08.30.2011

By Bill Wilson — Writing for the New York Times recently , Berkshire Hathaway chairman and chief executive Warren Buffett called for taxes to be increased on the so-called “super-rich,” suggesting that he and his elite billionaire and millionaire friends are itching to pay more. Buffett wrote, “Most wouldn’t mind being told to pay […]
08.30.2011

By Rick Manning — Like many Americans, I refinanced my home in the past couple of months. In searching for a home mortgage lender, my first stop was my former mortgage company, Wells Fargo, as I was happy with their web payment system and did not want […]
08.30.2011

By Rebecca DiFede — Upon entering the Itunes App Store, a plethora of applications doing everything from finding the cheapest gas station to filing your tax return await you. And among these addiction-worthy apps there is one designed by the Department of Labor to help […]
08.29.2011

By Kevin Mooney — Do not sit back and wait for the federal government to reform itself. Instead, allow the states to take the lead in getting the federal debt under control; this is the central message of the National Debt Relief Amendment , which reads as follows: “An […]
08.29.2011

By Robert Romano — On Aug. 26, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke reaffirmed his decision to keep the Federal Funds Rate — the interest rate at which the Fed and banks lend to one another — at near-zero levels. He said, “[I]n what the Committee judges to be the most likely scenarios for resource utilization and inflation in the medium term, the target for […]
08.26.2011

By Paul Driessen — Put these guys on Comedy Central. Put ‘em in an asylum … a mandatory restitution program … jail perhaps … or a witness protection program, if they turn state’s evidence on other perpetrators. But keep them away from our money — […]
08.26.2011

By Rebecca DiFede — In a shameless stunt to secure reelection, the Obama Administration is considering granting refinance loans to borrowers who owe more on their mortgages than their houses are worth, allowing them to qualify for today’s lower interest rates. This is thought to […]
08.26.2011

By Bill Wilson — A bilateral agreement between Finland and Greece has promised to give the Nordic nation €500 million collateral for its portion of the bailout of Greece’s creditors. Considering the risks, the call for collateral is hardly surprising — Athens’ credit rating is a mere […]
08.25.2011

By Rebecca DiFede — Call it Big Labor’s favorite movie. Whether through the National Labor Relations Board or OSHA inspectors, the Obama Administration has gone out of its way to coerce employers to get unionized — and to make sure pro-union shops get federal contracts. […]