Although their habitat is being affected adversely by drought, killing more of them is only compounding the problems elephants face.

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Politicians are certainly not alone in their profound misunderstanding of the process of capital and production (while the high-tax impresario himself, Warren Buffett, understands the compounding tax impact so well that he disingenuously structures his investments to evade them).

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Compounding the mess is the lag time between new federal laws and when states can respond to them.

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Compounding the problem for some are worries about their pensions, making it even tougher to get them to take their wallets out.

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Select low-cost index funds to represent asset classes, mix those asset classes to your needs, place them in proper accounts for the best tax efficiency, and let the magic of compounding do its thing.

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Compounding the unwisdom of current regulation of field trials and commercialization of genetically engineered plants, USDA prohibits them from organic farming.

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Throw a bunch more cars into the mix, 13 million of them were sold in China last year, according to IHS Automotive and the problems start compounding.

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