A Matter of Time ♦♦ Author: Michael J. Panzner ♦♦ Financial Armageddon 07/29/2010
They are going to have to spend more of our money to keep their ponzi going. Shouldn't we be telling them no?
Oh, They DO Intend To Steal From You ♦♦ Author: Karl Denninger ♦♦ Market-Ticker 07/29/2010
Washington and Wall Street ... keeping secrets again. This time ... as usual ... it means that law enforcement is selective at best.
Where Economic Success is Going to Come From ♦♦ Author: John Mason ♦♦ Mase: Economics and Finance 07/27/2010
Government intervention in markets has lead to malinvestments. And ... to think they want to intervene some more. These guys are not smart enough. In fact ... they have outsmarted themselves and as usual we pay for their mistakes.
The Tax Con ♦♦ Author: Tom Lindmark ♦♦ But Then What 07/26/2010
We have to raise taxes because we can't reduce spending? Maybe we need somebody else in charge.
The Troubled Smaller Banks and Elizabeth Warren ♦♦ Author: John Mason ♦♦ Mase: Economics and Finance 07/23/2010
Small banks are too little to save at least as far as Wall Street, Washington and the Too Big To Fail banksters are concerned.
Long-Term Jobless in the Current Economic Malaise ♦♦ Author: John Mason ♦♦ Mase: Economics and Finance 07/21/2010
These clowns want to repeat themselves. Their fooling around with the market over the past 50 years is the heart of the darkness. In fact they are not quite as smart as they think they are.
Why Obama's approval rating remains low, despite legislative wins ♦♦ Author: Steven Pearlstein ♦♦ Miami Herald 07/18/2010
Step by step, President Barack Obama is building a record of major legislation that's sure to make a mark on history.
The most sweeping financial regulation since the Great Depression. A vast expansion of health care, which Democrats had wanted for more than six decades. An $862 billion stimulus package that locked in long-sought Democratic priorities.
Yet his job-approval rating remains low. Why doesn't he get any credit?
First, the economy remains shaky. Second, he went further with