個先進國家,對農藥檢出,只會要求越來越嚴格,而不應該越來越寬鬆,那是不進步的事情!

國民黨確實做了很多不好的事情,但我們該努力改變現狀,讓現狀變得更好,而不是一味清算鬥爭,讓現狀更好的方式很多,讓大家更晚退休,讓政府負擔變輕,讓民間有更多活力,讓百姓不會口袋空空,讓大家能安居樂業,如果這意味著必須讓退休高官與將領的退休金降低,如果這意味著必須讓已經領很多錢的人不能再領18%,那都是應該的,但如何讓現職的軍公公教人員生活得到保障,如何大家都能口袋有錢可消費,其實才是政府該費心的!

很多其他國家的人都很羨慕臺灣,有完善的健保,或許該說是太過分的健保制度,剝削醫護人員太多的健保制度,有便宜的大學教育,相對於國外,我們的高等教育學費非常便宜,大家都很有知識與學位,只是找不太到工作,因少子化與內需不足,整個國家有不錯的人才,只是很難有所發揮,這是這個國家的常態,這是事實,我們得接受,也得想辦法讓大家都能繼續活下去。

臺灣要能繼續在世界活下去,只能靠外需,只能靠與其他國家的連結,蔡政府已經開始浪費錢,希望創造一些內需,造捷運開馬路做一些基礎建設,這些都是好的,一個進步的國家多一點公路跟捷運,會因為替代效果,讓公路局和公車業者的生意少一點,但可能讓大家更方便消費跟生活,拉近城鄉差距是好事,但大家能透過新的路網建構而有新的商機嗎?這才是蔡政府該繼續進行與發展的,透過新的路網與捷運,發展出新的捷運生態系,讓大家能有新的生活與商機。

我們需要全世界的投資嗎?還是需要新的商業模式跟世界連結?我們有甚麼可以賣給全世界的嗎?我們有甚麼辦法讓大家願意多生一些小孩嗎?如果沒有,怎麼會讓內需加溫呢?

這些問題,其實都是老問題,總不能每次財富重分配,都是比較有能力與有知識的,來分配比較弱勢的人吧?那樣國家只會越來越糟,蔡政府必須發展一些國家企業,來重振經濟,讓國營企業扮演先的角色,讓大家有新的商機與發展。

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It is quite a long day to leave here. I do not feel that I should be sorry for that. On he contrary, I am not an American. I am a citizen from the Republic of China, I follow my heart to be a patriot,

I am a professional. I should follow my heart to speak the truth. But it is not easy. I am glad we do change Mr. Trump a lot. Mr. Trump is a practical guy who is in title to be a great president. I believe he could and should. Here are what he should do...

(1) Reappoint Mrs. Yellen to be the Fed Chairwoman

(2)Make Obamacare a better one, not abolish it.

(3)Try hrd to make Aerican people have some money in their pockets to spend

(4)make the fudamental USA solid, not just try hard to make financial market not go down

(5)Help the USA to be more environment friendly

(6)Help  other democratic countries to preserve their democracy

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  My father died in the fire accidentat at the end of 2016. I have no idea if I am fortunate that I survive in the same event.

  However, I still remember those words my father taught me. Be honest, Embrace what you have to do, Go fighting for what you believe.

  I miss my father. I am so sorry that I could not give anyone any advise anymore this time.

  That is it!

 


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  如果大家都有能力將本該用於退休帳戶的錢,自己拿去買私人儲蓄保險,或許這個議題會簡單一點,只是承保的保險公司就不能破產,但是實際的例子是保險公司的真實壽命是否高於這些存錢者從現在到真正退休時,其實也說不準,沒見到台灣這麼多的保險公司都是在政府賠付的情況下,被其他的保險公司合併,簡單的說,就是政府搬了從企業那裏收的稅,再加上跟人民收的稅或是發行的公債,來填補這麼多個有財務危機的保險業者,因此我們能期待一家永續經營的保險業者來承擔台灣全部人的退休嗎?答案當然是...不可能!

  沈富雄說得很對,應該是要採用個人帳戶制度,甚至是採用Defined contribution(DC)制度-個人投資由特定退休金投資管理機構來負責,但不保證退休時的真正收益,退休金投資管理機構會本著各種投資學理-投資風險管理,資產配置學理,高Beta或是高Alpha管理原則等等,來幫忙大家做退休金的資產累積,或者也可以直接交給政府相關退休金管理機關一起管理。

  沈先生不知道的地方是,年金制度會破產的真正主因在於人口老化經濟成長動能不足,因為經濟成長動能不足,使得經濟體無法產生足夠的收益來滿足當初的退休承諾,而人口老化更使得經濟體缺乏足夠的消費能力,少子化的議題使得整體社會的成長動能與內需不足,您沒見到連台塑都號稱原來需要300人的工廠,到最後只需要兩個人,其他都是自動化設備自行生產。沒有人賺到錢,就沒有人有辦法繳稅,更沒有人有能力生養小孩跟照顧老人,川普先生怪歐巴馬政府一年經濟成長率只有2.5%,很奇怪的是,在台灣都沒人怪馬前政府一年經濟成長率連保一都有困難??!!!明年臺灣的經濟成長率,大家都預期最多只有1.5%左右,反觀美國新總統川普先生立志明年美國經濟成長率要破3%,有沒有搞錯,美國是成熟國家,台灣是新興市場國家,今天連美國經濟成長率的一半都做不到,台灣的經濟不慘嗎?

  台灣年金制度會破產的原因,當然跟馬政府甚麼都沒做也沒改進有關,而蔡政府執政後,對於臺灣的年金制度一直有個迷思希望能照顧所有的台灣人民,其實這樣的迷思,始終存在於台灣的社會中,這也是我們始終不敢放棄全民健保這個不合理大夢的理由,要做全民健保,人民所有賺到錢的所得,百分之六十以上都該繳給國家,由國家來支付與照顧所有人民的各種需求。但今天大財團採用自動化的理由,不外乎節省成本與人力資源,甚至以後也不必支付這些人退休金,試問這些人既無目前所得,也無未來退休儲蓄,真的老了,國家拿錢免費來照顧這些人嗎?就跟全民健保一樣?每個人繳交的健保費根本太少,但卻享用無比豪華的全民健保福利?最後真的不能承擔,就讓醫護人員與私人醫院破產??或者就剝削藥廠,想盡辦法節省成本,但卻一點都無法節約老百姓亂看病,亂做無謂治療,甚至根本無力管理人民自身不愛惜身體的醫療道德風險與資訊逆選擇的議題。

  其實全民健保的問題,跟新年金制度的問題是一樣的,二代健保補充保費跟年金制度少領多繳晚退休的道理類似,都無法保證全民健保再過幾年,可能還是面臨破產的風險,還是無法解決年金制度即便改革,最多也不過再撐個三十年的窘境,目前三十歲的人,可能繳個國民年金或相關退休金三十年後,還是面臨領不到退休金的窘境。

  若是年金改革無法進行,那蔡政府就該放棄福利國家的思想,那與美式資本主義的觀念是完全不同,美式的資本主義基本就是物競天擇自然淘汰。沒有能力的人,就該老死沒人照顧,沒有能力賺錢的人,就該孤苦無依,最後橫死街頭沒人照顧,因為自由競爭,對於欺騙眾人拚著老命賺來的人,都被社會以為比老實度日最後只有微薄月薪甚至無力儲存退休金的人來得高尚,那就是美式資本主義,那就是Trump先生所代表的美式資本主義圖騰!

  蔡政府的年金改革,背後的道理是所有的人都應該被照顧,但過往的軍公教退休制度卻不是如此過往的退休福利制度照顧的是少數人,甚至是用國家負債來照顧,即便國家可能破產,即便國家因此無力照顧其他的街頭流浪漢,即便國家拚死拚活卻賺不到答應這些人的退休金承諾,國家還是應該繼續發債來照顧,馬前政府最後還是多累積1.5兆以上的新台幣負債,馬前政府後來拼命想課徵股市稅負,期望能夠多收一點錢,來照顧這些少數人!

