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MAY 21, 2010 Republicans And Obama’s New Deal By PETER J. WALLISON In the rapturous days after Barack Obama’s victory and the Democratic congressional sweep that accompanied it, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank declared that the new Congress would enact a “new New Deal.” Few people really thought at the time that he
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MAY 21, 2010 By MORTIMER ZUCKERMAN The American public feels it is drowning in red ink. It is dismayed and even outraged at the burgeoning national deficits, unbalanced state and local budgets, and accounting that often masks the extent of indebtedness. There is a mounting sense that taxpayers are being taken for an expensive ride
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MAY 17, 2010 The Small Business Credit Crunch By MEREDITH WHITNEY The next several weeks will be critically important for politicians, regulators and the larger U.S. economy. First, over the next week Capitol Hill will decide on potentially game-changing regulatory reform that could result in the unintended consequences of restricting credit and further damaging small
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Published Thu, May 13, 2010 02:00 AM Modified Thu, May 13, 2010 06:51 AM A dab of Grecian formula George Will WASHINGTON To understand the pertinence to America of events in Greece, notice General Motors’ most recent misbehavior. A television commercial featuring CEO Ed Whitacre demonstrates the institutional murkiness and intellectual dishonesty that result when
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Mayor Villaraigosa’s nightmare numbers. By George F. Will | NEWSWEEK From the magazine issue dated May 17, 2010 Los Angeles—to get from downtown to the residence of the man who, in 2005, became the first Hispanic elected mayor since 1870, you drive through a sliver of Korea. With 125,000 people packed into 2.7 of the
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EUROPE NEWS MAY 9, 2010 World Races to Avert Crisis Europe’s Leaders Discuss €600 Billion Bailout Plan for Euro Members; Obama Rings By STEPHEN FIDLER And CHARLES FORELLE Associated PressFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy gestures while speaking during a final press conference at an EU summit in Brussels on Saturday. BRUSSELS—The European Union on Sunday was
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Washington Times Wednesday, April 28, 2010 RAHN: Financial fascism Richard W. Rahn The “Dodd financial reform” bill being considered by the Senate will make it illegal for 99.6 percent of the population to invest in needed new and promising start-up companies while at the same time ensuring that the 33 largest banks, which control 92
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CNSNews.com Sen. Shelby: Financial Reform Violates Privacy Friday, May 07, 2010 By Matt Cover, Staff Writer Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), senior Republican on the Senate Banking Committee (CNSNews.com) – Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), senior Republican on the Senate Banking Committee, said that provisions in the new financial regulatory bill violate privacy rights by allowing the
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