Posts Tagged ‘Bernie-Sanders’
December 1st, 2009 | 3 Comments
I read Seeking Alpha’s “Bigwigs Debate Too Big to Fail“. It discusses the opinion of several key financial players of the US economy regarding whether institutions can be “too big to fail”, and if so, what to do about them. Very excellent read. The players fall into two categories: Bust ‘em up: Alan Greenspan Simon [...]
Tags: Alan Greenspan, ben bernanke, Bernie-Sanders, breakup, community reinvestment act, fannie-mae, fdic, freddie-mac, Jamie Dimon, Maurice Hinchey, paul krugman, Paul Volcker, seeking alpha, Sheila Blair, Simon Johnson, tim geithner, Too Big to Exist Act, too big to fail, William K. Black
Posted in economic-policy, Entitlement Programs | 3 Comments »
September 16th, 2009 | No Comments
Given the almost daily headlines and scandals involving ACORN, some members of Congress have decided that maybe ACORN’s not the best route to take involving some community projects. It seems like a no-brainer to me. You’ve accusations of voter fraud, money laundering, tax evasion, forging federal applications, shaking down banks to make risky loans, and [...]
Tags: ACORN, Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Bernie-Sanders, congress, illinois, jim bunning, jim demint, John Barrasso, John Thune, Johnny Isakson, Jon Kyl, Kirsten Gillibrand, Michael B. Enzi, money laundering, new york, Orrin G. Hatch, pat-roberts, Patrick-Leahy, Pennsylvania, pimp, prostitution, Richard Burr, Richard-Durbin, Robert F Bennett, Robert-Casey, Roger F. Wicker, roland burris, S.2355, Saxby Chambliss, tom coburn, vermont, voter fraud
Posted in Ethics | No Comments »
Bernie Sanders had this to offer to the health care debate: There’s a back story to the town meeting protests. The health care industry in America is doing everything it can tostop reform. Incredibly, it has spent $130 million just in the last quarter trying to influence Congress. The Washington Post has reported that $1.4 [...]
Tags: astroturf, Bernie-Sanders, Chris Van Hollen, Chuck-Schumer, debate, donation, healthcare, insurance, jim clyburn, John Larson, lobbyist, nancy pelosi, patty-murray, pharmaceuticals, pharmas, steny hoyer, un-american
Posted in Health Care Debate | No Comments »
I’ve been watching some videos of people getting very agitated while attending health care reform forums. In some cases, legislators have resorted to locking people out entirely, such as this: To ease the tensions surrounding the issue, Obama’s staff have vowed to “punch back twice as hard“. And of course, some Democrats are accusing Republicans, [...]
Tags: 1240, 1468, 3158, 3372, 643, 683, Bernie-Sanders, budget, cathy rogers, code, Community Health Center, damages, debate, florida, health-care, internal revenue code, IRS, James Clyburn, jim demint, john sarbanes, liability, malpractice, medicare, michael burgess, National Health Service Corps, obama, parker griffith, performance, place-based, protest, punch, reform, ron-paul, russ-feingold, snitch, social-security, states, tampa, tax, tom price, tort, viewing, white house, ybor
Posted in Health Care Debate | 2 Comments »
Spencer Bachus recently commented that he thought Obama was getting pushed too far to the left by some members of Congress: But he said he is worried that he is being steered too far by the Congress: “Some of the men and women I work with in Congress are socialists.” Asked to clarify his comments [...]
Tags: alcee hastings, barney frank, Bennie Thompson, Bernie-Sanders, bob-filner, chaka fattah, Charles Rangel, congress, congressional progressive caucus, corrine brown, danny-davis, democratic socialists of america, dennis-kucinich, diane degette, Donald Payne, ed pastor, eleanor holmes norton, Eni Faleomavaega, george miller, henry-waxman, jerrold-nadler, jesse-jackson, jim mcdermott, jim mcgovern, John Lewis, John Olver, John Tierney, john-conyers, luis-gutierrez, Lynn Woolsey, Marcy Kaptur, Maurice Hinchey, maxine-waters, Melvin Watt, nancy pelosi, Neil Abercrombie, pete-stark, peter defazio, Robert Scott, Sherrod Brown, socialist, spencer bachus, Xavier Becerra
Posted in Conspiracy Theories, Ethics, Media, media bias, National Politics, Political Correctness, The Media | 6 Comments »
Yesterday Bush vetoed the Iraqi pullout bill. In that bill, it had emergency spending for the military as well. That was both expected politically, and I expected it for bigger reasons. Spending will be done one way or another until a proper funding bill is presented. The war won’t stop just because a few loonies [...]
Tags: 2008 Presidential Race, Amy Klobuchar, barack obama, barbara-boxer, Barbara-Mikulski, benedict-arnold, Benjamin-Cardin, Benjamin-Nelson, Bernie-Sanders, Bill Nelson, Blanche-Lincoln, byron-dorgan, Carl-Levin, chris-dodd, Chuck-Hagel, Chuck-Schumer, claire mccaskill, Daniel-Akaka, Daniel-Inouye, Debbie Stabenow, diane-feinstein, Evan-Bayh, Frank-Lautenberg, Gordon-Smith, H.R.-1591, harry reid, Herb-Kohl, hillary clinton, iraq, Jack-Reed, Jeff-Bingaman, Jim Webb, joe-biden, john-kerry, John-Rockefeller, Jon Tester, Ken-Salazar, Kent Conrad, Legislative Process, Maria Cantwell, mark-pryor, Mary-Landrieu, Max-Baucus, National Security, Patrick-Leahy, patriotism, Political Correctness, Politics, Polls, Richard-Durbin, Robert-Byrd, Robert-Casey, Robert-Menendez, Ron-Wyden, Sheldon Whitehouse, Sherrod Brown, ted-kennedy, Thomas-Carper, Tom-Harkin, treason, US-Constitution
Posted in 2008 Presidential Race, Legislative Process, National Security, Political Correctness, Politics | 4 Comments »
