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REINING IN THE FEDERAL RESERVE

  THE WALL STREET JOURNAL http://www.wsj.com/articles/reining-in-a-sprawling-federal-reserve-1447978230 Reining In a Sprawling Federal Reserve The Fed’s greater powers increase the need for close scrutiny of its activities. By Jeb Hensarling  Mr. Hensarling, a Republican congressman from Texas, is chairman of the House Financial Services Committee Nov. 20, 2015 Since the 2008 financial crisis, the Federal Reserve has

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BEWARE THE NEXT FINANCIAL BUBBLE

  THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Fed, the White House and Congress are setting up the next financial bubble By Stephen Moore – – Sunday, October 11, 2015 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE:  The point is that government and politicians have no learning curve. All of the conditions of financial wreckage are reappearing. This is why congressional

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OF COURSE THEY ARE FED UP – STEPHEN MOORE

  Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) ——————————————————————————– http://www.weeklystandard.com/print/articles/course-they-re-fed_1024821.html Of Course They’re Fed Up The left blames economic woes on everything except its hero president. Stephen Moore September 14, 2015, Vol. 21, No. 01 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE:  The left has gotten very good at telling the American people what they can’t do. They can’t

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MORTGAGE MADNESS

http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/mortgage-madness_952538.html Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) BOOK REVIEW – HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT:  What Really Caused the World’s Worst Financial Crisis and Why It Could Happen Again    by Peter J. Wallison Mortgage Madness Blame for the 2008 financial collapse is, and should be, widespread. Jay Cost June 1, 2015, Vol. 20, No. 36 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: 

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WASHINGTON’S TANGLED WEB OF CRONY CAPITALISM

  Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Ex-Im and Beyond Jay Cost May 18, 2015, Vol. 20, No. 34 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE:  And yet, one can only marvel at the struggle over this program. If an agency as questionable as Ex-Im can be eliminated only by a herculean effort, what hope is there of doing away with

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WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE GOLDEN GOOSE?

  THE WALL STREET JOURNAL What’s Wrong With the Golden Goose? ‘Secular stagnation’ isn’t to blame for lousy U.S. growth rates. Obama’s higher taxes and regulatory assault are. By Phil Gramm   Mr. Gramm, a former Republican senator from Texas, is a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute April 21, 2015 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: 

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OUR FINANCIAL CRISIS AMNESIA

  THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Our Financial Crisis Amnesia Remember the S&L crisis? Nobody else does either. And we’ll soon forget about 2008 too. By Alex J. PollockMr. Pollock is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and was president and CEO of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago 1991-2004. July 10, 2014

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BOOK REVIEW – ‘UPHEAVAL’ BY LOU DOBBS

  BOOK REVIEW  Rule of Law – http://pjmedia.com/jchristianadams – Upheaval, by Lou Dobbs: Charting America’s Drift Posted By J. Christian Adams On January 31, 2014 Upheaval is a word that might describe America in 1860 as the mystic chords of memory began to fade, and Americans disconnected in ways neither reason nor fear could stop.

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THE YEAR OF THE WASHINGTON POWER GRAB AND COMMON CORE DOESN’T ADD UP TO STEM SUCCESS

  The Wall Street Journal is making it very difficult to forward their articles in print mode as I have always done.  Some of you have told me that the links do not always open up for you.    Please give me some feedback if you are having difficulty opening up the links.  I am persisting in

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