Posts Tagged ‘finance’

Cutting corners is a very bad thing

July 16th, 2010 | 1 Comment

The Senate passed the finance reform package.  They’re sending it to Congress.  It’ll pass.  It’s 2,300 pages.  It’s 390,000 words.  When I asked a finance person what the impact would be on my personal bank, and my investments, he said “very little, if any”.  Obama’s advice was a little more direct: “Unless your business model [...]

Chris Dodd will have NOTHING to do with states rights

April 26th, 2010 | No Comments

Chris Dodd is mad.  He’s quite upset too: “The idea that state by state would start developing its own immigration laws in the country — imagine what a patchwork that might look like,” He didn’t stop there.  He tossed in the only answer the Democrats seem to have any more: “It’s demanding a national answer [...]