Posts Tagged ‘mitch mcconnell’

Fannie Mae is now an entitlement program

May 11th, 2009 | No Comments

A lot has been made over the collapse of Fannie Mae.  For a while, peeps kept insisting it was apparently a short term blip and that a huge infusion of cash would apparently make everything good.    Other peeps, like me and a few others, have argued that unless they change the rules and allow [...]

Conservatives and the stimulus redux

January 5th, 2009 | No Comments

Incoming president Barack Obama stated he wanted a massive economic stimulus package ready for him to sign the second he took office.  I pretty much thought this was symbolic at best, naive at worst.  Almost immediately the second the word stimulus was mentioned, some conservative bloggers went bonkers. Take some Maalox before you read this [...]