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paul replied to Nathan Andover's discussion 'Should Corporations Be Able To Fund Campaign Commercials?'

Democracy continues to morph into plutocracy...

yesterday

Ron Collins replied to Nathan Andover's discussion 'Should Corporations Be Able To Fund Campaign Commercials?'

Sure are long winded aren,t they!!!!!

yesterday

Larry replied to Nathan Andover's discussion 'Should Corporations Be Able To Fund Campaign Commercials?'

Thought the dissenting opinion of Justice Stevens was interesting. I unfortunately don't have the time to read all 90 pages, but if you'd like check it out: To quote opinions I share: "The basic premise underlying the Court's ruling is its itera…

on Wednesday

paul added a blog post

Fed Members And Future Policy Predictions

I just read an interesting article about the members of the Federal Reserve and the implications on future monetary decisions. basically, the argument was that the new members are soft money proponents who will keep interest rates low. The author a…

on Wednesday

Larry commented on Nathan Andover's blog post 'FunnyOrDie.com's Missed Opportunity'

I thought some of it was funny, but it wasn't that good. Not sure if it's really a laughing matter; hard to make comedy out of financial reform. Definately a miss

on Saturday

Nathan Andover added a blog post

FunnyOrDie.com's Missed Opportunity

I got excited about a video being produced to talk about the financial reforms needed in this country. Ron Howard directing with current and former President's being played by Will Ferrel, Dana Carvey, JIm Carey, Chevy Chase, etc... The problem is…

March 3

A blog post by OICUAM2 was featured

Frontline Program: The Warning

I highly encourage you to watch the PBS Frontline program called The Warning. It is about how a woman tried to warn people that unregulated derivative markets within the financial system was not a good thing. However, many people within the govern…

March 3

Jeff Minnick is now a member of Economic Chat

Welcome Them!

March 2

Blog Posts

Frontline Program: The Warning

Posted by OICUAM2 on February 21, 2010 at 10:35pm — 2 Comments

Wall Street Supports Republicans

Posted by paul on February 8, 2010 at 8:28am

A Picture Of The Jobs Situation

Posted by Nathan Andover on February 7, 2010 at 11:30am

President Obama Rejects GOP Economic Attacks

Posted by Nathan Andover on January 29, 2010 at 10:02pm — 1 Comment

George Bush's Debt

Posted by paul on December 25, 2009 at 10:07pm

Forum

How should Europe deal with finacially troubled countries like Portugal, Greece, Spain? 6 Replies

Should Europe bail them out, what choices do they have? What options would Portugal have? Can they get out of the EU, or devalue currency or increase productivity or reduce wages? What would you do a…

Started by Miguel Costa in Open Discussion. Last reply by paul Feb 15.

Coins, Coins a bore? Well maybe. 3 Replies

For the better part of a year I have been helping my sister out with collecting old coins. Coins from the past of course. While most of us rarely pay for anything in cash these days, the times I do…

Tagged: coins, old, local economies, money supply

Started by Larry in Economics. Last reply by Larry Feb 14.

Should Corporations Be Able To Fund Campaign Commercials? 7 Replies

Corporations spend trillions of dollars trying to influence our vote in the supermarket. Should corporations also be able to spend money on ads trying to get us to vote for a specific political candi…

Tagged: campaign commercials, corporations

Started by Nathan Andover in Open Discussion. Last reply by paul 1 day ago.

Support Pay As You Go Legislation 4 Replies

I'm a big fan of pay as you go legislation. PAYGO would require lawmakers to offset any new tax cuts or spending increases with equivalent tax increases or spending cuts. I know there are times when…

Tagged: paygo, legislation, pay as you go

Started by paul in Open Discussion. Last reply by OICUAM2 Feb 9.

Is The U.S. National Debt A Problem? 3 Replies

We all have been hearing about how big our national debt has gotten. The Bush Administration more than doubled the national debt. They also added a bunch of spending and unfunded liabilities that are…

Tagged: problem, national debt

Started by Nathan Andover in Economics. Last reply by paul Feb 6.

Financial Regulation Reform Bill 5 Replies

What does everyone think of the financial regulation reform bills working their way through the congress? I think we need much tighter reforms. I think the lax regulations were part of the reason wh…

Tagged: bill, reform, financial regulation

Started by OICUAM2 in Open Discussion. Last reply by Mary Ayala Feb 3.