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Post by fatmenace on Apr 5, 2013 6:23:39 GMT -6
I can't believe these morons are in charge. www.washingtonpost.com/busine...755_story.htmlStory in the Washington Post and CNBC about the administration putting pressure on lenders to lower their standards and allow more people to get mortgages...I'm assuming most will be backed by the government. Where have I heard this story before?
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Post by fatmenace on Apr 5, 2013 6:25:00 GMT -6
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Post by fatmenace on Apr 17, 2013 13:22:45 GMT -6
Congress quietly rolls back recently-enacted Insider Trading Rules for Itself It is repugnant and rapacious. Congress Quickly And Quietly Rolls Back Insider Trading Rules For Itself In November of 2011, the TV show 60 Minutes did a big expose on insider trading within Congress. While everyone else is subject to basic insider trading rules, it turned out that members of Congress were exempt from the rules. And, as you would imagine, many in Congress have access to market-moving, non-public information. And they made use of it. To make lots and lots of money. Of course, after that report came out and got lots of attention, Congress had to act, and within months they had passed the STOCK Act with overwhelming support in Congress to make insider trading laws that apply to everyone else finally apply to Congress and Congressional staffers as well. As that link notes: The lopsided votes showed lawmakers desperate to regain public trust in an election year, when the public approval rating of Congress has sunk below 15 percent. Of course, here we are in 2013 and, lo and behold, it is no longer an election year. And apparently some of the details of the ban on insider trading were beginning to chafe Congressional staffers, who found it hard to pad their income with some friendly trades on insider knowledge. So... with very little fanfare, Congress quietly rolled back a big part of the law late last week. Specifically the part that required staffers to post disclosures about their financial transactions, so that the public could make sure there was no insider trading going on. Congress tried to cover up this fairly significant change because they, themselves, claimed that it would pose a "national risk" to have this information public. A national risk to their bank accounts. It was such a national risk that Congress did the whole thing quietly, with no debate. www.techdirt.com/articles/20...s-itself.shtml
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Post by grubbi on Apr 17, 2013 20:55:35 GMT -6
This should come as no surprise. The politicians are there to benefit themselves and not the country.
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Post by fatmenace on Apr 18, 2013 13:59:18 GMT -6
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Post by grubbi on Apr 18, 2013 20:25:12 GMT -6
Time to get off the grid...
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Post by fatmenace on Apr 21, 2013 8:36:22 GMT -6
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Post by grubbi on Apr 21, 2013 12:56:19 GMT -6
"You can't take action even if someone made a mistake with your info."
Some years ago, my wife's parents' front door was broken down by Border Patrol in a case of mistaken/wrong address. They were not reimbursed.
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Post by fatmenace on Apr 28, 2013 2:15:15 GMT -6
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Post by fatmenace on May 14, 2013 6:31:36 GMT -6
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Post by grubbi on May 14, 2013 17:08:46 GMT -6
Somehow, someway, somewhere ... it's gotta be Bush's fault...
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Post by gk on May 14, 2013 20:22:55 GMT -6
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Post by grubbi on May 15, 2013 21:01:30 GMT -6
Obama says that he is angry over misconduct....
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Post by grubbi on Jun 6, 2013 19:56:52 GMT -6
So much happening don't know where to start...
Chad..?
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Post by fatmenace on Jun 7, 2013 5:37:32 GMT -6
I can't even keep up with the scandals and corruption and police state tactics anymore. They're doing it right in front of us and daring us to question it.
It's breathtaking, really.
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