  蔡政府卻不是這樣想的,您知道退休私校大學教師的月退俸大抵只有公立大學教師的35%左右嗎?這也是蔡政府希望軍公公教都能少領很多,多一點資源來照顧無力在工作時期有辦法存錢的人,讓這些人在退休時也能享有基本的生活水準!此時的軍公公教,遠比那些醫院裡的醫生護士好得多很多,從第一代到第二代健保,醫生護士的待遇每況愈下,軍公公教再怎麼差,照新制度可能還有三萬多元退休金的保障,但其他完全沒有退休金照顧的人,卻能有多幾千元的每月生活補助,這樣不好嗎?

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To be honest, it will be much tougher than everone knows. The United States is not that stronger anymore. So is Red China. So is Russia. But all of them try hard to tell the world who is the boss on the earth. I hope it will not be a disaster when Mr. Putin, Mr. Xu and Mr. Trump are all guys with self ego. They don't listen to what their people need. They don't care what their people want. It may be a combination we never imagine. All those guys have a lot of nuclear weapons. What a dangerous world we have!

This special edition will end before Jan 20, 2017. After that, we will wait and see what's going to happen when Trump's team get involved with real economy of the United States. Wish Mr. Trump could be a good president!  (not unpresidented, but unprecedented...).

(1) Reappoint J. Yellen as chairwoman in 2018 or keep it undecided. Wait and see until the time in 2018 comes

    To keep the Fed in stable is a must-be action when Fed still holds around five trillion US government debts in the balance sheet. It is not proper to threaten Mrs. Chairwoman to leave. It is impolite for a president to to act something like that. Mr. Bernanke has stayed for a second term even he is a Republican. Mr. Trump should wait and see what the Fed could do for his fiscal policy, then decide what's next in 2018. The independence of Fed should be respected. The Fed does good than harm to the United States. Everyone knows that Mrs. Yellen emphasizes employment than growth for the United States. It is good for a society in which people are so hard to find a decent life.

(2)Be careful the tax cut, it should have some plan and incentive action in the first place

   From the experience in 2004, as Mr. Gross mentioned lately, the Bush's tax cut only let US big corporations buyback their shares from the market or pay even higher dividends. If Mr. Trump's team wants some industries to have further development in the United States, then the US government should bring some incentive to big US corporations. It may help American people have jobs in the industry. Help US big corporation to repatriate the money from oversea and use it for further industry development is not an easy job.

(3)Keep environmental friendly programs in mind

   Earth is getting warmer. This winter is the hottest season we ever know. Please acknowledge the global warming and try something new to help cooling the motherland.

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  It is an old story which tells people how Mr. Reagan once make Russian frightening  about the outer space weapon. It even makes the dismantle of the USSR to be a reality. Mr. Reagan is intelligent and smart enough making Russians scared. Could we expect Mr. Trump to be in the same situation? Now Mr. Trump faces Mr. Putin, a smart guy who runs the Russia more than a decade. Could we expect Mr. Trump smart enough to help the world? I think all it depends on the science. Some simple science makes American corportations lead in the world for several decades. Simple fact American people discover in daily life help American business grow and prosper. American people need that again to have their life back.

  Science does cost money which needs a lot of trial and errors. That is what Mr. Trump has to acknowledge. It is the reason why American people could move on. Higher technology makes a lot of things happen. Economics is the strong science Ameircans know better than the world. Computer science is antoher one that Red China still follows. But we have to admit Red China does catch up.

  For better or worse, we do expect the United States government reopen some NASA programs even a lot of private programs are on the way. Red China does invest a lot in their space programs. They try hard to catch up with the United States. American people should be inspired with some new aerospace programs.

 Monetary policy vs fiscal policy as noted

  Take the monerary policy versus the fiscal  policy for example, people in the academy do think the former one is better but the latter one is unecnomic. When the Fed implements the monetary policy to help the economy, we do see the Fed could restore the economy easier even if the Fed wants to shrink its balance sheet. But if the government implements the fiscal policy, the debt piling is for sure and not reversible. In the case of monetary policy, the Fed could withdraw money from the system by selling all those government-sponsored debt to the market. Then we will see the US dollar level around the world goes down. On the contrary, in the case of fiscal policy, the reverse may not be easy. Spilled waster is hard to recover. Government may try hard to tax people to purchase back those debt issued for the fiscal policy. To be honest, scholars do think fiscal policy does harm than good if those programs get something wrong. Those programs may bring even more problems to the society if the fiscal policy doesn't implement well. It is a science instead of a lousy alchemy that the monetary policy could be done much easier than the fiscal policy. People should know the difference better.

A new industry with long term promise

  Maybe, Mr. Trump with his team should consider waste-processing industries as a new hope. To make all those electronic waster to be reusable material and create new value from them is not easy but an environmental friendly move. Trump's team should travel all around the world to find the solution for the new development. Solar power industry is an industry to be long time ignored by the United States. Mr. Musk once considers to build many large-scale solar power factories to help the electric cars to be more common in the United States. Maybe, Mr. Trump should know that better. Old solution doesn't help much when the United States has to use new one to help those long-term unemployment people. Don't give them a non-real hope but a real one. Help them join in a self-sustained ecosystem and have a long-term full time job. It is Mr. Trump's duty. All those things depend on the science. A simple science could change people's life and make them live better.

Real Truth on US jobs and related issues

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  這幾天查了一下實價登錄的相關資訊,赫然發現台北市跟新北市的房價,早已是雪崩式的下跌,有的地區,新房喊價六七十萬,今天只要四十萬左右就能買到,有的地方的老房子,早就從高點跌價一半,絕非外傳只跌價30-40%。從過往以來,一直都有一派聲音,以為這是民眾自己選擇要買的,跟馬前政府一點關係都沒有??!!!聽到這樣的說法,覺得很受傷,畢竟大家買房,不外乎就是為成家或是孝親,今天房價炒作成這樣,馬前政府說完全沒事是過分些,有的人今天還怪蔡政府努力打房,要讓台灣陷入通貨緊縮,為什麼不怪馬政府時期,台灣百姓年收入減少的趨勢始終不變,而百姓始終沒有甚麼工作機會,馬前政府一天到晚叫大家去中國大陸工作,甚麼事情都沒做卻放任房市亂漲?為什麼大家不怪馬政府只知道將台灣好企業往中國推,卻根本沒有替台灣留下成長的火種?

  如今中國經濟面臨泡沫,外匯準備平均一年少一兆美元,照這樣的速度,大概明年底就剩不到兩兆美元,不到五年,中國大陸的外匯準備或許就會低於一兆美元,而中國大陸已開始禁止進口黃金,也不准歐美企業從中國大陸搬錢回去,開始進行外匯管制,有的外國人還繼續騙中國,說只要有三個月的進口外匯準備就夠,其他都是多餘的,中國不用買原油,不用進口糧食,不用其他吃穿嗎?!人民幣不是歐元,根本不具備價值儲存功能,歐元區的德國,法國,荷蘭,比利時,義大利,還有西班牙跟葡萄牙,這些國家的黃金儲備準備加起來遠超過美國一個國家的黃金準備量,人民幣有嗎?試問中國拿甚麼做人民幣的擔保??!而台灣百姓投資的中國人民幣TRF,已經損失超過百億以上的新台幣,試問這些要找誰討??

  個人會這麼氣憤,當然是查實價登錄,發現買了超過五年以上的房子,竟然跌價超過一成以上。是沒繳稅給馬前政府嗎?炒作房產炒作成這樣,大家都預期明年還會再跌個一成到兩成,這樣頭期款就全賠光,只剩欠銀行的負債繼續還,馬前政府真的當人民是白癡,對吧?!光是五年內繳給銀行的,都不夠賠跌價的損失!做白工,馬前政府當大家是白癡嗎?!心裡真的是怒火中燒,這就是有經濟成長,有通貨膨脹,有大眼光,放眼全中國的狗屁經濟學嗎?!!

