Posts Tagged ‘rahm emanuel’

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 [...]

What it takes to make the Obama team

March 3rd, 2009 | 1 Comment

In today’s news, we are looking at more Obama appointees.  Today’s CNN headline is about his nominee for the US trade representative.  Former Dallas mayor Ron Kirk got the nod.  He has something in common with several other Obama nominees, he can’t seem to figure out how to pay his taxes correctly. Kirk’s tax returns [...]