About that $700 billion: “It’s not based on any particular data point,” a Treasury spokeswoman told...
Category - Economy
Radioactive
Via GottaLaff, here's some Thom Hartmann wisdom from today: This could be the October Surprise: If...
Afternoon Awesome
Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) nails it! Aw yeah! (h/t ConstanceRifle from the comments)
President Paulson's Bailout Plan
I just figured it out. It reminds me of this guy. Somebody send Paulson a bright green jacket...
-376.25
So far. Market closes in 40 minutes. UPDATE: -372 at the close. This calls for a candidate from...
Chris Dodd For Treasury Secretary…
...Is what I'd say if he wasn't such an important member of the Senate right now. His plan for the...
The Audacity of Greed
Lobbyists for the banking industry have the cajones to be making demands of the government: A deal...
Deja Vu
Is it me, or does the careless urgency of this whole bailout mess sound eerily familiar? I'm...
Dreaming
How awesome would it be if the government swooped in an erased all of your debt. Student loans...
Hooverville
Tragic: From Seattle to Athens, Ga., homeless advocacy groups and city agencies are reporting the...
Question For Your Republican Friends
We all just paid more than a trillion dollars to socialize bad debt from formerly unregulated...
Bailouts
Now that the government is going to spend trillions of your money that you earned bailing out Wall...
Warren Buffett: Obama Can Run A Business
Posted by JumpyPants "I would put either one of them in charge of a business." That's the richest...
Fiscal Conservatism Is Unpatriotic
Just a brief summary to keep in mind... The Republican view of capitalism goes like this:...
Palin Is Pain With An L
AIG is about to crap out worse than Lehman. John McCain is quoting Herbert Hoover almost verbatim...
‘Senator – what economy are you talking about?’
Posted by JumpyPants BAM! Here we go! Just now, while Paulsen is in Washington de facto endorsing...
Epic Fail
"I still believe the fundamentals of our economy are strong." -John McCain August 20, 2008 Merrill...
Four More Years!
Oh look: Lehman Brothers will file for bankruptcy protection on Sunday night, according to people...
-280
Nice. And half of America wants another president they can have a beer and a moose with. McCain:...
Fannie and Freddie Fail
The government is taking over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. And if McCain wins, maybe Palin can...