How Much is $700,000,000,000, Anyway?
On the congressional bail out deal. 9-26-08.
Economic Downturn
About the economic crisis facing the world today. What should have been done.
The American Dream?
How can you survive this recession, even if you did everything right? No job, college tuitions, house payments, over 50, all contribute to an increasingly dire situation.
Who Really Laid the Egg This Time?
It is popular to lay the blame for the current financial crisis at the feet of the Bush Administration, but it is not accurate. The roots go back much further.
The Economic Bail Out of Wall Street
This is a decision we will regret for a long time.
Absence of Leadership
The absence of leadership to solve the imminent credit crisis reflects the inability of the politicians to place the needs of the country ahead of party politics. From Bush to Obama all involved parties have exercised no leadership; this when both Main Street and Wall Street need help and the economy needs to be steered wisely to avoid a long,deep recession.
A Child’s Guide to Foreclosure
Hey kids, are you wondering why your parents’ money seems to have evaporated over night? Here’s all you need to know about wicked investment bankers, foreclosure, deregulation, Wall Street shenanigans, and what all that means for your future.
I Want to be Bailed Out Too
The government wants to bail out financially troubled banks. Banks that made poor decisions on what to do with our money. What about the rest of us?
American Socialized Capitalism: The Wall Street Bailout
A critical review of the initial Bush Bailout Plan for Wall Street. It questions why it is so essential that we institute it in a week and why details are being kept so secretive. It wonders why the American taxpayer must bear the burden for business decision-makers risky actions. It also questions if this is part of the neo-conservative agenda, i.e. leave the country so mired in debt no new programs that can help people could be implemented.
We, the People
While there is panic washing over Wall Street and Main Street, the American people were given a brief glimpse of what problems we are about to encounter within our financial institutes and within our economy. I believe we deserve a deeper understanding.
