The demise of major American newspapers in our ordinary life could be seen as sad and tragic for a grandparent, and as an excellent opportunity to capitalize on another's misfortune for a plugged in, ..

In case you've missed all the recent news headlines, the auto industry bailout involves government loans for the Big 3 in the auto industry - Chrysler, Ford and GM. In plain English, Detroit's Big 3 a..

Response to a Proposal for Serfdom: Criticism of Barack ObamaMarch 26, 2009By Punkerslut    The economic, buyout plan of the United States government is made with the thought that the N..

This is going to be one of the big stories of the year, three huge companies that employ hundreds of thousands of people are on the brink of bankruptcy. The big question is why are they on the brink a..

There is a plan in the works to lower the rate on 30-year home mortgages to 4.5 percent, a number not seen in decades for home loans. The plan by the Treasury Department to help the hurting housing i..

Getting back to the point I made about investors taking responsibility for their investment decisions, there is one other big thing I learned when I tried to play the Wall Street game. The Wall Street..

Is there anything that can be done about all those "greedy" Wall Street guys, speculators, and CEOs who make off with millions in golden parachutes? After all, everyone from Chris Dodd to John McBama ..

Someone asked me yesterday why I believe in capital punishment. I immediately gave them four good reasons: Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, Harry Reid, and Chris Dodd. But, in all fairness to these fine pe..

What can you say about something that thousands of people in the media have been writing and talking about nonstop, twenty-four hours a day: the financial collapse of the U.S. For me, the answer is bo..

The general arguments concerning the bailout have gone something along the lines ofAnti Bailout : "The taxpayers should not have to foot a 700 billion dollar bill to bail out Wall Street"Pro Bailout :..

Dateline Washington, October 19th (get it?) 2010: the Peoples Bank & Trust of America has now established itself as the only bank of any kind in the USA, totally owned and managed by the US House of R..

Every new controversy demands a look at similar situations of the past. Just what is a bailout anyway? In the early 80's, Lee Iacocca arranged a government loan and tax concessions to bring Chrysler C..

It is not about regulation and de-regulation, as Washington lawmakers would like you to believe. It is also not about the inability to control derivative transactions, as self-styled experts are claim..

The world's financial system is as weak now as it has been in many decades. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke has a huge problem on his hands: a very wide-ranging credit freeze up surrounding f..