Feb 5 2009

TARP Recipients Paid Out $114 Million for Politicking Last Year

The companies that have been awarded taxpayers’ money from Congress’s bailout bill spent $77 million on lobbying and $37 million on federal campaign contributions, Center finds. The return on investment: 258,449 percent.
 WASHINGTON–(This release has been corrected to reflect that Bank of America has received $45 billion, not $55 billion, from the TARP program. The [...]

Jan 21 2009

State Secession and the Coming Civil War

You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to have a revolution.
–Gilbert Keith Chesterton
It’s not only because a Russian former KGB and current Professor suggests so, but also because it’s been a topic of recent conversation among family, that America’s ability to maintain itself has [...]

Jan 15 2009

World markets slide on economic woes

Europe joined Asia and Wall Street in a global selloff on the heels of the latest discouraging economic news.

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