Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) nails it in a piece on RealClearPolitics today: We are at an economic dead-end and those in power are in denial. The truth is our…
The FreedomWorks Foundation is planning to sue over the Mother of All Bailouts, arguing it is unconstitutional. It’s a debate worth having but given that since the 1930s the…
Timothy Geithner, President-elect Barack Obama’s choice for U.S. treasury secretary, failed to pay personal taxes and failed to verify the immigration status of a housekeeper, according to reports. Will…
With just 11 days remaining in the awful Bush administration, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is moving forward with plans to access the second $350 billion installment of the $700 billion…
I just went to the Brookings Institution to hear Treasury assistant secretary Neel Kashkari describe his success in organizing the federal government’s bailout program, otherwise known as the Troubled…
If ever there was an industry that benefitted from fairly inelastic demand for its products, it’s the pornography industry. Yet even America’s pornographers are demanding a cut of the federal bailout…
Five Democratic governors are determined to help President George W. Bush secure his legacy as the president who helped to destroy the U.S. economy in order to protect idiot real…
From the DVD jacket of Bail Out: “International action star David Hasselhoff stars in this action comedy about three bumbling bounty hunters on the trail…
Courtesy of Gregory Mankiw: Professor Mankiw, chairman of the Bush administration’s council of economic advisers (2003-2005), gives reasons for being skeptical about the benefits of massive government spending during a…
Former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tennessee) released a video offering his tongue-in-cheek assessment of the latest proposed economic stimulus package. Here it is: (Hat tip: Rob Bluey of…