Since last fall we have had a great deal of discussion and debate concerning the phrase of too big to fail (TBTF) which was a newly coined term created seemingly just for this current economic mess. That concept led to the TARP; it also produced the TALF program, remember that? Likewise, a substantial portion of the [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘conservative views’
October 14, 2009
2 Cents Worth–Constitution, Dollar, Sports, Weather
It appears we will have some sort of health reform bill in the near future. Forgetting all the political and indeological arguments I do wonder how much more it will cost each of us. The free lunch analogy will apply here like it does to everything. To pay for all those without coverage who say [...]
May 8, 2009
Divided Nation or Divide the Nation?
During my lifetime there have been repeated comments on occasion about how the US was divided into two groupings based on political outlook. It always was about more than just Democrat or Republican. It broke along conservative versus liberal perspectives in the most general way. This talk was first more rampant during the ’60’s as [...]
March 23, 2009
Treasury Off the Reservation?
The premier cabinet positions and the ones that have the longest history are Defense, State and Treasury. Of course in the old and more honest days, Defense was called the War Department. It was only after WWII that political correctness started making inroads and euphemisms became the standard of the day and the War Department was [...]
March 17, 2009
AIG Bonus Witchhunt
There has been an enormous hue and cry in the last few days about the bonuses paid to some executives at AIG for last year’s work. Even the guy in the White House made threats against these people and likewise the chorus from the politicians is loud and strong. They make it sound like these [...]
