Posted on 19 April 2009. Tags: affluent, back door to nationalization, banking, banks, barack obama, bonds, budget deficit, budget gap, carbon cap-and-trade, carbon emissions, Caribbean, charity, China, Chinese, climate change, congress, credit cards, currency, debt, deduction, diverisfy, economic adviser, Economics, Energy Secretary, equity, exemptions, federal revenue, financial industry, free enterprise, free market, global warming, greenhouse gases, Health Care, income tax, interest rates, international, Larry Summers, loans, monetary system, nationalization, nationalize, policy, Politics, Premier Wen Jiabao, President Obama, private sector, protectionism, public ownership, public policy, reserve currency, reserves, revenue raising plans, Rob Viglione, secondary market, socialism, Steven Chu, tax loophole, Tim Geithner, too high, Treasury, USD, usury, water levels, write off
U.S. Treasury Dept. considers converting loans to equity ownership in major U.S. banks…is this a backdoor to nationalization? Congressional push-back to Obama’s revenue raising plans is leaving $1 trillion gap in budget, Obama set to take on credit card companies for charging interest rates that he considers too high, the U.S. Energy Secretary warns that some Caribbean islands will disappear because of Global Warming, and China issues another condemnation of U.S. economic policies…threatens to diversify currency reserves out of USD… Continue Reading
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Posted on 16 March 2009. Tags: agricultural, AIG, america, American International Group, bailouts, barack obama, Barclay's, Barney Frank, Bernard Madoff, bonuses, bridges, capitalism, China, Chinese, Commerce, commercial trucking project, competitive, confiscate, congress, consumption, corporate welfare, counterparties, credit markets, Deutsche Bank, domestic investment, economic downturn, Economics, exports, fair trade, federal aid, federal court, federal prosecutors, fiscal policy, forfeiture, free enterprise, free trade, freedom, global trade, globalization, Goldman Sachs, GS, highways, House of Representatives, imports, industrial, infrastructure, Merrill Lynch, Mexico, migrant workers, obama, Politics, ports, President Obama, proscription, protectionism, R&D, reciprocal trade war, research and development, roads, Rob Viglione, Ruth Madoff, small businesses, small-business loans, socialism, socialism for the rich, Societe Generale, sovereign wealth fund, stimulus package, tariffs, trade war, Treasury Department, united states, victims, welfare, White House
The trade wars begin-Mexico raises tariffs on U.S. exports in retaliation of truck project cancellation, Obama angry at A.I.G. over bonuses-tries to cut them, small businesses to be next bailout beneficiaries, government tries to track down and confiscate Madoff assets-who will keep them? China uses global downturn to boost competitive advantages, Jon Stewart rips apart Jim Cramer in debate on poor financial reporting…just the latest in your Freedom Under Fire Report! Continue Reading
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