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Obama Stands Up to Banks

January 22, 2010

(Also- “Obama, The Banks and the Consumer Confidence Game“) Obama stands up to the banks; the Stock Markets fall – should we care? In an effort to turn our attention away from the Administration and Democratic Party’s multiple failures (most notably turning healthcare reform into [read more]

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This and That

August 15, 2009

So many things on my mind today. Cash for Clunkers: — While I understand and appreciate the benefits of this programme (reduced pollution, decreased gas consumption, stimulating car sales) it is reminiscent of the Mortgage Bail-outs. Let me explain. I qualified for my mortgage. They [read more]

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Stimulus Redux

July 14, 2009

With the renewed talk of yet more stimulus payments, I decided to pull up my previous post on the subject. I’m not sure that taking on massive amounts of more debt is what we need, but just in case “the powers that be” think it [read more]

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700 Billion Dollars Looking for a Home

September 25, 2008

Well, other than the obvious (“I’ll take it, thank you“) – if it is going to be invested in, used to purchase from, or otherwise given over to companies, partnerships, associations, trusts or anyone else… then (as has been already suggested elsewhere) there must be [read more]