Conservatives Oppose Bailout
by A Right Wing News poll shows that what I’d call hard-core conservatives oppose the bailout of Wall Street investment firms by an overwhelming margin. Current …
Category: Finance
Our Boat is Sinking – Should We Bail?
A lot of people agree with me in thinking the Paulson-Bernanke bailout plan needs to be thought out a lot more before it’s given the …
Bailing Out the Greedy
If the Powers That Be follow through with their plan to spend $700B dollars to buy up some of the bad debt that is dragging …
We Can’t Afford Barack Obama
The Wall Street Journal says what I’ve been saying all along, that we can’t afford to allow Barack Obama to implement his idea of "economic …
Mortgage Co. Bailout
Two actions by the feds in D.C. are aimed at bailing out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, two large mortgage finance companies that are being …
Recessionary Whining
Phil Gramm says that Americans whine too much about the problems in their lives and that the recession that many economists and pundits say we’re …
Save Your Home from a Wildfire, go to Jail
Ross Curtis, along with family and friends, saved his Big Sur home from being destroyed by a wildfire. Moreover the backfire he set seems to …
Yes on GI Bill, No on Timing
It’s got to be heartbreaking for President Bush and John McCain to be on the wrong side of the GI Bill debate. Interestingly, their position …
Credit Crash Coming?
At the Washington Post, Kevin Phillps compares financial and business trends in the U.S. to those of other, failed global empires and finds our situation …
Fighting Fires with Money
The main reason that California’s fires are such a problem is because of the proximity of housing enclaves to the repeat burn zones. Firefighters do …