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On Tuesday, the House Financial Services Committee passed, by a 52-4 margin, a bill designed "to stop future bonuses at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and suspend the current multi-million dollar compensation packages for the top executives." The rest of… more »

...and President Obama, and congressional Democrats H/T Airbus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okHGCz6xxiw more »

In the same essay that contains the famous "Broken Window" fallacy, French economist Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) cautioned us to consider "That which is seen, and that which is not seen." His words should be required reading for any politician, elected… more »

Following the passage of the "Durbin Amendment" to the Dodd-Frank financial regulation bill -- an amendment which cut the fees that debit card providers can charge merchants per transaction -- Bank of America created a furor by announcing a $5 per month… more »

In this great 19 minutes of dialog, financier and capitalist Peter Schiff goes into the throngs at Occupy Wall Street to find out what they're really about -- and to show them an example of a real capitalist: http://youtu.be/UGL-Ex1CD1c more »

On Wednesday, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan gave a speech at the Heritage Foundation. This sort of talk comes from a man who realizes that good policy can be, and right now probably is, good politics. If somehow Barack Obama wins re-electio… more »

Following up on my note the other day about a University of Colorado employee who hopes that voters won't find out about upcoming bonuses for CU employees because it might hurt the chances of Prop 103 passing, I have more information to offer: The bonu… more »

Yesterday, the Senate rejected, on a 50-50 vote, a "jobs bill" which was a microcosm of President Obama's overall jobs-for-public-sector-union-members plan. Every Republican, along with two Democrats and Joe Lieberman, voted against the bill which would… more »

Yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said that he'll bring up part of President Obama's "jobs" plan for a vote tomorrow (Friday, October 21). In particular the bill aims to give states $35 billion to retain public sector union employees (teache… more »

My wife said to me yesterday evening that "Obama must be loving" the anti-capitalist protests around the US. Perhaps so, but I think they are at best a double-edged sword for Democrats. It's possible that the President and his henchmen, Reid and Pelosi… more »