Bailout Bill

Stimulus Overload, Part Two

The federal government and a chosen few corporations are siphoning up vast amounts of investment money. That isn’t exactly a stimulus.

January 7, 2009 | Read More


Federal Reserve: We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Congress!

Don’t look now but yet another bailout is afoot. But there won’t be any debate in Congress on this one.

January 2, 2009 | Read More


Who Says Main Street Isn’t Getting A Bailout?

Quit your whining and get on down to your local General Motors dealer. That’s where you’ll find your bailout money. They’ll loan it back to you–cheap!

December 30, 2008 | Read More


Senator Chris Dodd Still Thinks We’re Stupid

Everyone knows he made a mint on discounted mortgages while neglecting to regulate the mortgage industry. The least he could do is tell the truth about it.

December 23, 2008 | Read More


Bankers Aren’t The Only Bonus Babies

Members of Congress are set to receive a nice, fat bonus, too.

December 23, 2008 | Read More


On Bailouts, Bonuses, And Context

Three news stories, from three different sources, tell the real story of the Wall Street bailout.

December 22, 2008 | Read More


Frying Pan, Meet Fire

An expert in financial disasters looks at the future of the U.S. economy.

December 19, 2008 | Read More


Bonus Bloodbath On Wall Street

Wall Street’s cult of the bonus helped sink our entire economy. And it’s still going strong.

December 18, 2008 | Read More


Bailout Bait And Switch

Did Hank Paulson really deceive Congress so that his old friends on Wall Street could keep their giant salaries? Sure looks like it.

December 15, 2008 | Read More


Bamboozled On The Bailout

Congress says it’s been “bamboozled” on the Wall Street bailout. Big surprise.

December 12, 2008 | Read More


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