I know that I should be writing about TSA pat downs and the new Wikileaks brouhaha tonight, like everyone else with moveable appendages and a blog, but I can’t seem to get with the program. For whatever reason, I feel as though I need to stick with the Bush tax cuts. I know it bores […]
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Reagan’s budget director David Stockman on why taxes on the wealthy must be increased
Posted in Economics, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Bush administration, Bush tax cuts, Columbo, David Stockman, deficit, Dick Cheney, Fareed Zakaria, fiscal responsibility, middle class tax cuts, OCD, Reagan administration, richest Americans, Ronald Reagan, tax policy, taxes, the growing gap between rich and poor, the plight of the overtaxed rich, theology of tax cuts, TSA, Wikileaks 6 Comments
Financial reform bill emerges from committee, but is it any good?
I know that a number of consumer groups and unions are coming forward to support the financial reform bill that came out of conference committee on Friday. Among those singing the praises of the bill is Elizabeth Warren, the woman who heads the congressional panel overseeing the government’s bailout of American banks, whom I quote […]
Posted in Economics, Rants Also tagged auto dealers, banking reform, Bob Rubin, Commodities and Futures Modernization Act, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Dylan Ratigan, Elizabeth Warren, everage exemption, financial reform, Glass-Steagall Act, investment banks, Larry Summers, mark to myth, National Automobile Dealers Association, Obama, SEC, too big to fail, Wall Street, Wall Street bailouts, Wall Street bonuses 2 Comments