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Obama’s Presidency Isn’t Too Big to Fail

Sep 16, 2009
A president has only so much capital to expend, both in tax dollars and public tolerance, and Barack Obama is dangerously overdrawn. He has tried to have it all on three fronts, and his administration is in serious danger of going bankrupt. A president has only so much capital to expend, and Barack Obama is dangerously overdrawn.

The Chinese Come Calling

Jul 29, 2009
What a hoot. The Chinese Communists invaded Washington on Monday demanding not that we sacrifice our freedoms but rather that we balance our budget. Creditors get to make that kind of call. And the Marxists of Beijing, who have turned out to be the world’s most prudent bankers, are worried about their assets invested in our banana republic. The Marxists bankers of Beijing are worried about their assets invested in our banana republic.

Dennis vs. Goliath

Jul 18, 2009
Rep Dennis Kucinich talks about winning a big victory for health care reform, grilling Hank Paulson over the Bank of America-Merrill Lynch merger, and the battle against crony capitalism Dennis Kucinich talks about winning a big victory for health care reform.
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‘Government Sachs’ Strikes Gold … Again

Jul 15, 2009
Connect the dots: Goldman Sachs made $3.44 billion in profit this past quarter, while the U.S deficit topped $1 trillion for the first time in the nation’s history and appeared to be headed toward doubling that figure before the budget year is out. Since most of the increase in the federal deficit is due to bailing out the banks and salvaging the greater economy they helped destroy, why is the top investment bank doing so well?

Big Money for Goldman Sachs

Jul 15, 2009
Fresh off the bailout, Goldman Sachs raked in $3.44 billion in net profit this quarter, beating analysts' already high expectations, and the firm's success will pay off for employees in the form of generous bonuses. Not surprisingly, pro-Goldman types think this is all good news.

Cashing In on ‘Government Sachs’

May 6, 2009
We are so inured to tales of business corruption that even a devastating exposé in The Wall Street Journal no longer shocks us. The fact that the chairman of the New York Federal Reserve Bank made millions off his secret purchase of Goldman Sachs stock has barely registered a blip of outrage.

Thievery Under the TARP

Apr 22, 2009
We are being robbed big-time, but you can’t say we haven’t been warned. Not after the release Tuesday of a scathing report by the Treasury Department’s special inspector general, who charged that the aptly named Troubled Asset Relief Program is rife with mismanagement and potential for fraud.

Courage Award Honors Two Women Who Warned Us

Mar 29, 2009
There has been much hand-wringing, not to mention finger-pointing, regarding who knew what, and when, about the financial calamities that have recently come to pass. However, Brooksley Born and Sheila Bair won't be counted among the willfully or accidentally ignorant: They've been named this year's winners of the JFK Profile in Courage Award for sounding the alarm far ahead of time.

Soros Laughing All the Way to the Bank

Mar 26, 2009
Not many big hitters from the financial sector have managed to stay afloat, let alone turn a profit, since the economic crisis kicked in, but George Soros has done quite well for himself. Soros made $1.1 billion last year, and he's not even at the top of the list of hedge fund managers who beat the odds in 2008.

Runaway Wall Street

Feb 4, 2009
It is instructional that only one of the three tax-challenged Obama appointees has survived public scorn to claim a high position in the new administration. Oddly enough, it is Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, the man who will collect our taxes, whose career has not been stunted by his failure to pay them.