Unaccountable Federal Reserve
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 186 Current Event According to the Wall Street Journal; September 20, 2011 GOP Leaders Urge the Fed Not to Act Top Republican congressional leaders, in a rare effort to directly influence Federal Reserve policy, expressed reservations about the central bank taking additional steps to spur the recovery, saying further [...]
Your Money for Apartment Conversions
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 158 Current Event According to US Senator Jack Reed’s website; August 4, 2011 Reed Seeks to Convert Foreclosed Homes into Affordable Rental Units, Provide Relief to Victims of Housing Crisis WASHINGTON- In an effort to help stabilize the housing market, provide relief to those hit hardest by the housing [...]
EPA at the Center of Public Attention
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 157 Current Event According to CNS News; January 11, 2012 Obama: EPA Regulations Create Jobs; ‘EPA Touches on the Lives of Every Single American Every Single Day’ (CNSNews.com) – In a speech to employees of the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday, President Barack Obama said that EPA regulations are [...]
Government Did Not Allow Them to be Millionaires
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 151 Current Event Remarks by the President at a Campaign Event in Roanoke, Virginia …(Excerpts from the official transcript of July 13,2012) THE PRESIDENT: Well, first of all, like I said, the only way you can pay for that — if you’re actually saying you’re bringing down the deficit [...]
Lost Local Control By Cities
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 144 Current Event According to FoxNews.com January 20, 2011 Nation’s Mayors Urge Obama to Help With Jobs, Maintain Federal Grants for Cash-Strapped Cities Grappling with a brutal economic climate, more than 200 of the nation’s mayors have descended upon Washington to urge President Obama to help cities out of [...]
Government Control Of Profit
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 141 Current Event According to The Hill, January 12, 2012 Dems propose ‘Reasonable Profits Board’ to regulate oil company profits Six House Democrats, led by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), want to set up a “Reasonable Profits Board” to control gas profits. The Democrats, worried about higher gas prices, want [...]
Housing Finance Interference
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 121 Current Event From the Making Homes Affordable website: The Making Home Affordable © (MHA) Program is a critical part of the Obama Administration’s broad strategy to help homeowners avoid foreclosure, stabilize the country’s housing market, and improve the nation’s economy. Homeowners can lower their monthly mortgage payments and [...]
Tax Code and The Debt Ceiling
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 101 Current Event According to the New York Times on January 25, 2011(full article available online) Melbourne Apartments is a new 84-unit building in Des Moines, Iowa, where a three-bedroom apartment rents for $775 a month but comes with restrictions — a family of five, for example, can earn [...]
Job Creation Formula. The 3 C’s = Jobs
RECENT HEADLINE: Employers added 216,000 jobs in the private sector. Net loss of 14,000 in government jobs across the nation (McClatchy News Service). Lets take a look at what I call, The 3 C’s of Job Creation: Confidence, Capitalism and Conservatism. The Simple Variable of Confidence in the Equation. This 10 letter word is grossly underestimated at times, [...]
