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To "Americans for Prosperity" Capitalism Is a Love Story

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 10.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tim Phillips, C-Span, David Koch, President Obama, It's a Wonderful Life, Ann Coulter, Enron, Frank Capra, Koch Industries, Newt Gingrich, Capitalism, Tsa, Savings and Loan Scandal, The 2016 Olympic Games, Henry Clay Frick, Cnbc, Tyco, Free Market Fundamentalism, Americans for Prosperity, Laura Ingraham, Worldcom, Afp, Larry Kudlow, Supply-Side Economics, Knights of Labor, National Defending the American Dream Summit, Megan McCain, Long-Term Capital Management, John Birch Society, Pinkertons, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

The only distinguishing feature of the Americans for Prosperity Foundation's "National Defending the American Dream Summit" was its astonishing homogeneity both in thought and in demography.

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The Banking Crisis, S&Ls, Virginia and McAuliffe

Mike Stark | Posted 05.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Terry McAuliffe, Banking Crisis, S&L, Netroots, Dccc, Savings and Loan Industry, Financial Crisis, Mcauliffe Virginia, Savings and Loan Scandal, Politics News
Mike Stark

Everything that was bad about democratic politics at the national level in the '80s and '90s was exemplified by Terry McAuliffe's leadership.

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Bipartisanship is Overrated

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Neil Bush, John McCain, Ronald Reagan, Gramm-Leach_Bliley Act, Senator Judd Gregg, Economic Growth and Tax Relief Act of 2001, Vietnam War, President Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Iraq War, Bipartisanship, Financial Services Modernization Act, Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Republican Party, Savings and Loan Scandal, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

What the pundits fail to mention is the fact that some of the worst policies the United States government has enacted over the past forty years have been "bipartisan."

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The Olympics of the Swindles

Major R. Owens | Posted 11.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Wall Street Crash, Fdic, David Leonhardt, Credit Default Swaps, Semi-Nationalized Banks, S&L Riot, Subprime Mortgages, Congressional Bailout, Charles Keating, Henry Paulson, Financial Crisis, S&L Resolution Trust Corporation, Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis, S&L Crisis, Savings and Loan Scandal, Economy, Seidman, Alan Greenspan, Week in Review, Business News
Major R. Owens

The present economic collapse, which will surely devour more than a trillion taxpayer dollars within the next six months, utilized an earlier model -- the Savings and Loans swindle.

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A Nation of Village Idiots

James Moore | Posted 03.02.2009 | Business

Read More: A Nation of Village Idiots, U.S. Economy, Phil Gramm, Mccain Phil Gramm, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Economy, Charles Keating, Enron, Financial Crisis, Alan Greenspan, John McCain Keating 5 Scandal, Commodity Futures Modernization Act, Keating Five, Savings and Loan Scandal, Socialists, Business News
James Moore

Don't let them tell you this economic meltdown is a complicated mess. It's not. Our national financial crisis is readily understood by anyone who has seen greed and hypocrisy.

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