Uncle Sam the Loan Shark

I must admit - I’m totally dumbfounded and stunned today by the article I read in the Wall Street Journal entitled, “The Paulson Plan will make Money,” by Andy Kessler. Essentially, Kessler’s argument is that somehow in all of this mess, the money spent in the proposed financial intervention plan before Congress will actually result in a windfall to the taxpayer in potentially trillions of dollars. This argument is fundamentally flawed - for it if were true, there would be no investment/financial services crisis to force the government’s hand.

What Obama’s Policies mean for America: Defense Policy

This is the first article in a multi-article set that will examine each of the policy “categories” that Sen. Obama identifies as part of his platform, and offer some critical analysis of what an Obama Presidency might mean, given what he has said.
I decided to write these series of articles after Sen. Obama commented on [...]

Why “Georgia” matters…

While the recent events in Russian invading Georgia are not exactly the same as the invasion in Poland in 1939, unfortunately, there are too many similarities. Russia is bullying Georgia and attempting to reconstitute its empire of satellite states. Georgia matters to the United States because, put simply, as the only world’s Super Power, how [...]

What would Iran’s nuclear weapons mean for the United States?

I am sure that my readers have all been watching this week Iran’s missile tests. Iran launched a series of missiles to demonstrate its capability to deliver warheads at medium-range distances (2000 km). While there is some dispute as to how many missiles it has launched over the last three days - the message from [...]

Mass Murderers make more than Customer Service Reps?

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