  說過前政府的房地產炒作,所創造出來的只是負債欠銀行欠不完的負債而已,到頭來回頭檢視過往十年,其實台灣的經濟成長是一蹋糊塗與一場空,根本沒有成長,大家勉強吃吃喝喝,最後政府負債多增加快兩兆,百姓辛苦儲蓄被中國大陸騙光光,全台灣327萬個上班族,月薪不超過三萬,全台灣68萬人,月薪沒超過兩萬,台灣的窮人越來越多,有錢人有錢賺,是其他人去銀行借來的給他們的,有的退休族領太多,有的人根本不敢退休繼續工作,我們的制度中,存在太多可怕無解的問題,學校太多還是學生太少??為何大家被政府逼得不能生小孩也無力撫養父母?馬前政府走狗們,還好意思批評柯市長!

  既不振興經濟,也沒產業發展,台灣的新產業在哪裡?老百姓的生活在哪裡?只要兩岸統一,甚麼都不要嗎?只要中國統一台灣,甚麼都能解決嗎?台灣自己不需要新產業,也不需要甚麼新的全球發展策略??為何不先重稅房地產交易,要先重稅股市??答案很簡單,與馬前政府相關的人,不少人都有房產,也在馬前政府時期賣出賺很多錢,要不要將這些資料全部公開,我們一個一個來看??相信一定有很多驚人的發現,很多大家不知道且形象好的政治人物,這下都無所遁形,政府都有資料紀錄的!全部公開讓百姓知道,可以嗎?這些人賺的都是百姓去銀行借來的辛苦錢!!百姓連股票的錢都賺不到,還得繳一大堆莫名其妙的稅,結果大家都將錢放保險公司,不繳二代健保補充保費,年關近,目前私人醫院可能再現倒閉潮,家人身為醫護人員,已兩個月沒領薪水,醫院裡的其他員工,數個月也只領到三分之一薪資,年關將近,大家都很怕老闆跑路!

  這就是舊政府的德政,當初真的有勇氣,沒事會課徵股票稅,怎麼不把全民健保廢除?!

 


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A Strong US dollar

  People all around the world do know better that Americans get used to strong US dollar with higher purchasing power. In 20 trillion US dollar debt, there has more than 70% in the hand of Americans. A strong US dollar may hurt US corporations, such as agriculture, information technology, airplane and car industries. It doesn't help US export much but bring more unfairly competition to America corporations. A strong US dollar may bring higher pruchasing power but leave more US corporations hard to compete with other global players. It bring more harm to US companies if the US dollar appreciates too much. Mr. Trump should know it better that the old day with lots of manufacturing jobs may come with a lot of unnecessary costs if the US dollar appreciates a lot. A weaker US dollar may help US corporations gain market shares. Of course, too weak US dollar may let other nations take advantage of weaker US dollar, but it is a necessary sin for the globalization of US dollar. US dollar should plays its role to be the most important international currency. A too stong US dollar is not a good idea for a heavily debt United States. The United States may want to build a self-sustained ecosystem. High technology US corporations need foreign markets to make a living. For Mr. Trump, he should know the thing better that the United States should choose what to give and what to take. A balance between a stronger US dollar and the survival US corporations needs to be compromised. People all around the world want the US dollar to be the most important international currency and we do want a prosper United States.  A weaker US dollar may help the world trading and let every nation uses the US dolllar as the tool for clearing. Mr Trump could have to rebalance the role of US dollar and US international corporations. Mr. Trump should keep in mind that the United States needs to let everyone own some US dollars to make trading with each other. A weaker US dollar may help the global trade and help US corporations to gain more market shares in the same industries. A too stong US dollar may harm the competitiveness of US corporations. To dominate the role of world currency, US dollar should be carefully taken care by the Trump administration.

A too high yield rate of US Treasuries

  We all know that the mortgage rate and the loan rate both depend on the yield rate of US 10-yr Treasuries. A much higher yield of US Treasuries may harm American people. It makes people to have higher mortgage to pay and make people have higher burden when they need money to do something. It also hurts the business people when they want to make loans from the bank. Mr. Trump should know that even a well-function fiscal policy needs a lower borrowing cost which depends on a lower yield of Treasuries. A lower burden to develop some business is the basic Mr. Trump should know better. A too high yield rate of US Treasuries bring even higher cost for every business in the United States. It is not a good idea to have such a higher burden for ordinary American people to develop their own business or make a loan from the banking system. People should try hard to let US Treasury yields go down to have a peaceful mind for whole American people.

A self-sustained ecosystem with manufacturing jobs, but.....

  It is an ideal situation that every advanced nation wants but can't have. Advanced nation is an open economy whose currency may be use for global trade clearing. The US dollar is one of them. Trump administration should know that more manufacturing jobs created in the United States should avoid two things, one is the environmental problem and the other is the not-so-good spillover effect. Mr. Trump knows that Red China does get a more than hundred billion US dollars from the trading each year between the United States and mainland China. But Mr. Trump should take care the US domestic issue better than the Red China-US trade issue hereafter. An emerging new ecosystem of US manufacturing may help people of United States have a decent life.  But it needs a careful crafted plan and implemetation. A well functioning financial market of United States would do the rest. A free society has the ability to find the comprimise among all those issues when the Trump administraiton makes the thing happen on the manufactrung jobs creation in the United States. How to make the ecosystem self-sustained is not an easy job. To make people have a full time job in the long run is the core issue Mr. Trump faces. 

The case of RMB internationalization, the meaning behind to Mr. Trump....

   Lately, the international process of RMB doesn't go well due to domestic higher debt. Mainland China could not let local sovereign-owned corporations go bankrupt, therefore the Chinese authority could not stop more RMB issuing to save the financial system. On the other hand, mainland China does worry about a spiral-falling of RMB/US exchange rate. It makes the Beijing central bank uses lots of US dollars to defend the RMB/US exchange rate. Everyone should know the conflict from above statements. The Chinese authority is forced to issue more RMB in the local financial market to help the liquidity of financial system. But the central bank of Red China is forced to use out their precious US dollars foreign exchange reserve to reduce the free-falling of RMB/US exchange rate. The reason is due to the dream of the RMB internationalization. There are two conflict philosophies inside Red China, one is to help the liquidity of local financial system and the other is to help the stability of RMB/US currency rate for the internationalization of RMB. It just could not make both happen. Either the mainland China authority gives up the dream that everyone in the world could have some RMB in their wallet, or the Red China authority has to let sovereign-owned enterprises go bankrupt as those debts could not be paid by more RMB issuing.

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  To be honest, I am tired of China. I do feel depressed when talking about those issues of China. The reason China makes me feel helpless is its wrong determination to help people living in mainland China. Red China uses wrong ways to help the economy grow and tries hard to fix in a more absurd method.

Unreal growth numbers

  It is a wrong perception thinking China have a higher growth rate compared with others. Red China does invest lots on the infrastructure but gets little from it. To elaborate Chinese people and make them have something to do is the purpose to waste so much money on railroad and high speed trains. Red China is eager to modernize its nation in which the communist party invests a lot in the infrastructure. It brings people with higher inflation and gives the associated people with those projects ton of money to corrupt. The reason why Red China feels much better about its economy is due to the 2008 US financial crisis. It makes people panic and flow out their money into emerging markets. The crisis makes Red China feel confidence and think the possibility to replace the role of the United States. Of course, it is a wrong perception amid the lower development of Red China.

The consequences of 2008 US financial crisis for Red China

  The biggest problem Red China faces during those years after the 2008 financial crisis Lehman Brothers brings is those inflated growth rates local governments make. The inflated growth number was once thought to be a guarantee to let local supervisors step into the central government circle. Once the greater number seems to promise a brighter future in the political society of Red China. Remember, a lot of local autority leaders are jailed in lately years because of corruptions and murders. Even in Red China, a nation which doesn't treat law as something, could not tolerate those leaders from the criminal charge. In those stories, we know even tanks are shown in front of U.S. embassy in the story to ask people leave. Frankly speaking, Red China is a country even Mr. Xi could not save or protect amid a long time corruption and deeply unlawful situation. Red China is at risk more than everyone knows.

