Posts Tagged ‘bailout’

President Barack Obama and the mainstream media like nothing better than to vilify business and dote over the Occupy Wall Street protestors and their attempts to save us from the evils of capitalism.  However, a new poll shows that Americans are far more concerned about their own government than they are business. The poll released [...]

Wish as we might have that the snowstorm in Denver that moved through over the last couple of days would have prevented him coming to town, President Obama managed to make it to the Mile High City.  The campaigner-in-chief came bearing gifts in the form of student loan changes that will benefit the average grad [...]

Ford Motor Company was the only one of the ‘big three’ Detroit automakers to not take government bailout funding and a recent television ad touted that noteworthy point.  It appears however that the White House pressured Ford to drop the ad, not approving of its message of self-reliance. One of a series of similar ads [...]

When Congress and the Bush and Obama administrations gave away billions of taxpayer dollars to bailout General Motors, we were promised a return on our investment.  They assured us we would actually make money on the deal but a report released today by the Congressional Oversight Panel shows that we have once again been deceived. [...]

I recently came across a very interesting image (see below) that might shed a lot of light on why President Barack Obama and his administration are flailing on issues at home and abroad.  The image is an analysis of the background of cabinet appointees for every presidential administration dating back to Theodore Roosevelt.  The private [...]

Some humor to start out the work week!  From the Bob & Tom Radio Show, Canadian comedian Greg Morton weighs in on the current financial crisis and how President Obama plans to get us out of it.

This morning we woke to what I see as a rather scary news item – the United States government essentially firing the head of a private corporation.  News leaked out late yesterday that the Obama administration was requiring that General Motors fire CEO Rick Wagoner after the government did not accept GM’s turnaround plan.  The [...]

I absolutely cannot believe I am writing this but Congressman-elect Jared Polis – a Democrat – is advocating a free market solution to bailing out the big 3 automakers!  In an extremely enlightening and frank piece in today’s Wall Street Journal, Mr. Polis lays it all on the line the way it needs to be.  [...]

You know, I have been sitting here thinking about the whole financial mess we seem to find ourselves in today.  It of course all started with Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae and their demise and that got the ball rolling downhill.  Well, I discovered that President Bush and the White House only warned Congress 17 [...]