treasury: Scorecard on the Economy
- 10/09/08 02:08 PM
What grades would you give: - Henry Paulson, for forthrightness and foresight? - Ben Bernanke, for leadership and ability? - Nancy Pelosi for honesty and ethics? - Henry Waxman for integrity and values?
I am doing a straw poll on this, and am interested in your take on thinigs. My best to you all, Lou Farris (1 comments)
treasury: Should Fannie and Freddie be Bailed Out?
- 09/08/08 07:09 AM
Just Like the boy whocreid wolf, banks and investmetn firms are crying "Baiolout!" and they are crying loudly. The Fed is listening, and instead of asking "Why jump?," whne the banks tell them to do so, is saying, "HOW HIGH?" the truth is this jump call, isn' tjust being made by Fannie Mae. It's "kissin' cousin" Freddie Mac who seems no less bent on getting some of that "free" Treasury money. Yep, the Fed, which is not a government entity, but a private banking corporation is behaving like United Airlines, and Bear Stearns Who now have their platinum parachute firmly and (2 comments)