Red China at Risk

  Red China is a nation telling a farfetched story to the world. A much lower GDP growth exists for several years. A much lower corporate earning has never be treated seriously for may years. There is a saying that refunding rate of Alibaba in 11/11 was once higher than 70% a couple of years ago. It means people may not have higher consumption power than the world knows. Red China is collapsing even Mr. Xi tries hard to save. The central bank of Red China loses 70bn US dollars in November, 2016 which brings the foreign exchage researve in the Red China just around 3 trillion US dollars. Red China already loses more than two trillions US dollars foreign exchange reserve in lately two years. We still see the bleeding go on and some new measures of capital control from the Chinese authority. A better Obama's policy may bear some big fruits for Mr. Trump to manage. Aviodance of conflict between Red China and the United States does bring hope to people in the mainland China. Many Chinese big corporations invest their money outside Red China to escape the evaporation of purchasing power of RMB. We do know Red China faces big challanges at their debt levels of SOEs (State owned enterprises). Those big national corporations pile up tons of debts in terms of RMB and could not get resolved. The only solution to aviod bankruptcy is increasing the supply of RMB. for the Chinese authority even it may bring higher inflation and even lower foreign exchange rate. It makes people panic and tries hard to preserve their purchasing power. So we see an even higher house prices in major cities of Red China and an even higher capital ouflow to Europe and the United States lately. People want to preserve their corrupted rewards before Mr. Xi gets power. People try hard to help their children out of Red China to have a better living standard. They leave Red China in the dark and corrputed politics. The most severe part is they still have connection with the authority and we do see some greater air polluiton and larger unnecessary overproduction in many industries because of greedy. They want more even after they get a lot. Red China is on the edge of cliff. Nobody knows when the Red China will fall and how it falls.

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  這個部落格,其實當初一開始成立,並不在討論金融與總體經濟的議題,也沒想過這些文章一寫就寫將近六年多,也該到尾聲,歐巴馬先生的下台跟川普先生的上台,正是一個分水嶺,該是稍微休息,讓這個部落格有好幾個月沒新文章的時候,個人也疲倦,總想著休息一段時間,放下所有的事情,在家裡讀讀書,做些有意義的事情,這樣的市場變動,其實是讓人心煩的。但是這正是共和黨主政時的美國,最常見到的事情,就是波動很大,總是讓人有點心煩,美國金融市場,早就不太適合有過度且無謂的大波動,畢竟二十兆美元赤字,除了戰爭之外的開銷,多是用於處理美國境內自身的爛攤子,中國大陸再會賺錢,以美元計算的外匯準備數也不過三兆多,而全世界的外匯準備加總起來,其實遠小於七八兆美元的數字,那美國的二十兆負債怎麼來的?其實跟美國自身的稅制跟花費大有相關,歐巴馬這幾年花錢花最多,除了戰爭與國防支出之外,最大的是幫忙很多企業活下去,民主黨的歐巴馬總統,對美國境內的退休者與退休基金,有很多照顧與幫忙,這些都不是川普先生能理解與了解,過度的自我保護與貿易壁壘,只會使得美國科技業的實力下滑與變壞,沒有不同於美國市場的實驗環境,就不可能有更好的科技創新,美國自身的消費終究有限,將工廠都搬回美國,即便用到大量的機器人與設備,美國還是會遇到跟中國日本一樣的問題,那就是內需市場不足產能總是不小心過剩的問題,終究還是會需要找產品銷售的出海口,難道跟中國大陸一樣,用美元走貶來處理這樣的議題?川普先生完全不瞭解美國科技業的發展,也不瞭解美國產業的需求,很多公司其實都早已非常依賴海外市場,需要大量的產品出海口才能有獲利,而中低階的工人,根本不可能在高科技的工廠中,持續有高薪的工作,即便這些人升級學會操作機器設備,美國終究可能因過度強調製造業就業下,遇到自身需求不足與無法消化大量生產的問題,這些問題日本遇到過,臺灣跟南韓也遇到過,南韓還在持續面對,而中國晚近幾年始終都是產能過剩,難道美國也想走這樣的路?那是很荒謬的事情,用錢買自己的所需,其實是最省力省錢的,美國企業將價值鏈中最有價值的銷售與設計行銷,都留在自己手中,將比較枝微末節的生產交給別人,產品的規格設計不假他人,最有價值的部分仍是美國企業賺走,在這點上,美國製造業可一點都不笨,笨的其實是川普先生的一廂情願與天真!

  這兩天,國外朋友以為這個金融市場實在太亂,應該是股票跟債券市場都少接觸的時刻,將這個重要的資訊帶給會看這個部落格的朋友們,其實美國十年期的公債殖利率,確實可能一路往上攀升到3%,也知道與川普先生有關的金融市場參與者,或許已經進場護著美國債券市場,但是空方的力道真的不弱,持有大量美國政府公債與高評等債券的投資者,可能需要採用美國公債期貨作避險,最重要的是金融市場的變動,是連美國總統都無法掌握的,更遑論Fed主席,這次的債市空頭來得有快又急,美國股市本益比已經來到25倍以上,最糟的部分是科技類股的本益比已來到三十倍以上,回想雷根先生上台時,美國股市的本益比連八倍不到,今天的市場環境,投資者還是要小心為宜,現金為王,美元部分真的不宜太少,如果川普先生真的讓全世界美元回流美國,恐怕很多新興市場的高收益債券也都得小心,這些都是投資人必須留意的部分。

  關於中國大陸的部分,中國的空屋空汙問題依然嚴重,房地產泡沫化近在眼前,而中國的外匯準備正面臨3兆美元保衛戰,最重要的是中國大陸持有的美元與相關美元資產,其實並沒有想像中的多,中國很多的外匯準備持有的是其他國家貨幣與歐元,甚至是日圓,因此中國是否有能力滿足自身人民的需求,在未來兩三年之中我們就能見到真相,外界的估計,以世界第二大經濟體來看,最少有兩兆兩千億美元的外匯準備是不能動的,換言之,中國大陸必須長期持有兩兆兩千億的外匯準備,才足夠全體中國大陸人民一年到一年半之間的海外採購,只是國際油價持穩,中國大陸是石油進口國而非出口國,美國有頁岩油,而且美國石油的進口量已經逐年減少,但中國大陸石油進口量還在增加,我們見到中國大陸已經開始外匯管制,並且禁止人民從海外購買黃金與其他貴金屬,未來中國勢必因外匯準備的逐漸減少甚至不足,而開始禁止進口原物料,可想而知的是原物料的出口國,在中國缺席購買的情況下,除非川普先生的美國製造業再復甦,否則未來的前景並不明朗與樂觀。

  回頭談歐洲,這兩天義大利公投沒過,Renzi準備下台,而Renzi是義大利中小型地區銀行的保護者,一旦新政府上台,又擋不住布魯塞爾的要求,義大利的中小型銀行不是倒閉就是被合併,而且是很便宜的方式,這些中小銀行的金主都是義大利的散戶股東,一旦發生大損失,將是全民的災難,而義大利的政局將更加不穩定,因為太多義大利人的退休金將完全消失,義大利銀行的呆帳已算不出來,有的人說是四兆歐元,有的人估算是十兆歐元以上,而歐洲金融監理機構並不允許歐洲政府發行公債,再用公債募到的資金來補足瀕臨破產銀行的資本,以後歐洲的銀行大抵上都只能採用股東出資的Bail-in自力救濟,而不再能由政府來Bail-out,歐洲央行ECB此時也不敢利用QE來大量購買義大利政府公債,因為義大利的國家債信等級太低,即便歐央總裁是義大利人,也無法處理義大利的金融問題;最讓人擔心的倒不是義大利銀行倒閉的問題,而是歐洲很多國家的金融機構都有借錢給義大利的企業,如果義大利銀行開始倒閉所引發的連鎖效應,開始席捲歐洲,德國法國與荷蘭等國的大型銀行體系勢必受到衝擊,因為他們都有借錢給義大利企業,如此一來將引起更大的歐洲金融風暴,最先遭殃的一定是再保險與保險公司,台灣有不少金控公司有投資歐洲的銀行與保險業,此時應該要多加注意自身的曝險,而且本地的金管會應該以歐洲歐元地區的全體金融機構可能遭受的損失為範疇作為監管目標,不再侷限於義大利的銀行體系。

