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US Treasury Refusing Bank Repayments?

That’s what’s claimed in this article in the IBD. This becomes pretty thuggish when you add to the fact that these banks were (allegedly) outright threatened to take the TARP funds in the first place. The reason for all of … Continue reading

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Where Do Most of Our Problems Come From?

From Congress and the unintended consequences of their actions. Bruce over at QandO has a post discussing an excellent piece by Walter Williams. Most of the great problems we face are caused by politicians creating solutions to problems they created … Continue reading

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The Unintended Consequences of Govt Intervention

Tyson Foods suffers 40% decline in profits and will now raise food prices. That’s a huge decline, huge! All because people kept clamoring for the federal government to “do something” about the rising cost of oil. This is why I … Continue reading

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