It understands anagrams, puns, word play and has memorized every Shakespeare soliloquy, major river and world capital on Earth.

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Bhappu, a 50-year-old partner at private equity firm Resource Capital Funds, has known about rare earth minerals and Molycorp his whole life.

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Resource Capital decided to lead the effort, which ended up including Traxys, Goldman Sachs and Pegasus Capital Advisors, just as prices for rare earth elements tumbled.

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According to a report released by the Wood Mackenzie firm in early January, Eagle Ford is now the largest oil and gas development on the face of the earth based on total capital expenditures.

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So why on Earth does cutting capital gains taxes, increasing the money we lend to small business, and increasing the amount that they can deduct based on their investments in new equipment, why on Earth would that fall prey to the same old tired, partisan politics unless one side was much more concerned about playing politics than it is about helping this economy along?

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