  歐洲有非常嚴重的結構性問題,歐洲共用一個歐元,但財政與貨幣政策卻無法同調,德國人不願意多付出金錢消費,刺激經濟增長,也幫助其他共用歐元國家,德國自身的失業率已降到百分之四點多,但南歐各國,不論是西班牙,義大利還是希臘,青年失業率都高達三成以上,有國家更高達五成甚至七成以上,這樣的情境就是因為歐央QE買的都是德法荷等國公債,但是南歐的政府公債,歐洲央行卻完全不敢大買,可是今天最需要融通的是南歐這些國家,一味要求這些國家撙節開支,只會使得當地的失業率更高,只會使得當地人民更為痛苦,這些國家有自身國家的問題,義大利的銀行呆帳是故意不追的,如同希臘的債務問題,來自於大家都逃漏稅,西班牙跟葡萄牙雖然在經濟上有改善,但是還是深陷於過往的房地產泡沫所產生的痛苦,這些都是很難為外人了解的議題。

  反觀臺灣,我們人民偏愛購買保險,又何嘗不是希望不繳納二代健保的補充保費,家人是醫生,在全民健保的第一代破產一次,換來的是醫院的倒閉,在第二代全民健保時,所工作的兩家醫院又紛紛倒閉,目前所工作的私人醫院,護理人員上個月只領到三分之一的薪水,而家人有時可能是好幾個月都沒辦法領到薪水,老闆必須將錢用於日常的醫院經營開支,而這些醫院會倒閉的原因,就是因健保相關主管機關苛扣醫院可以領的健保保費,說實在的,臺灣跟希臘真的是差不多!這也是個人以為,臺灣的蔡政府,真的該好好想一想,是否該廢除全民健保,否則最後這些負擔都落在醫院經營者和醫生護士身上,這樣的情況只會越來越糟,而且從來都沒有改善過!

  總之,中國大陸將更因此受害,因為中國大陸是希臘公債的大金主,也是西班牙與葡萄牙等國銀行的新買家,很多西班牙的大銀行目前都已經賣給中國大陸的銀行,隨著歐元相對於其他貨幣的大幅貶值,以及歐洲金融業的資本準備不足,歐洲銀行業可能出現的倒閉風潮,都會使得中國大陸的母銀行必須對歐洲銀行的子公司,進行更多的注資,肉包子打狗,大抵是有去無回,如此一來中國大陸將損失更多歐元計算的外匯準備,對於以總體美元計價的中國大陸外匯準備數來說,將很可能是甚麼都沒做,就無緣無故掉落到三兆美元以下,因歐元貶值,而希臘與南歐諸國是否因義大利銀行問題而風暴再起,其實外人無從得知,再外加新興市場的美元外匯準備,因為原物料價格守不住而開始大量外流,中國大陸的外匯準備將因為持有這些國家當地貨幣計價的債務而更加減少。這樣看起來,其實中國大陸也是搖搖欲墜,而中國若又拼命跟美國起衝突,想來亞洲諸國的前景,可能也不會太理想。在西元2016/12/7的時候,我們見到中國大陸的外匯準備已經來到3.05兆美元的水準,預計明年中國新年,應該就會低於三兆美元,據聞中國大陸央行人民銀行在十一月時,花費七百億美元努力阻止人民對美元的大幅貶值,但是還是未能有效降低大家的預期,預期人民幣相對於美元貶值仍然強烈存在;這跟中國大陸主政者,這幾年一直在推動的去美元化有很深的關聯,也跟中國境內債務貨幣化有關,人民幣發行量已超量,因此中國的惡行通貨膨脹真的可能近在眼前,因著美元相對於全球貨幣的強勢,連帶使中國大陸的外匯準備以美元計算減少,中國大陸企圖推動石油價格採人民幣計價的計畫至今未成,人民幣國際化的策略也因各種因素而越顯困難,如今中國的外匯準備以美元計價已經折損不少。

  好嚕,說過這是近幾個月以來關於市場的最後一篇文章,就到此封筆!先祝大家中國新年愉快,就這樣吧!留給市場中的炒家,盡一切可能讓大家的錢消失不見,就像變魔術一般的神奇。Anyway, Leave the flexibility to those ables.

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   We do hope to regain the mutual recognition between Taiwan and the United States. That is a big step for Mr. Trump to know a lot of things better. For years, people living in Taiwan do account for the help of American people. People living in Taiwan also help the United States a lot as Mr. Obama always tells the world. People living in Taiwan help the United States and respect the democracy system. We hope the normalization between the United States and Taiwan could go even further after Mr. Trump becomes the president of United States from day 1. We hope we could have a new bilateral trading agreement (FTA) between the United States and Taiwan. We love to be a part of new supply chain among Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and the United States. We also love to move our factories back from the mainland China. We want to be a part of the re-emerging US manufacturing team. We love to let people living in Taiwan could have a decent life manufacturing some pieces of component for the US manufacturing industry. We hope out people could regain their lifes as a new part of supply chain for the US manufacturing industry. We hope the mainland China's role in the supply chain could be largely reduced, then we could not be threatened by the horrible Communist China.

  We hope the trading partnership could be more coherent between the United States and Taiwan. We know lately the internationalization of RMB becomes a big failure due to a higher bad debt level in the Red China. Now, Red China is losing its foreign exchange reserve of US dollars gradually. Red China even worries about the depletion of its foreign exchange reserve and starts its own version of capital control. Red China starts to keep people in the mainland China from buying gold and precious metal from abroad. Red China is even considering stop importing material from outside. We do see that Chinese communist party memebers have no determination to save people from the disaster. Red China has no determination to cut the overproduction of steel and others making the world face a deflation threat.  It also leads other nations be treated unfairly in the global trade. 

  Taiwan ia a part of ancient China, but not a part of  P.R.O.C. Our sovereign name is Republic of China, R.O.C. We hope Mr. Trump has the determination helping us to have a global recognition. We don't pursue Taiwan independence. We just want our name back. We want the whole world to know the Republic of China (Taiwan) better. We want the world knows that Taiwan is different from the mainland China. We want the world knows Taiwan is a sovereign nation with democracy and advanced economy. We want our name back in front of the world.

  I really hope Mr Trump could help Taiwan has a normal relation with the United States. People living in Taiwan get suffered enough from the bully of mainland China. We hope we could have mutual recognition between the United States and Taiwan. It is about the time. People living in Taiwan get suffered as other US allies from those disasters of 911, 2008 financial crisis and the lately Red China bully. We get together and have been through with people in the United States for many things. We are a stronger supporter of the United States, for better or worse. We do need a big hand from the United States. We hope the United States could help us build submarines, warships and provide sufficient of advanced aircrafts and weapons to defend ourselves. We don't try to pursue the independence of Taiwan. We want to have a normalization with the United States in the name of Republic of China.

  I have to confess the tear in my eyes when I write down the thing on the relation normalizaton betwween the United States and Taiwan. I know it leaves a hope of reunification of China somewhere. But we do hope China will be reunified on an equal stand. Maybe, someday, we could see a democratic mainland China emerges. Maybe, someday, we could see the Chinese communist party knows the time to let people have democracy is coming. Maybe, someday, we could see a more civilized Chinese communist party, but now we don't have it. A corrupted mainland China with severe air pollution and a larger wealth discrepancy is what we see about the Red China lately. It is not our motherland. It is not our hometown. We live in Taiwan. All the people in Taiwan are our people. We pursue the best interest of whole people living in Taiwan. Our country has its name, Republic of China.

