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• Schools to close in Kansas City, Mo., by fall

  Wed Mar 10, 2010
  • Wait... didn't Tim Geithner recently say "We saved the economy, but we kind of lost the public doing it."? What is he talking about? This is a tragedy!

• Financial reform tips toward bankers

  Tue Mar 9, 2010
  • Elizabeth Warren on Charlie Rose... "It will not save us if a handful of Wall Street banks prosper and the rest of America fails." When will the banks (and the politicians) get the message?

• What next? Economists divided on the future

  Sun Mar 7, 2010
  • easy... Slap a 10% tax on all banks...20% on 'too big to fail' banks. Use the funds to regenerate the economy. It's called restoring the balance!

• What next? Economists divided on the future

  Sun Mar 7, 2010
  • easy... Slap a 10% tax on all banks...20% on 'too big to fail' banks. Use the funds to regenerate the economy. It's called restoring the balance!

• Economists: Employment report not a snow job

  Wed Mar 3, 2010
  • So snow causes a drag on the economy so say the experts. Has anyone considered the possibility that this time last year there were seasonal factors which had the *same* effect? Isn't that why the numbers are seasonally adjusted?

• Economists: Employment report not a snow job

  Wed Mar 3, 2010
  • Ah yes...of course the snow....Anyone seen the snow analysis of the great depression....uh? what? Hold on a minute....wait I think there is an elephant flying past the window ....ok now I have seen and heard it all.

• Fed sees snow-tempered growth in economy

  Wed Mar 3, 2010
  • Ah yes...of course the snow....Anyone seen the snow analysis of the great depression....uh? what? Hold on a minute....wait I think there is an elephant flying past the window ....ok now I have seen and heard it all.

• Senate moves toward deal on Wall Street rules

  Mon Mar 1, 2010
  • Why oh why oh why is the job of regulating going to the FED that was so derelict in its duty to regulate in the run up to the 2008 meltdown? Is there no accountability? Is there no transparency? Where is the tenacity of our elected officials?

• New home sales plunge to record low

  Wed Feb 24, 2010
  • http://www.shadowstats.com/article/hyperinflation-2010

• New home sales plunge to record low

  Wed Feb 24, 2010
  • So...are the policies working yet? This lowest number on record comes *before* the stimulus is withdrawn... "January's data will increase concerns that the housing rebound could falter in coming months as the government withdraws the support it has used to try to bolster the housing market"