May 19, 2009

Not So Fast, Treasury Department: Show Us The $

An article in today’s New York Times, by Eric Dash,  highlights a potential future problem as banks scramble to pay back their taxpayer bailout money.
Many of these banks (579, per the article) gave the government (a/k/a the taxpayers) stock options, or warrants, in return for the money. However, as the banks attempt to get out from under [...]

May 19, 2009

Jesse Ventura, Hannity Go Head-To-Head (VIDEO)

Truth be told, I don’t like Sean Hannity from Fox News. So this interview/ beatdown by former Governor (and ex-Navy SEAL) Jesse Ventura really amuses me.More on Barack ObamaRead the Article at HuffingtonPost

May 19, 2009

Reform in the Age of Plastic

A step in the right direction. By why not a cap on interest rates? And more importantly, why wait a year for this and the Federal Reserve’s new rules to go into effect?More on EconomyRead the Article at HuffingtonPost