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Reagan Speech & Obama Speech – Buffet Rule, or Reagan Rule?

VIDEO: Reagan Called For An End To ‘Crazy’ Tax Loopholes That Let Millionaires Pay Less Than Bus Drivers

Posted under Financial, Keeping Informed, Taxes, Uncategorized

Why I’m Not Hiring.

Posted under Energy, Financial, Healthcare, Keeping Informed, Stimulus, Taxes

New Wall Street reform in Washington ranges from derivatives, to bank capital requirements and trading-desk spinoffs, to the widely popular consumer agency.

Read More: Wall Street reform’s toughest decisions still to come – Jun. 19, 2010.

Warren Buffet: Why bank reform is needed

Posted under Financial, Keeping Informed

In this article:

• Sen. Richard Shelby, Alabama, the top ranking Republican on the Banking Committee objected on the ban that would keep banks from using taxpayer-backed money for trading in their own benefit.
• Shelby objected to reining in predatory payday-lending practices
• Shelby also objected to a ban on naked default swaps, which were at the heart of the crisis

GOP Blocks Three Key Anti-Wall Street Amendments.

Posted under Financial, Government Bailout, Keeping Informed

Think Progress » ExxonMobil paid no federal income tax in 2009. Updated.

Posted under Energy, Financial, Keeping Informed, Taxes