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February 25, 2009
In America, “nationalization” used to be a dirty word. But that was prior to this era of government intervention to save industries and institutions deemed “too big to fail.” Now, state involvement in – and even ownership of – certain sectors of the…
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March 10, 2008
The media are quick to blame everyone – especially lenders – except borrowers for the subprime mortgage “crisis.” The March 9 “CBS Evening News” found another way to demonize home lenders instead of the borrower who took on…
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March 7, 2008
If you watch the news, you’ll see financial hardship examples for everything – home prices, food prices, energy prices – you name it. “NBC Nightly News” found another downbeat economic problem to harp on – the lack of funds…
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February 24, 2009
Perhaps CBS was looking for a way to channel populist anger away from Barack Obama’s mortgage bailout plan and toward against bailed out banks. Why else would a reporter detail how so-called “tax havens” help financial institutions avoid some taxes…
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March 6, 2008
The subprime “crisis” has been blamed for a lot of things – a supposed recession, the fall of the dollar, a spike in energy and food prices, etc.
But James Carville, a longtime friend…
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February 12, 2009
A prominent Democrat made news on MSNBC Feb. 11 with his guarantee of new financial industry regulations “comparable” to FDR’s New Deal.House Financial Services Committee Chairman Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., appeared on MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show”…
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March 5, 2008
Science is a very powerful thing and it’s important to get it right.
That’s the message Lord Christopher Monckton, a policy advisor for former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher during…
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February 6, 2009
Say goodbye to hope and change. It’s time to embrace the politics of doom and gloom.MSNBC host Contessa Brewer, in an interview that seemed a lot like a lobbying campaign for the stimulus set for a vote in the U.S. Senate, quizzed Sen. John Barrasso…
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February 11, 2009
Whether it’s AIG, the automakers or many of the beleaguered colossal Wall Street institutions – there’s a mantra that is repeated throughout the media – they’re too big to fail.Perhaps it’s too little too late – after bailouts for Fannie Mae,…
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February 28, 2008
Finally, the media are connecting the dots and realizing the push for alternative energy is taking a toll on the American economy.
The Labor Department reported on February 20 that the Consumer…