  I am a Chinese and always be. I am also a Taiwanese and always be. I hope we could have the formal recognition from the United States. I hope Mr. Trump could pursue the relation normalization between the United States and Taiwan now. I hope people in the United States know better that Taiwan is always an ally of the United States. We, people in Taiwan, have been through all those stuffs with American people for several decades already. People in Taiwan are a big supporter of the United States. We hope American people could help us this time.

 


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  為什麼臺灣有這麼多的笨蛋部長?而且這些笨蛋多有博士學歷?很多還是名校的博士?有一個老問題,新政府的解法很笨蛋,應該有其他種的方式來解決,這個問題是大學或技職高等教育中的兼課講師與兼課助理教授的退休問題,坦白說,這個問題個人很熟悉,因為個人也做過很多年的兼課講師以及兼課助理教授,從個人角度來看,學校本來就是期望節省成本,才聘僱兼課老師,主因當然是害怕自身無法支付後續的退休金,一個正職大學助理教授的薪資至少六萬五左右,一個兼職的助理教授一堂課不超過六百五十元新臺幣,用比較節省成本方式來進行相關聘雇,基本上就是為了賺錢。坦白說,這些老師或許也沒多大學問,兼課講師大抵有碩士學位,而兼課助理教授即便有博士學位,若是兼課很多年,可能也跟社會有點脫節,除非再做其他兼差,比如在學校兼課時,還兼著做保險業務員銷售保險,去補習班當老師教授高普考考試內容,以及出版關於大學教材的書籍,理解一下社會真實的變動與脈動,或者擔心自身失去競爭力,順便將一些國內外的金融證照都考一遍,以便後續教學,或者可能比較好些,否則就.....。

  這些人的退休,最好還是用國家的力量來幫忙,讓這些人加入國民年金的繳納行列應該是比較好的方式,國民年金的金額固然不多,但這些老師的兼課時數其實不多,講師一堂課過去是NTD575元,助理教授一堂課沒超過NTD650元,都是需要課稅的,據說至今仍無調整!如此一來,這些人就算跑兩三個學校,即便每個學校都兼課六小時,兩個學校的兼課加起來,一個月還是不超過兩萬元新臺幣,說來不怕您覺得好笑,即便是羅斯福路那所畢業的博士,也跟大家一樣,因為大學的兼課薪水是公定不二價,如此一來,一個月的教學月薪不超過兩萬元,這是無比正常的事!

  有的人如果沒這麼幸運,一個學校只有每週兼個兩三個小時,那就可能只有幾千元的月薪,希望蔡政府,讓這些人加入國民年金,而不應該強迫學校編列退休金,用6%的方式來處理,學校最終可能連兼任都不聘用,讓正職老師多做幾個小時,比如給予正職老師學校主任的名義,進行教學的兼課,於是大家就見到博士主任一星期上課,超過十二到十六個小時,而加給是學校主任的加給,以規避教育部的督察與彌補師資人手不足,或是用其他方式規避政府要求;在臺灣,學校早已商業化,是賺錢的地方,將本求利是必然。若是強迫兼課講師與教授們的退休金,須由學校提撥準備,對這些老師是更不好的,因為將連兼課的機會都沒有,難不成得改行賣雞排?變成雞排英雄??

  蔡政府應針對國內兼職人員,進行相當的訪查與分類,如果薪水沒超過最低基本工資者,都應考量讓其加入國民年金繳納的行列,或者國民年金也可以進一步分類,有的人繳六七百元,有的人繳多一點點,但不要超過一個門檻,其實一個月只有幾千元的收入,應該加入國民年金繳納就好,因為等同是失業,若是仍具學生身分尚未畢業的兼課講師,就須另外再有其他思考;以兼課講師或是兼課助理教授來說,若是兼課很多學校,加總薪資超過最低基本工資者,才讓學校來幫忙,用6%的薪資來做退休準備,兼課老師的薪水都是有課稅的,又不是沒繳稅給政府,政府應多用心思考這些人的後續生活。

  蔡政府要多用點心,不然明天打個電話給我,找我來做好嚕,幫忙找大家一起討論,一定有比較好的辦法。

  


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  新政府確實需面對18%利息補貼議題,但也需考量到尚未凋零的老兵與警察,他們的生活需要,如果今天沒有18%,這些人是否還有辦法解決每個月的民生問題?這是政府需要考量到的,當然並未要求政府不一視同仁,只是18%如果是生活所需的救命錢,政府就該考量到那些人還是可以繼續領那些人就不需要再幫忙給付,這還是有很多的不同。

  坦白說,這次蔡政府真的選了條非常難走的道路,一來18%的改革是不分藍綠的,很多支持臺灣獨立的同胞們,也反對18%的改革,因與利益相關,很多過往支持藍營但今天投票給蔡政府的人,也非常反對18%,這是件非常吃力且難讓大家滿意的事情,很多人已在退休中,很多人都希望不要到65歲才領退休金,民意調查的數據已顯示大家的不滿,而蔡政府卻無法做甚麼!

  18%的改革勢在必行,否則國家只會更加衰弱,但只要家中有老兵或是較早退休的軍公教,大抵上都有十八趴,這次改革確實深入很多家庭,也衝擊到這些人的生活,很多人是不滿的,很多人會說目前算起來,一個月只有幾千元生活,如果十八趴拿掉,將更難生活,這是蔡政府必須有通盤考量的,那就是當初十八趴如果是補退休金的不足者,希望政府能考慮配套,希望18%將不是只考慮那些最少能領三萬兩千多元的門檻,還必須考量到很多人十八趴加退休金遠在兩萬元以下的門檻,退休金加上十八趴的利息沒超過兩萬元的退休族,蔡政府是否能考量就不要廢除這些人的18%?基於人道,基於同理心,基於同情心也可以,就是有更多的思考與配套!

  從美國這次大選中,我們能發現,美國社會中慢慢出現一群為數很多的人,他們既得不到共和黨的幫忙,也無法受到民主黨的照顧,或因美國政府沒錢,或因美國政客對社會變遷的體驗不足,這些人長期失業,長期沒受到政府的關注,這些人這次都投票給Trump,對蔡政府來說,這是警訊,因為這類在台灣社會中生存的人,過往的票通常都會投給民進黨,如果今天臺灣社會出現這樣聲音,最後票投給一個不藍不綠的政治人物,那就代表其實蔡政府沒有照顧這些長期在社會生存中處於弱勢的族群,可預期的是,到時民進黨必然解散,民進黨必然廢黨,民進黨也該自我了斷,蔡政府該努力關心全臺灣民眾的福祉,才是國家之福!

  一個過度強調社會福利政策的政府,可能面對的是失業率高漲稅負過重,這是新政府該注意的,讓百姓口袋有錢消費,對於經濟成長是必須且必要的。過度強調租稅公平,並非好事,當然房價過高,對百姓的消費力也有傷害,本該管理與規範,只是很多促進經濟成長與社會發展的事情,比如股市的健全發展,過高的股市稅負,並無法解決問題,畢竟投資與投機或炒作,有時很難界定,當大家一窩蜂投資於股市當然不好,但股市中的專業法人,很多時候也難免有羊群群聚(herding)的現象,有良好的股市交易規範是好的,但是過高的稅負是不好的,蔡政府該早點有所體悟才是。

  地價稅漲太多,這是大家的共識,持有稅需要減輕,移轉銷售所得稅需要強化,應該是最基本與簡單的道理,蔡政府應該跟地方政府好好溝通,當初很多地方過度誇張,讓很多農地改變為建地,如今這些土地翻漲很多倍,但還沒轉手,根本還沒賺到錢,首次農地變更為建地的持有稅負應該調降,但是一旦真正轉手,再來按照實際售價來課稅,這樣應該比較好,還沒賺到錢,只是土地變更或許該有更細膩的思考,很多的變更也是過往地方政府炒作的,今天給人課徵太重的稅,真的說不過去,要改進,或許第一次變更的稅率跟之後轉手的稅率不同,但持有超過三年就比照一般持有者辦理繳稅,在此之前,首次變更的稅率比照自有房屋的稅率加碼一些設計出一個公式來計算,幫忙地方政府解決問題,百姓這次先繳,公式設計出來後,再用退稅的方式來彌補

