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Afro-Netizen: Obama's Proposed "Small Business" Initiative Lacks Audacity (and Focus)
(www.afro-netizen.com)
You wouldn't have guessed it from listening to President Obama's State of the Union address, but small and/or new businesses aren't really the types of enterprises that need our recirculated stimulus... More
Submitted about 1 month ago by AlisonHamm | 0 Comments |
Obama Vows to Veto Financial Measure If It Isn’t Tough Enough (blogs.wsj.com)
President Barack Obama vowed to veto financial overhaul legislation that he doesn’t deem tough enough — his strongest language yet on the proposed rewrite of the rules governing Wall Street.
Submitted about 1 month ago by gregplaysdrums | 0 Comments |
Why Are We Donating $2,000 Per Family to Wall Street Bonuses? (www.huffingtonpost.com)
President Obama won't tell us in his State of the Union address. The deficit hawks won't crow about it. Don't expect the Tea Party or Rush and Beck to highlight our generosity either. But the sad fact... More
Submitted about 1 month ago by gregplaysdrums | 0 Comments |
Restarting Financial Reform (www.nytimes.com)
In calling for new limits on the size and activities of big banks, President Obama has given the effort to enact serious financial regulatory reform something it lacked: a rational starting point.
Submitted about 1 month ago by gregplaysdrums | 0 Comments |
Proposal Set to Curb Bank Giants (online.wsj.com)
President Barack Obama on Thursday is expected to propose new limits on the size and risk taken by the country's biggest banks, marking the administration's latest assault on Wall Street in what could... More
Submitted about 1 month ago by gregplaysdrums | 0 Comments |
Another Look at Obama’s Proposed Bank Tax
(washingtonindependent.com)
The tax on the nation’s bailed-out banks, proposed by President Obama last week, has won the support of congressional liberals, and even some conservative commentators have jumped on board. But... More
Submitted about 1 month ago by AlisonHamm | 0 Comments |
Obama Tax Prompts Put-Upon Bankers to Break Out the Violins (www.businessweek.com)
The keening from the banking industry in response to the Obama Administration's proposal to levy a special $90 billion tax on the largest banks is almost touching. It's unfair. It's punitive. It's... More
Submitted 2 months ago by gregplaysdrums | 0 Comments |
Obama Calls for Bank Tax to Recoup Bailout (www.nytimes.com)
President Obama on Thursday called for collecting a new tax for at least a decade on about 50 of the largest financial institutions, saying he wants “to recover every single dime the American people... More
Submitted 2 months ago by gregplaysdrums | 0 Comments |
Health Care Spending Slowed In 2008
(airamerica.com)
The U.S. spent an average of $7,681 per person on health care in 2008, for an eye-popping total of $2.3 trillion — even though spending actually slowed dramatically that year because of the... More
Submitted 2 months ago by lizchapman | 0 Comments |
Weekly Audit: Stop Wall Street’s Economic Rampage
(www.themediaconsortium.org)
Over the past year, Wall Street’s excess has helped push the unemployment rate to epic levels and created millions of foreclosures. Yet the rules of the financial road remain unchanged. As 2009... More
Submitted 2 months ago by lizchapman | 0 Comments |
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