Author: Steven D

Tarp Banks Cut Lending, Raised Salaries

I’m shocked*, shocked I tell you that the banks who received the most TARP money actually cut lending while raising executive salaries and bonuses! Who could have predicted that? Banks that received federal assistance...

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The Greening of the Military

Guess which organization is one of the most pro-active groups in our country when it comes to promoting and converting the energy it requires to alternative fuels and renewable energy? The answer might surprise you. I know it...

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IMF Urges Financial Reform ASAP

The International Monetary Fund a/k/a the IMF is not exactly a radical, extremist left wing organization. It is deeply embedded in the current global economic and financial establishment (and responsible in part for the mess we...

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GOP Opposes Financial Reform on Principle?

I just listened to the Diane Rehm show. The subject was the financial reform bill. The AEI expert kept repeating the same talking point over and over — the bill is bad because the Democrats want to set up a $50 billion...

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