Federal Reserve Bailout (Libertarian columnists)
Articles to help us understand the Federal Reserve's role in bailing out countries and big business.
Bernanke and Geithner's Plan is NOT the Banking Act of 1933
by Paul Benedict (libertarian)
Published: March 27, 2009
Both Timothy Geithner and Ben Bernanke have requested a new authority to step into private sector corporations based on the FDIC's authority to put banks into receivership. A comparison of this request to the facts about the FDIC makes such a model seem, at best, improbable.
AIG upholds Executive Minimum Wage Law!
by Gene DeNardo (libertarian)
Published: March 16, 2009
AIG Corporation does its best to follow the guidelines of the Federal Corporate Executive Minimum Wage Law with the help of the US Treasury.
Tarp, Tarp Me Do!
by Mister MandM (libertarian)
Published: March 3, 2009
Where is the money, what is it doing for us, and will it help?
Thoughts on the Rhetoric...Again!
by Mister MandM (libertarian)
Published: March 2, 2009
It seems that hypocrisy is rampant as the current administration will be having little patience for capitalism as it relates to companies receiving TARP money!
Do Fed Officials Read Fed Publications? They Should!
by Kenn Jacobine (libertarian)
Published: February 12, 2009
It is mindboggling when considering the amount of newly printed money Washington has dumped into our economy in the last ten months or so. The Federal Reserve, Treasury, and the Congress have poured in over $9 trillion worth of stimulus, loans, stock purchases, and loan guarantee money.
Failed Banker's Special, All you can eat Free Money Buffet
by Michael McDonnough (libertarian)
Published: February 9, 2009
Henry Paulson and the Obama Administration invite all failed banking institutions to come to Washington and enjoy our trillion dollar tax payer funded all you can eat free money buffet.
Another Poor Choice By Obama
by A.H. Dowden (libertarian)
Published: January 23, 2009
What makes Barack Obama so sure his choice to replace the equally unnerving Henry Paulson is committed to “integrity and transparency” first and foremost?
The Next Round of Mortgage Shocks
by Walt Thiessen (libertarian)
Published: December 15, 2008
There is a new wave of exotic mortgages that dwarf sub-prime mortgages, and all the government-mandated refinancing in the world probably won't make any difference.
Paulson deals another blow to the real economy
by Andrew Hughes (libertarian)
Published: December 7, 2008
The announcemente of a deal reached between the U.S. Treasury and the moribund insurance giant, A.I.G. provides a very lucid insight in to the nefarious and destructive world of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, otherwise known as T.A.R.P.
No Bailout Plan for We the People
by Gary Wood (conservative libertarian)
Published: November 29, 2008
Bear Stearns, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG, IndyMac, and many more already are directly involved in the great federal government bailout of 2008. GM, Ford, Chrysler, and the Governors Association are standing in line hoping to also get in on the bailout process.
The Fed and Its Lies
by Tim Gandee (libertarian)
Published: November 25, 2008
This article is being reposted with written permission from Anthony Gregory.
Paulson Wants Consumers To Borrow More?!?!
by Tim Gandee (libertarian)
Published: November 25, 2008
Paulson now says the problem with economy is that consumers are not borrowing enough.
Too Important to Our Country to Fail
by Gary Wood (conservative libertarian)
Published: November 24, 2008
There's nothing like a crisis to get our attention and rally us with cries for the need to take action. Banks, insurance companies, automobile companies, states, and cities are either being bailed out or requesting to be and the underlying argument is each are too important to our country to fail. Why are these entities too important and yet the U.S. Constitution is not?
GM Asks Its Customers To Beg Too
by Tim Gandee (libertarian)
Published: November 20, 2008
A recent email from GM to my wife.
Print Us Out Of Taxes
by Tim Gandee (libertarian)
Published: November 19, 2008
In the past 6 months alone, our Federal Reserve has printed out enough money to replace every single dollar stolen through income taxes.
Carriage Manufacturers to Request Part of $700K Bailout
by The Biss (libertarian)
Published: November 16, 2008
Horse related industries fight for survival against Henry Ford's Model T automobile. Request a portion of $700K bailout money.
Are Your Ready for Peace, Prosperity, and Good Will?
by Melinda Pillsbury-Foster (libertarian)
Published: November 8, 2008
A little over a year ago I predicted the present melt down. It will get worse. That said, this is still a time of promise. We can change the present course; we can establish for ourselves and our children a future more wonderful that we ever imagined. Go Home to the Real America.
Advocating Piracy
by Dan Alba (libertarian)
Published: October 27, 2008
The Role of Big Media in the Plunder
IF I WERE PRESIDENT...
by mike montagne (PFMPE) (libertarian)
Published: October 22, 2008
How to arrest world wide monetary collapse in a day, and establish real, sustainable economy in little longer.
Barr blasts Bush on Iraq, Bailout bill
by George Dance (libertarian)
Published: October 7, 2008
The Libertarian candidate accuses the Bush administration of alarmism, paranoia, misleading Americans, and making things “much worse.”
Barr campaign builds on Bailout issue
by George Dance (libertarian)
Published: October 5, 2008
With only one month before Election Day, the Barr campaign has found its wedge issue.
Death Watch
by rtbohan (libertarian)
Published: October 3, 2008
I am sitting here watching the House of Representatives on television. Today, I regard it as a death watch over something I hold very dear: Liberty in America.
Why the Bailout is Wrong
by Tully (libertarian)
Published: October 2, 2008
Over 200 economists, including myself, have a signed a petition asking Congress to reject Bailout. Here are my reasons...
The House Blocks a Coup--For Now
by rtbohan (libertarian)
Published: September 30, 2008
"When in trouble, or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout."
Kill Bill
by Dan Steward (libertarian)
Published: September 29, 2008
The dreaded Financial Markets Bill - aka: HR 3997 Failed to pass congressional muster on Monday, September 29th.
The Irony of the Bailout
by Maria Folsom (libertarian)
Published: September 29, 2008
Why is it okay for the Treasury to purchase stocks on behalf of taxpayers, but not okay for taxpayers to buy stocks through Social Security?
"NO Bailout for Failure, NO Rescue from Risk," says Republican Group
by William Westmiller (libertarian)
Published: September 28, 2008
A national caucus of Republican activists has urged GOP legislators to stand firm against the 'Paulson Bailout' of a corrupt financial regulatory system.
Open Letter to Nancy Pelosi
by Darryl W. Perry (libertarian)
Published: September 28, 2008
Regarding the $700 Billion taxpayer screw-job (aka bailout)
Hey Washington: Debt is Bad
by Jeff Wrobel (libertarian)
Published: September 25, 2008
A fundamental concept of mankind seems to have eluded the head of the Fed, the Treasury Secretary, the President, and nearly the entire U.S. Congress.
Why Rejecting this Bailout will NOT Cause a Depression
by creator (libertarian)
Published: September 25, 2008
Bailout? Bah humbug! Downsize DC explains why this bailout is simply more scare tactics aimed at greater federal control.
Transfer of Wealth
by * illumin8d1 (libertarian)
Published: September 25, 2008
The largest transfer of wealth in history is not abroad but here in the United States of America!
Bail Out or Grand Theft
by Andy Mitchell (libertarian)
Published: September 23, 2008
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke tell us the sky is falling and they are the only ones who are smart enough to stop it. Are they really pulling money out of a hat or stealing it?
Bailout: Another Iraq War
by Jeff Wrobel (libertarian)
Published: September 22, 2008
We were sold the Iraq War on fear. Now we're being sold a bailout on fear. Are we buying again?
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