at that time a look at the morning papers. according to the the wall street journal 60 major u.s. companies part to combine 166 billion dollars in profit in offshore accounts shielding more than 40% of their annual earnings from being taxed by the united states. u.s. law allows companies to not record or pay taxes on profits earned by subsidiaries load internationally so long as the money is not brought back to the u.s. makes sense, right? okay. we don t need to ask for reform. usa today the amount of homes for sales have dropped dramatically and driving up home prices in the rented weeks. homes in los angeles have dropped 46% and minneapolis 37% and atlanta and las vegas two extremely troubled markets, down 32%. as prices go higher, analysts say the incentive increases for home builders to start building