Single payer health care dead in Senate

Have you heard the latest from the floor of the United States Senate? Independent and socialist Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont decided yesterday was the right time to offer up an amendment of his own to the bill being batted around and debated in those esteemed halls. Here is a quote from Michelle Malkin. You [...]

Derivative trading regulations

I have to admit, this article covers a topic about which I know very little. I suppose you could say I am looking for someone to educate me on the subject. Have you ever heard of derivative trading? I didn’t have a clue what it was until sometime last year. You know, when all things [...]

Overhaul of Financial Regulations Heats Up

A Senate bill to overhaul financial regulations was issued last week and a similar bill from the House is expected soon. The White House issued a proposal for financial reform back in June and the GOP responded with a counter plan in July. So there are lots of things on the table, all extremely complicated [...]

House begins work on overhaul of financial regulation

Let’s see now, Congress hasn’t even finished work on health care reform and now the House of Representatives is taking up another issue that has been a priority of President Obama. In my opinion, one of the main reasons Obama won the election against John McCain was the complete and total meltdown of the financial [...]

Is the economic bailout package really needed?

About a week and a half ago, President Bush’s Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Paulson, came to Congress and announced we were in the middle of a major economic crisis and asked for $700 billion to straighten the mess out. Since that time, the American taxpayer has been bombarded with the “news” that if the [...]