Stop Giving the Car Industry Their Next Fix
Over the past couple of months, my economic opinions have changed. For some time, I believed that the bailout of the banks was necessary because if we didn’t, the economy would crumble. When the automotive industry came to Washington and said that they needed money to survive, I believed that it was a necessity to [...]
Did You Enjoy Your Bonus, Wall Street? I Didn’t
When the United States decided to give a total of $700 billion to our banks in an effort to try and curb the economic crisis, the tax payer was told that there would be significant regulation on this money. It was our $700 billion being used to help the banks start lending to each other, [...]
Geithner/Daschle: Tax Evasion vs. Tax Resistance
It has been twelve days into the Presidency of Barack Obama, and already two of his appointments have failed to pay large amounts of federal income taxes. The first was Tim Geithner, Obama’s appointment to lead the Treasury Department, who failed to pay $34,000 several years ago. And now it has come to light that [...]
