Category: Politicians

Seems as thought Rahm Emanuel had a lengthy, lucrative, and shady involvement with Freddie Mac, one of the financial institutions that was arguably a main catalyst for the current …

Having proposed in his own budget a level of spending that sends deficits to record levels, President Obama told the nation tonight that he desires to move the country …

Treasury Secretary Geithner and the Obama administration are claiming that taxpayers will be adequately protected in the new bank bailout scheme they are peddling on Capitol Hill today. However, …

Too big to fail. An unfortunate, annoying catch-phrase which has sunk into the lexicon of modern day political discourse. What does it mean? To what does it refer? What, …

Yesterday I wrote about the outrageous bank bailout plan that Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner will propose to Congress. As the details of the plan continue to be analyzed by …

As Michael noted yesterday the House passed Speaker Pelosi's targeted tax increase on AIG (and other TARP funded) bonus recipients. Regrettably, almost half of the Republicans in the chamber …

Now that Senator Chris Dodd (D- Countrywide) has admitted to amending the stimulus legislation so that the AIG bonus payments could be made House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is adding …

The political debacle that is now AIG threatens to force Democrats to do something they haven't had to do in years: govern and live with the consequences of their …

Congress and President Obama find themselves in a cold sweat frenzy over the AIG bonus payments that hit the airwaves Sunday night (although Congress knew about them long before …

Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) has recommended that the now infamous AIG bonus recipients follow the Japanese example, and resign or commit suicide: "I suggest, you know, obviously, maybe they …