  關於全民健保,其實蔡政府應該知道對於沒有能力再對國家經濟有很多貢獻年長者不該進行過多健康保險補助,這真的並非國家之福,個人多年以來,向來都非常反對臺灣的全民健保,個人在全民健保上路後,見過非常多醫院或診所倒閉時,醫院裡的護士回頭去法院醫生,要求更多金錢補償的實例,甚至連醫生或是醫院負責人的房屋都被法院查封,只為了要從中再多擠出一些金錢給那些倒閉被資遣的護理人員,試問這個國家到底要做多少孽,才肯停下來??這個國家因全民健保,讓很多醫生都在受苦,這個國家很多護士工作沒幾年後就轉行,護士工作既辛苦也沒有足夠的酬勞,年輕時熬夜還好,年老再來過這樣的日子,任誰也都受不住!臺灣很多醫生,在年老時都得到癌症,而且大多檢查出來時已是末期,通常沒過幾個月就去見上帝,很多同期的醫生,全班在七十歲時死掉三分之一,快八十歲時又死掉二分之一,而且大多都是癌症死亡,在臺灣因為全民健保,已使得醫生與護士受到太多苦,而蔡政府還想推老人照護,坦白說,誰要支付這些錢?誰有能力照護這些人?這個社會不該將資源浪費在沒有任何生產力的老人上,這些人要有良好照護,該做的就是年輕多存些錢,多買些私人保險,否則到老就該默默死去,根本不該跟國家再要求甚麼!

  臺灣走到這裡,其實已無力負擔這些事情,政府不該用股市或是存款抽成的方式,來補貼這個不合理的全民健保制度,全民健保不是社會福利,也不該是社會救助,保險本來就有權力排除不該承保或風險過高的群體,本不該一視同仁,政府該另外訂定社會救助法令,來幫助弱勢老人的醫療與照護,百姓辛苦賺來的錢,該用於社會經濟的發展,該用於照顧年輕子女,該用於消費來照顧彼此,該用於照顧有生產力的人,而不該過度浪費在無法讓社會有辦法繼續生存於國際的老人,原諒這樣的說法,但是過度強調老人照護,對國家是非常不利的

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A man with no experience

  Mr. Trump is a man with no governing experience. To be honest, even I do believe he wants to be a good president, I can't guarantee if he could get the job done amid no public servant experience. It is a fact that there are more 1.5 million American people vote for Mrs. Clinton than (for) Mr. Trump. It shows that Mr. Trump does win the election but he doesn't have the majority support from the whole American people.

  It is nothing about trust or not, to Mr. Trump. I think Mr. Trump needs a well organized team for economic management and governance. From the histroy, we do know that the former president, Mr. Bush Jr., doesn't listen to his team for many suggestions. We see the crisis comes at last. I do worry about Mr. Trump could not keep his bad temper on many things and listen to his advisers well on many hard issues. It is not a president should have. Mr. Trump is already 70 years old with a lot of grandchildren. He should learn how to keep a smile on his face even he feel unfair treatment. Mr. Trump has to negotiate with foreign leaders on many issues, and those leaders may eat him alive if Mr. Trump could not have a clear mind.

  I do worry Mr. Trump could not have a strong team as Mr. Obama. Mr. Trump should ask more opinions from professionals and scholars in the US academic society. Mr. Trump should ask for a second opinion or suggestion on many issues if he could not know those issues well from the first suggestion. I know a lot of market people join to be consultants. I really hope Mr. Trump could keep an eye on them because most of them are involved with the 2008 financial crisis. They should be consulted for many financial problems with real financial market dramatic changing and be watched out closely.

A roadmap for the infrastructure

  Mr. Trump should know that a lot of infrastructure plans have no faster reward but only with good spillover effect on ordinary American people. In practice, government rebuild or fix some broken roads or bridges may not bring a lot of benefits immediately to the economy even it may facilitate trading in the United States alone. Well connected high speed roads connect people and make more traveling and trading possible among American people. So do airport renovation. Those benefits are not well calculated in the first place which means the projects may be let many investors want to join unless they are not toll-free. We do worry bad spill-over effects may bring lots of greenback outside the United States when purchasing building materials outside the US and pushing local interest rate level even higher. It may bring more burden on the US government with the debt level rising.

  It means that the thing should be concerned is how to rebuild those ones with smaller cost. The United States do not have a lot of waste processing industries or corporations.The United States is a country which produces lots of electronic component wastes. If the US has a ecosystem which could connect the material supply with a well established waste processing industry, then the infrastructure plan is self-sustainable. A self-sustained economy must be bulit on a well connected ecosystem with a cheaper supply chain to make the infrastructure plan workable. It is much harder than people expect. To do the thing step by step with a well thoughful plan is not easy. I have no idea if Mr. Trump could make the infrastructure plans on road, bridge and airports to be a new driver  for America sustainable growth.

A replacement of the jobless claim payment for a real job given

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Disappointed long term unemployment in the USA

  A deeply unresolved problem in the United States faces is the long term unemployment. Lately we see the initial jobless claim number of US is around 235K which is the lowest number we know in a decade.  But the long-term unemployement number is still around two million (1.97 million) in the United States. There are two million people in the United States eager to have a job but could not have. This time, we see those people who vote for Mr. Trump amid a slogan of making America great again. People feel so disappointed to the US authority for years due to the globalization and the outsourcing. People who feel so despaired and want somebody help them having a decent life. That is the reason why we see small town voters choose Mr. Trump. They deeply hope Mr. Trump could turn the situation around. Two million people in the Unted States could not have a job for such a long time expect to have some big changes. That is the reason why even Michigan and Ohio State votes for Mr. Trump this time. They want some changes this time.

A job training program or a college diploma

  It is time to act for Mr. Trump. It is time for the president-elect to know better what American people need. What they need is nothing else but a full-time job. The new US authority msut have some plans in heart to know which sector or industry has to be developed in the United States and what kind of skills the industry needs for the worker. Furthermore, how to train those people in the long-time unemployment situation have a job there. It all depends on the leadership of Mr. Trump. To have some thoroughly discussions with lots of  people and to decide what to go next for the United States is important. What people need may not be a diploma but a practical job training program. A lot of job vacancies still need people to fill in the United States, for now. Those long-term unemployed people could not fill the need amid a lower skill they have.

Waiting for a Superman

  Now, those people have their wake-up call from Mr. Trump. Mr. Trump is a man who dares to speak out others don't. Mr. Trump dares to try many ways to win people's heart. Those people, with a long term unemployment situation, come out and vote for Mr. Trump. They are waiting for a superman. They are Mr. Trump's same kind waiting someone who dare to try many ways to get the job done. Mr. Trump always criticise the phony politics in Washington. DC. Mr Trump always criticise the authority doesn't satisfy people's need. Now those people in Wiscousin state, Michigan State and Phildephia State all vote for Mr. Trump. Deep in their hearts, they wish a superman to save them from those disasters, from those unpleasant memory of unemployment. They want their lifes back. They think those Quantitative Easing things in the Unted States have nothing to do with their lifes even it does make Mr. Trump richer. Two million American people with long-term unemployment want to have a decent life. Does Mr. Trump really know what's the meaning behind and how come Mr. Trump could win in those states once vote for Democratic party for such a long time but change their minds this time? Does Mr. Trump really want to help those people in his full heart? Does Mr. Trump really know what he is doing when he says something on Youtube, Facebook, Twitter or somewhere else? Does Mr. Trump really want to help those people or just want to become the president of United States only?

  To be honest, I have no answer for those questions. But I know what's the meaning behind those votes. Those people cast their ballots on Mr. Trump. Those people are not just voting but sending a message for HELP to Mr. Trump and the whole American people. They cry out loud for help amid long time job losing. They cry out loud to the authority of Mr. Obama. but can not get an answer for eight years. There are around two million people in the United States. They hope they could earn their life back from the lead of Mr. Trump. It is the reason why they cast their ballots on Mr. Trump.

