By Kevin Mooney – Apparently, Republican critics of Sen. Chris Dodd’s financial overhaul legislation were spot on when they warned against additional taxpayer-funded bailouts of Wall Street banks. This is made evident in the headline of a news story appearing in the business section of The New York […]

By ALG News – If it is truly to be financial reform, legislation being considered by the Senate must include a comprehensive audit of the Federal Reserve and an explicit prohibition against any future bailouts by the nation’s central bank. So far, amendments proposed by […]

By Andrius Vaitekunas and Rebekah Rast – Students from George Mason University react to provisions in the Chris Dodd Financial Takeover Bill that would allow the Feds to monitor every bank account transaction in America: The Dodd financial reform bill does more than just “reform” […]

By Dan Mitchell – The correct capital gains tax rate is zero because there should be no double taxation of income that is saved and invested. This is why all pro-growth tax reform plans, such as the flat tax and national sales tax, eliminate the […]

By Robert Romano – Does the Dodd bill contain Big Brother provisions? One of the lessons of this session of Congress is that details matter. Last week, as the Senate began presenting its legislation to take over the financial sector, it became clear that the takeover was […]

By Rebekah Rast – It is a classic mistake to compare economic data solely within the context of Presidential terms. After all, in our current economic climate, the decline coincided directly with Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid’s ascendancy to the leadership posts in both the […]

By Andrius Vaitekunas – In the following featured video from Americans for Limited Government , there should be no question of the unmitigated danger the Dodd financial takeover bill poses to the American people and the entire private sector:

By Bill Wilson – Last week, when Senate Republicans lifted their filibuster of the Dodd financial takeover bill, it was under the premise that Senator Chris Dodd had agreed to remove provisions for an unlimited bailout fund.

By Rick Manning The Dodd — Goldman Sachs financial services takeover bill can be intimidating to understand for many people, including myself. However, when all the smoke clears it really comes down to four basic points: 1. Congress would set up a permanent bailout fund that is […]

By Robert Romano – It must be tough being a Senate Republican these days. There really is no deal that can be reached with Senate Democrats that can be trusted, no law passed that won’t be broken, and no compromise reached that won’t be betrayed. Nothing is […]