Oil Prices Back Up a Bit
“Everyone knows…” are words I’m getting tired of hearing. It is a subtle form of manipulation by forcing one to either immediately agree or disagree and by disagreeing become an outsider. Katie Couric this evening says “The...The Housing Bill Is Law
As expected, President Bush signed HR 3221 into law this morning, making billions of federal dollars available to home owners, shoring up Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and providing closer oversight of the financial aspects of home ownership to the Administration and...Why Do Oil Prices Continue To Drop?
Just when you thought you couldn’t afford to go on summer vacation, just when you thought the ONLY answer to rising gasoline prices was a “gas tax holiday”, just as various states are complaining they don’t have enough tax money collected to...Follow-up On The Housing Bill
In reference to my post on Saturday regarding HR 3221, the “Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008″, I discovered a site where there is a copy of the Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate for HR 3221. Over the next ten years, according to the estimate, this...Swamp Stomper Alert: Housing Bill Heads to White House
Well, it took almost 3 months, but Congress finally passed the bill today, on older version of which was passed by the House in May, after some considerable back and forth between the Senate and the House. The bill is HR 3221 (pdf), titled: “Housing and...Stay in Touch