  I really hope Mr. Trump doesn't feel regret at this moment. Mr. Trump could announce that he quits to form a government and let Mrs. Clinton to do the job. Or Mr. Trump should choose to face the reality and meets the need of those voters. It is a problem even Mr. Obama doesn't have answers. It is a question that Mr. Bush doesn't know that well. But Mr. Trump's wake-up call from media platforms does trigger those people's hearts. Now they want Mr. Trump to play the part of superman to save them. Mean what you say and say what you mean., always. If Mr. Trump is reluctant to save those people, please quit and don't hurt those people like other presidents. Ameican people are innocent and naive, please help them in a full heart.

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  Mr. Trump says he want to bring back the manufacturing jobs to the USA. People with experience know the issue is a little bit harder than Mr. Trump think. In modern society, a car built needs a lot of parts. Supply chain is hard to be rebuilt in the United States when the labor cost is high and job training cost is uncertain.

  I know Mr. Trump wants a self-sustained society to be reborn in the United States. The hard part is the U.S. corporation with higher technology needs to export their products. Red China is threatening to use AirBus replace Boeing for several years already. AirBus even brings a assembly line to Red China to help its business growing.

  International trade issue between United States and Red China is the most critical one Mr. Trump has to face. Yes, Red China does a lot of dirty things to stop fair trading between United States and Red China. Yes, Red China even tries hard to protect its own business in many ways. The rising of Alibaba is due to the closure of Yahoo in mainland China. Yahoo becomes a big shareholder of Alibaba. Google is replaced by Baidu in Red China long time ago amid the lack of self-censoring on information. Red China is a communist country led by the Chinese communist party. It makes people hard to reason with them on many international trade issues. A lot of American corporations make lots of efforts to make money in mainland China. Most of them fail because of the government's intention to protect specific industry or corporation. The only way to resolve the problem is making the trade easier but not harder.

  To protect United States from unfair trading with mainland China needs more sophisticated consideration instead of higher taxes for the import of Chinese manufacturing goods. Higher barrier rather than higher taxes is a good idea. Higher standard of product quality and higher requirement for the producing process such as no cheap labor or no expropriation of labor rights may be another good idea. If the product doesn't satisfy the decisive requirement, then the US government could ask to stop importing. It may increase the production cost and quality. It may even reduce the cheap labor elaboration of mainland China. 

  From the perspective of stock market, the price-earning ratio of US market is more than 20 already these days. It is a little bit too high. This time, people expect the fund flow around chosen emerging markets which are friendly to global investors, especially American investors. If American people could make money from investment to those specific nations, then it should be encouraged. International trade and internationa finance should be judged from the benefit and cost of whole Ameircan people. Of course, we hope those American people without higher education could benefit from global trading system. It depends on Mr. Trump with his team to create some new ecosystems to reconnect those American poeople with the world or just in the United States alone.

  Poeple all around the world are against the idea that the United States closes the door to outsiders. We encourage American people to embrace the world and satisfy the need of different countries. We need new technology to create enough clean water for people to survive in India. We also need new technology to help people fighting with cancers in a much cheaper way. We need Mr. Trump with his team to help us fight with unfair things around the nation. We hate big country bully small countries. We hope Mr. Trump could rebuild a daily life-needs ecosystem in the United States to help people live on their own feet and survive without government long-term subsidy. 

  Hope Mr. Trump with his team could do the thing step by step. To rebuild an ecosystem or some supply chains for the need of whole American people is not easy but a hard working job. It is a have-to-be to help people accumulate their own wealth and have a decent life. New  ecosystem should be a self-sustained one needs no other nations' help. It should be a totally domestic need-satisfied ecosystem to help American people live a life depending on each other in the United States. Consider Alibaba in the mainland China to be a role model for an ecosystem building. Such a ecosystem may need higher technology to lower the building cost.

  Super highway replacement may be a good idea if it could use a lot of manpowers. The premise is the cost has to be controlled properly. But higher technology always makes the manpower for the construction's need lower in the US. A new bridge built needs many high technology facilities but only some workers. It may not satisfy the need of lower skilled American workers to have a decent life. A brand new electrical car assembly line needs fewer workers but a lot of robots already. The fact just reminds Mr. Trump that it is not easy to create enough jobs for the people living in US small towns. 

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  This is a special edition to review the years of Obama's administration. From the policy we could know the possible future paths that Americans could choose. Please do not expect it could come out with some good ideas all the time. We do review many Obama's policies on finance.

  I really hope Mr. Trump would not regret on the result after the election. I hope he could stick with his belief to make America great again. To be honest, Mr. Obama's policy makes Mr. Trump to be even wealthier but not to the whole American people. Those people should be taken care from Mr. Trump's new policy. Please do not hurt those people and do not shatter their dream. Please give people hope instead of unreal fantasy.

Dodd-Frank Act

  Dodd-Frank Act is thought to be a replacement of Glass-Steagall Act. It intends to let big bank trim itself down by increasing the capital requirement burden. Unfortunately, financial technology brings more harm than good to the Dodd-Frank Act's intention. Big conglomerate banks do not want to break themselves into commercial banks and investment banks. Now, we even see the collapsing of Barclay and Deutsche Bank amid the self-destruction of investment bank business. How to revive the business of investment banking may not be an important issue. But how to stop the downsize of financial industry jobs may be the first priority to the United States.

  Wells Fargo uses a wrong way to expand. It forces its sales team members cross-selling customers again and again. American people are not that wealthy as twenty years ago. Cross-selling has its limitation. That is the reason why there are more than two million fake accounts produced inside Wells Fargo. We see the fraud and can not help it. It is obvious that Wells Frago's intention is not wrong under the condition that the economy still grows a lot and makes a lot of people richer. A stronger economy brings people with money in their pockets. So Wells Fargo could serve their financial needs in every way from mortage, credit card, investment and insurance. Unfortunately, the growth of American is not that stronger as we expect. Low GDP growth and wealth distribution problem bring severe wealth discrepancies among American people.

  I still remember my first finance course in the university. My finance teacher says that" Finance is a service to serve the industry in the first place. You should have some stronger industries, then we could talk about finance." Bank provides services to people who need those most. If people have no money in their pockets, how could you expect they need bank services? The story of Alibaba in China tells us that Alibaba provides a platform for people to buy and sell things. Then Alibaba provides financial service to sellers on the platform. Alibaba create a fund to help sellers funding their own business. The fund even opens to others to save money which makes the fund size bigger. The shipping merchandise may face the unsatisfaction of customers. Customer may ask for a refund and give back the merchandise. For the need, Alibaba cooperate with others to build an online insurance company to sell refund insurace to sellers on the platform. Then we see a big jump of those cheaper insurances selling. From above, we see an ecosystem is built from the need of people in the ecommerce business. We  further find that Ali-pay is rising for electronic wallet which make people don't have to bring money in daily life. Those services are not built by Chinese banks, but by a technology firm, Alibaba. It is a brand new ecosystem. It is what we call the financial technology (FinTech). It also satisfy people's financial need.

  It is hard for Mr. Trump to rebuild a firewall between investment bank and commercial bank. Investment banking service is largely replaced by the FinTech activities lately. A P2P platform helps people get loans from the platform's arrangement. Apple-pay replaces cash and credit card for daily life. Yes, it is undeniable that if we want the Galss-Steagall Act to be useful, then American people need new jobs first. To create new needs of investment banking may be the first priority to let people have a job. We need American people have higher-paid jobs, then they could have money to invest and build their own fortune. Then we could talk about the finance and others.

  It is not easy. It is the reason why Mr. Obama tries hard to help people. Higher-paid job is hard to find because American people can not help each other anymore. American people need some new ecosystems in some industries in which American people could live upon. Therefore, financial industry could grow as the old days. Before that, financial technology still plays its part. It is hard to ask big banks to break up into investment bank and commercial bank. The old day is gone if there is no new financial needs.

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