Keyword: financial reform

When a Simple Majority Equals Socialism

When a Simple Majority Equals Socialism

It seems that the “‘Just Say No’ to Everything” party just can’t seem to get their story straight. First, everything the President was proposing regarding health care reform, addressing climate change or financial reform, was turning toward Socialism and the only way the “‘Just Say No’ to Everything” party could stop it was by threatening a filibuster which, in the ...

Ken Montville | 2010/03/07  | 47 Comments Politics

Financial and Mortgage Reform? Nah. Who Needs It?

Financial and Mortgage Reform?  Nah.  Who Needs It?

This week the House of Representatives passed a sweeping financial reform package that would deter, in part, some of the most egregious practices of the financial and mortgage industries. In essence, it would curb, or try to curb, some of the sub-prime and other “exotic” mortgage products as well as create a bit of transparency for the average consumer of ...

Ken Montville | 2009/12/13  | 11 Comments Economy

When a Simple Majority Equals Socialism

When a Simple Majority Equals Socialism

It seems that the “‘Just Say No’ to Everything” party just can’t seem to get their story straight. First, everything the President was proposing regarding health care reform, addressing climate change or financial reform, was turning toward Socialism and the only way the “‘Just Say No’ to Everything” party could stop it was by threatening a filibuster which, in the ...

Ken Montville | 2010/03/07  | 47 Comments Politics

Financial and Mortgage Reform? Nah. Who Needs It?

Financial and Mortgage Reform?  Nah.  Who Needs It?

This week the House of Representatives passed a sweeping financial reform package that would deter, in part, some of the most egregious practices of the financial and mortgage industries. In essence, it would curb, or try to curb, some of the sub-prime and other “exotic” mortgage products as well as create a bit of transparency for the average consumer of ...

Ken Montville | 2009/12/13  | 11 Comments Economy