Congressman Ron Paul Schools Bernanke on the Bailout Plan

Posted by bruni on October 15, 2008

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No one cares about Ron Paul. VOTE RON PAUL FOR FAILURE!

these days it actually seems like VOTE ANYONE FOR FAILURE
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Time is Running Out (email from Ron Paul)

Posted by bruni on October 09, 2008

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Dear Friends,

Whenever a Great Bipartisan Consensus is announced, and a compliant media assures everyone that the wondrous actions of our wise leaders are being taken for our own good, you can know with absolute certainty that disaster is about to strike.

The events of the past week are no exception.

The bailout package that is about to be rammed down Congress’ throat is not just economically foolish. It is downright sinister. It makes a mockery of our Constitution, which our leaders should never again bother pretending is still in effect. It promises the American people a never-ending nightmare of ever-greater debt liabilities they will have to shoulder. Two weeks ago, financial analyst Jim Rogers said the bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac made America more communist than China! "This is welfare for the rich," he said. "This is socialism for the rich. It’s bailing out the financiers, the banks, the Wall Streeters."
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Let’s Apply Some Logic

Posted by bruni on October 06, 2008

Currently, my television is repeatedly sending me the message that "we must act quickly" on the bailout package to avoid "dire consequences."

If it is true that we have come to a "point of no return" where swift action is required immediately, why didn’t these very smart people who are now FULLY AWARE of the crisis facing America notice it sooner and make the general public aware of the impending crisis?

Logic would indicate to me that this plan is being rushed through as quickly as possible in order to avoid Congress making changes to the plan.
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Obama’s tax plan at it’s core is about "Neighborliness"

Posted by bruni on September 26, 2008

"If I am sitting pretty, and you’ve got a waitress who is making minimum wage plus tips, and I can afford it and she can’t — what’s the big deal for me to say, ‘I’m going to pay a little bit more.’ That is neighborliness."

Is this guy for real, is his tax policy straight out of the communist manifesto?

"From each according to their ability, to each according to their needs"

What would life be like in an ObamaNation? There’s the government sitting there watching you – watching you work – watching you go the extra mile. The government takes note of the fact that you pursued an advanced education. Then the government observes you working 50, 60 maybe 80 hours a week trying to start a business. The government watches your income as it rises. Finally at some point the government says "Enough! You now have more than you need! There are people out there who did not pursue an education like you did. There are people out there who did not work as hard and as long as you did. There are people out there who did not make the careful choices and take the risks you did. Now you have to be a good neighbor. So we’re going to take some of that money you don’t need and ’spread the wealth’, so to speak."
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What the fuck is Obama doing? He better defend this shit v. offshore drilling

Posted by bruni on August 29, 2008

Obama Opens the Door to Offshore Drilling

By Jonathan Weisman
ORLANDO, Fla. — Sen. Barack Obama suggested he could accept an expansion of offshore oil drilling today if it is in a broader package of energy measures that would free the logjam on energy bills in Congress.
"My interest is in making sure we’ve got the kind of comprehensive energy policy that can bring down gas prices," Obama said in an interview with The Palm Beach Post.
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Here’s a good read on windfall taxes and why it’s silly to levy them against Big Oil

Posted by bruni on August 24, 2008

What Is a ‘Windfall’ Profit?

August 4, 2008

The “windfall profits” tax is back, with Barack Obama stumping again to apply it to a handful of big oil companies. Which raises a few questions: What is a “windfall” profit anyway? How does it differ from your everyday, run of the mill profit? Is it some absolute number, a matter of return on equity or sales — or does it merely depend on who earns it?
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Joseph Stiglitz argues that the "left" are best for economic growth

Posted by bruni on August 13, 2008

Both the left and the right say they stand for economic growth. So should voters trying to decide between the two simply look at it as a matter of choosing alternative management teams?

If only matters were so easy! Part of the problem concerns the role of luck. America’s economy was blessed in the 1990s with low energy prices, a high pace of innovation, and a China increasingly offering high-quality goods at decreasing prices, all of which combined to produce low inflation and rapid growth.
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