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Chicago Fabulous
Chicago Fabulous posted a blog entry
AP Parrots GM’s Comparative Tease of Not Comparable ‘Financials’ Coming Monday
In the alternative universe known as Government/General Motors Land, you can:Talk about how your financial results are going...
 
Speak Without
Speak Without posted a blog entry
A Man-Made Financial Disaster
A Man-Made Financial DisasterBy Alan CarubaYou will recall that, shortly before the end of the 2008 political campaign, the...
 
Fiar
Fiar posted a blog entry
Government Bailouts? Watch What You Ask For
Our scene opens in a very dark place.“Damn, who farted?”“Wasn’t me.”“Me either.”“Or...
 
Hillary Monica
Hillary Monica posted a blog entry
Tax Credit for Pet Supplies…
Some senator in Michigan introduced the HAPPY ACT. This is an action which gives the 00 taxation credit to house house pet...
1 day ago IRS Tax | Topics: Tax, act, bailouts, credit
 
Joshua Dorkin
Joshua Dorkin posted a blog entry
The $8,000 Tax Credit Question: Are We Setting Ourselves Up For An Even Bigger Problem?
This is where is gets interesting…like it hasn’t been already, right?Now that the $8,000 first-time home buyer tax...
 
<em>basil99a</em>
basil99a posted a blog entry
Dodd: Shareholders Should Nominate Boards Directly
While researching Bailout Nation, I learned one of the causes of the disconnect between financial firms and the subsequent...
3 days ago The Big Picture | Topics: Bailouts
 
Tyson
Tyson posted a blog entry
Parties Seek Balance Between Purity, Compromise
Retired President Bill Clinton addressed Senate Democrats this week in hopes of spurring them to bridge intra-party divides and...
 
<em>basil99a</em>
basil99a posted a blog entry
TARP: ‘Almost Certainly’ A Money Loser
“We need to temper or be realistic about our expectations, a dollar-for-dollar return is just highly unrealistic. It’s...
 
<em>basil99a</em>
basil99a posted a blog entry
Video: Barofsky Says TARP `Almost Certainly’ Will Bring Loss
Neil Barofsky, the U.S. Troubled Asset Relief Program’s special inspector-general, talks with Bloomberg’s Matt...
3 days ago The Big Picture | Topics: Bailouts, Video
 
<em>basil99a</em>
basil99a posted a blog entry
Banks Are Getting Desperate With Principal Reduction Offers
Calculated Risk has a fascinating and detailed look at an UNSOLICITED Principal Reduction Loan Modification (pdf) offer from...
 
Blue Collar Muse
Blue Collar Muse posted a blog entry
Jim Cooper Testifies Debt is a Dangerous “Fiscal Cancer” After Voting for Pelosi’s Health Care Bill
The Tennessean today reported that Tennessee 5th District Democrat Jim Cooper testified at a Senate hearing and said...
 
<em>basil99a</em>
basil99a posted a blog entry
Cannibal Capitalism
Forget “Crony Capitalsim,” there is a new game in town:>
6 days ago The Big Picture | Topics: Bailouts
 
<em>basil99a</em>
basil99a posted a blog entry
Reed: Sorry About That Whole Ginormo CitiBank Thingie
“I’m sorry. These are people I love and care about. You could imagine emotionally it’s not easy to see what’s...
7 days ago The Big Picture | Topics: Bailouts, Regulation
 
<em>basil99a</em>
basil99a posted a blog entry
Buffett’s Bailouts
I had lunch last week with Rolfe Winkler, who is an up and comer in the blog world, a thinking man’s Felix Salmon.He is...
8 days ago The Big Picture | Topics: Bailouts
 
<em>basil99a</em>
basil99a posted a blog entry
Treasury DKs Goldman/Fannie/BRK Tax Credit Scam
Due to an unexpected outbreak of rationality (and perhaps embarrassment), the Treasury department has rejected requests of...
9 days ago The Big Picture | Topics: Bailouts, Markets
 
Aine
Aine posted a blog entry
Elizabeth Warren: “We Rescued at the Top, and Sort of Left the Bottom to Fend for Itself”
Elizabeth Warren from ‘Capitalism: A Love Story’ on MSNBC’s Morning Joe: “The way I think of it is:...
 
Pascal B
Pascal B shared an item
Regulation Going Backwards
Here’s another one of those stories that will make your blood pressure boil: Instead of moving forward with broad regulatory protections of economics system, we are undoing effective regulations that protect investors.Floyd Norris has the details....
 
<em>basil99a</em>
basil99a posted a blog entry
Regulation Going Backwards
Here’s another one of those stories that will make your blood pressure boil: Instead of moving forward with broad...
10 days ago The Big Picture | Topics: Bailouts, Regulation
 
<em>basil99a</em>
basil99a posted a blog entry
Worst Idea of 2009
Shorter Floyd Norris:“Goldman Sachs is trying to arrange to buy tax credits from Fannie Mae. Obviously, it would buy...
 
<em>basil99a</em>
basil99a posted a blog entry
Systemic Risk is All About Innovation and Incentives: Ed Kane
November 2, 2009“My dear sir, the Treasury order is popular with the people everywhere I have passed. But all the...
 
<em>basil99a</em>
basil99a posted a blog entry
Banks That Went Bust
Track and see more details on bank failures since early 2008.>Click for interactive graphic>Source:When Bad Banks...
12 days ago The Big Picture | Topics: Bailouts, Credit
 
Wilson
Wilson posted a blog entry
Tim Geither and Friends: Cashing In
Geithner’s crimes through AIG : will the truth come out?Max Keiser, Stacy Herbert and Webster Tarpley talk about AIG...
 
