George Soros’ New Plan for Global Financial Regulation

What would you think if George Soros were organizing his fellow anti-American, globalist, neo-Marxist “thought leaders,” in pursuit of globally governed banking and finance, in a second Bretton Woods conference?

Would you consider that their goals include dragging American influence and incomes down, while confiscating much of our personal finances and giving them to other nations [...]

Small Business Bill Passes; Business Owners Groan

In a hail-mary attempt to garner main street support for Democrats before the elections put an end to the legislative season, President Obama finally was able to push the small business lending bill through the Senate, thanks to two retiring Republicans who crossed the aisle to vote for the stimulus package.

While I don’t believe that [...]

More than 400 US Banks Will Fail: Roubini

Patrick Allen CNBC Friday, September 3, 2010 Even if the US and European economies manage to avoid a double dip, it will still feel like a recession, while more than half of the 800-plus US banks on the “critical list” are likely to go bust, according to renowned economist Nouriel Roubini of Roubini Global Economics. [...]

Bank Bailout Bill’s Potentially Unconstitutional Racial and Gender Quotas

The President is expected to sign the financial overhaul bill today, yet he might want to pause a moment to consider not signing this bill because of the potentially unconstitutional racial and gender preference provisions buried in the massive bill.

Four members of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights have signed a letter complaining that Section [...]

Financial Regulation and Obama’s Massive Failure in the Gulf

In this week’s edition of Coffee and Markets, featuring The New Ledger’s Francis Cianfrocca, we’re talking about how financial regulations will rob you of your free checking accounts, how the government is discouraging investment, and why Obama’s response to the BP spill is such a monumental failure. We’re brought to you as always by Andrew [...]

Union Thuggery and Theatrics: When is Enough Enough Already?

I don’t know about you, but my benefits are shrinking and my wages have been reduced for 2010. And I certainly won’t be seeing any major increase in my salary this year.  My employer is struggling in this economy.  I know it, I see the sales and operating numbers.  Amazingly, no one in our company [...]

Money Laundering Laws Force Banks to Spy on Us, But They Are Ineffective Against Crime

The University of Basel’s Institute of Governance recently published a map showing the nations most linked to dirty money. What made the map interesting is that only one of the 28 nations listed was a so-called tax haven, thus exposing the left-wing lie that low-tax jurisdictions are somehow hotbeds of dirty money.
A more fundamental question [...]

SEIU?s Secret Weapon: If Obama?s Plan Fails, Brandish the Shareholder Resolution

We saw their fury throughout 2009:? “Capitalism is Dead”, “Kill the Corporation”, “Bust Up Big Banks”, “Greed Kills”, “Bank of America, Bad for America”.? The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) led an all-out assault on Wall Street ? and on capitalism and corporations ? coining words and phrases that have since become common staples in [...]