Tag Archives: bailout
T-Bill Glut Crowds Out Equity
Only this week the Treasury auctioned off another 71 billion of Treasury notes and bills. That is a small part of the hundreds of billions they intend to issue during this calender year. They have already issued over 300 billion … Continue reading
Filed under business, Economics, government, Politics
Conflated Conflicts of Interest–Govt. Inc. Can Do No Wrong
Lawyers have had bad reptutations for generations. Shakespeare even made them famous by wishing they all be killed. They have been represented as having no scruples and willing to sell out anyone or anything for pay. Sadly there has been … Continue reading
Filed under business, Economics, government, law
Is the Stock Market a Washington Concern?
The bailouts, stimulus bills, bloated budgets and exponential expansion of Government that we see evolving everyday recently raises questions about the viability of Wall Street and the stock market. The market continues its plunge with no let up in sight. … Continue reading
Filed under Economics, government, Politics, Socialized Medicine
Pentagon Papers without the Spin
Most folks these days only know about the Pentagon Papers from occasional news saccounts discussing all the mistakes made by the US during the Viet Nam war. Inevitably those articles are negative about the role of the US and the … Continue reading
Filed under government, history, military history, Politics
Dig Deeper and Faster To Escape
Let me get this straight. It was a credit and debt problem that got us into financial difficulty. The credit and debt problem was built upon the foundation of the Government injunction under CORE that banks HAD to loan money … Continue reading
Filed under Economics, government, Politics
No Room At the Trough
The lobbyists and politicians sure ain’t Christ. There wasn’t room for him at the Inn on the night of His birth and there isn’t enough room for all those lobbyists and politicians at the trough of the Bailout bonanza. Come … Continue reading
Filed under Culture, Economics, government
Unrecognized Nobels in days of yore
The Nobel prize is highly regarded as a mark of achievement in the sciences and with good reason. Some of the winners have found the most remarkable powers, forces and elements in our world and universe. From physics to biology … Continue reading
Filed under Culture, government, history
Madoff is a retread of free lunch theory
For the past month we have been inundated with news about the Madoff scandal and the implications of its reach. It is amazing to me that so many people act like this is something new and unprecedented. From the news … Continue reading
Filed under Economics, government, history
Political Potshots From the Great Unwashed
The elites over the years have often referred to the common man or public as the “great unwashed public”. Well, we may not have the sophistication of our betters but we can tell the difference between the real deal and … Continue reading
Filed under Economics, government, history
Back to the Future, Again (I’ve read this chapter before)
It is amazing how folks of any generation or era believe they can get everything right because they are the smartest guys in the room and their predecessors didn’t have the depth of understanding that they do. That attitude is … Continue reading