<em>basil99a</em>
basil99a posted a blog entry
How Goldman Bet on a Housing Crash
“The Securities and Exchange Commission should be very interested in any financial company that secretly decides a...
13 days ago The Big Picture | Topics: Bailouts, Credit, Real Estate
 
<em>basil99a</em>
basil99a posted a blog entry
VIDEO: How Goldman secretly bet on the U.S. housing crash
This seems to take a while to loadGoldman Sachs’ secret bets.>Source: How Goldman secretly bet on the U.S....
13 days ago The Big Picture | Topics: Bailouts, Real Estate, Video
 
Harrison
Harrison posted a blog entry
How the UAW Is Hurting Ford and Chrysler
Earlier we read about how Washington State lost out on tons of jobs building the new Boeing 787 because of Big Union...
 
scottfree12
scottfree12 posted a blog entry
More of the Same from DC
My sources for this piece are: the previously cited PBS Frontline documentaries The Warning, Breaking the Bank, and Inside the...
 
Blue Collar Muse
Blue Collar Muse posted a blog entry
Why the Dow Dropped 250 Points Or the Only “Boom” is from the Economy Imploding
Not even the NYT can avoid reporting that on the last trading day in October, the Dow Jones dropped like it was pole-axed,...
 
ddjango
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Government Is Trying to Make Bailouts for the Giant Banks Permanent
In my opinion, Geithner’s proposal is “TARP on steroids.” Section 1204 of the proposal [the proposal being the "Resolution Authority for Large, Interconnected Financial Companies Act of 2009"] allows the executive branch to use taxpayer money to...
 
DotConnector UK
DotConnector UK posted a blog entry
Government Is Trying to Make Bailouts for the Giant Banks Permanent
In my opinion, Geithner’s proposal is “TARP on steroids.” Section 1204 of the proposal [the proposal being the...
 
Aine
Aine posted a blog entry
We rage at the bankers, and the state-backed casino rolls on
Even before the crisis, customers resented the capricious and unreasonable charges, the incompetence and the impersonal nature...
 
Doctor Housing Bubble
Doctor Housing Bubble posted a blog entry
Real Homes of Genius: Culver City and the Housing Stockholm Syndrome. Approximately 5 Percent of Current Home Price is related to Government Bailouts.
Only looking at economics for an answer to the housing bubble mania will leave you with many questions unanswered.  As in most...
 
SevenCell
SevenCell posted a blog entry
Executive Pay: Salary Caps and Free Market Forces
Elitist editorialists and academics are sounding like a broken records these days.  The pundits on “The McLaughlin...
 
Dreampreneur
Dreampreneur posted a blog entry
Global Market Outlook For Week Beginning 26th October 2009
The 2700 resistance level has FINALLY been broken after as many as 5 attempts for STI. The magic number now is 2746. A...
 
TheCapitalist
TheCapitalist posted a blog entry
THE RISE OF THE MOB ECONOMY
Below is an excerpt from the best article I've read yet on the bailouts and the "pay czar" government power grab fiasco....
23 days ago THE FREEDOM POST | Topics: pay czar, Kenneth..., bailouts
 
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<em>pheistyblog</em>
pheistyblog posted a blog entry
I agree with Obama- Time to limit pay
Unlike the Pheisty One, I agree with the Communist in Chief that it is time to limit the pay of individuals who work for...
 
donklephant
donklephant posted a blog entry
White House Orders Pay Cut For Bailout Firms
Who’s this guy?Meet Kenneth R. Feinberg, the new pay “czar” for the White House. He’s tasked with...
25 days ago Donklephant | Topics: Bailouts, Banks, Barack, Cars
 
Pascal B
Pascal B shared an item
Why the Obama White House Cannot Reform Wall Street
“The guy’s a giant, he’s a genius, he is a great human being.Whenever he has advice, the administration is very interested.” -Austan D. Goolsbee, counselor to President Obama>Let us stop to ask ourselves a simple question: Can the Obama...
 
John the Disciple
John the Disciple posted a blog entry
GM Deal Falling apart AGAIN; Unions, Treaties Foul Up Opel Deal Now in Jeopardy
Well, this is what happens when amateurs try to put together business deals. And by “Business Deals” I mean the...
 
NickDaugherty
NickDaugherty posted a blog entry
Socialists love Facebook!
For everyone that has a Facebook account, the status updates can be a powerful tool to get your opinions across to your...
 
Pascal B
Pascal B shared items
Much Ado About Nothing $23B: Goldman Sachs Bonus
Its time for the quarterly hand-wringing amongst the populace regarding the over-sized bonuses at Goldman Sachs. This Q, its a mere $23B.The focus on the bonuses of top performing traders and investment bankers is misplaced. There are many, many things...
Debunking the “Too Big To Fail” Myth
Washington’s Blog strives to provide real-time, well-researched and actionable information. George – the head writer at Washington’s Blog – is a busy professional and a former adjunct professor. ~~~As MIT economics professor and former IMF...
 
Dswigart
Dswigart posted a blog entry
The Federal Reserve's Power Trip
Beginning almost a year ago the FED announced an MBS (mortgage-backed security) purchase program in conjunction with a treasury...
 
<em>basil99a</em>
basil99a posted a blog entry
Total Campaign Contributions/Lobbying by TARP Recipients
Return on InvestmentTotal campaign contributions and lobbying by TARP recipients*>CompanyCampaign Contributions,...
35 days ago The Big Picture | Topics: Bailouts, Politics