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16
Mar

Finance Reform Is Coming, But What Will It Look Like?

Posted by The Weakonomist in Tuesday, March 16th 2010   3 comments already   

Senator Chris Dodd has shown us what happens when you don’t have to worry about meeting the obligations of your biggest campaign donators. For Dodd, that was the financial services industry. But since he isn’t running for reelection he doesn’t have to worry about that anymore. That’s why he’s putting his name [...]

under: banking, business, economics, government, loans, personal finance    
15
Mar

Social Security Cashing In IOUs

Posted by The Weakonomist in Monday, March 15th 2010   2 comments already   

Since the 1980s the Social Security Administration (SSA) has been collecting more in taxes than it pays out. This is a good thing because it allows the administration to build up a surplus that will be needed later. The 80s and 90s were when the Baby Boomers were making the good money, and [...]

under: economics, government, loans, personal finance    
8
Mar

Weaky 22: Rangel Me Up Some Controversy

Posted by The Weakonomist in Monday, March 8th 2010   3 comments already   

Who is Charles Rangel? He’s just one of a series of controversial New-York politicians to make it into the media. Chuckie is being featured today for one reason only, to reinforce the notion that the career politician is an awful abomination that should be destroyed. Allow me to present you: Fat Bastard [...]

under: government, weaky    
4
Mar

TARP Tax: Taxpayers Getting Some Wall Street Bonus Money?

Posted by The Weakonomist in Thursday, March 4th 2010   1 comment so far   

It’s been a while since I talked about my beloved banking industry.  But we’re back in the news again with a proposed tax from Senator Webb of Virginia on bonuses to TARP banks.
Do you remember like a couple of years ago there was this huge financial crisis?  The Treasury Secretary (Hank Paulson) and Fed Chair [...]

under: banking, business, government    
3
Mar

Putting the Unemployed to Work

Posted by The Weakonomist in Wednesday, March 3rd 2010   6 comments already   

Do you know anyone that’s unemployed? I do. You probably do too. They collect checks from the government and their only responsibility is to continue to search for work. The job options are few and far between. Many go for extended periods of time without finding work, especially if they [...]

under: business, economics, government, jobs    
1
Mar

Why The Olympics Don’t Matter Anymore

Posted by The Weakonomist in Monday, March 1st 2010   3 comments already   

As I watch the end of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, I can’t help but enjoy the competition. People from all over the world come together to compete for the chance to be called “best in the world”. Many of the athletes don’t make any money doing what they do, and so this [...]

under: economics, government    
24
Feb

Blame John F Kennedy For The Deficit

Posted by The Weakonomist in Wednesday, February 24th 2010   Leave a reply   

Our budget deficit has crested $1.4 trillion, the national debt is over $12 trillion. Every citizen in this country owes over $40,000 in debt. Not that’s not credit card, that’s the national debt per capita. Another view is that the national debt this year will be very close to 100% of GDP.
We’ve [...]

under: economics, government    
19
Feb

Weakonomics Links: Anatomy of a Sucker

Posted by The Weakonomist in Friday, February 19th 2010   2 comments already   

Hello world. I am writing to you from the road which means I don’t feel like writing at all. Today I’ve got some personal finance links to share with you. Again this is my attempt to cover more personal finance topics without actually having to write myself.
My editor’s choice goes to a [...]

under: government, investing, links, lists, personal, personal finance    
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