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All Posts Tagged With: "Ben Bernanke"

Debate #2, The Morning After

Question of the Night:  Why should we trust either one of you?
Good question.  In typical politico style, I heard both candidates answer in this manner:  “Blah, blah, blah, yak, yak, yak”.
I don’t know how I would have answered the question if I were either McCain or Obama.  There’s nothing in either of their past to [...]


2008 Election Thoughts

I’m tired of everyone dumping on George Bush.  I’m the first to admit that he has some serious leadership deficiencies, but he is the President and won the job fair and square twice, despite what the Libs think.  As President, he deserves our respect, just like Nixon and Clinton did.  For eight years, I had [...]


The Latest Treasury Bailout and the Law of Unintended Consequences

I have to admit, my thoughts regarding the latest financial debacles waver from one extreme to the other.  My initial instinct is that the markets need to be stabilized, and anything that provides a floor for a stock market in apparent free fall is a good thing.
My next thought is that $700 billion is a [...]