Posts Tagged ‘Chris Dodd’
Democrats and Obama crush financial options for low-income families
In November, I wrote about how the payday loan industry is being regulated out of business as government know-it-alls determined they were bad for consumers. Regulating the industry took an option away from consumers in need, but as it turns out, the Dodd-Frank credit card reform legislation – effecting more traditional financial institutions – makes…
Read MoreDodd/Frank financial reform…haste makes confusion
The recently enacted Financial Reform bill, brought to us chiefly through the efforts of Senator Dodd (D. Ct.) and Congressman Frank (D. Ma.), was, like much of the handiwork of this Congress, passed in haste. Remember, something had to be done immediately so that we never have another financial meltdown like we just had? This…
Read MoreFeds loan Mohegan Sun $54 million from stimulus funds
You’ve got to be kidding me. The US Department of Agriculture has a rural development program – what ever that is – with available funding from the most recent stimulus package totaling $168 million. The Mohegan tribe in Connecticut got almost one-third of the funds.
Read MoreDumbocrats already looking for a new Connecticut Senate candidate?
The Connecticut Dumbocrats reportedly are not taking any chances and are already lining up a replacement for CT AG Richard Blumenthal. And why not? It’s what they do best. Let’s see. Their first choice couldn’t remember the truth … and their second choice stretched the truth. Now, reportedly, their third choice is the very man…
Read MoreDodd bill decides to kick small business – Update: Dodd Bill killed
One would think that Congress would be doing anything to create jobs. Instead, they seem to want to kill jobs. Let’s look at the Dodd financial overhaul bill as one example of this trend. One section of the bill deals with private investment in small “start up” companies. These companies are today’s version of yesterday’s Microsoft,…
Read MoreDodd Bill: Why the new big consumer protection department is a bad idea
Anything that creates a new government bureaucracy is a bad idea in my mind. The feds have trouble getting the ones they have to work properly. No where has that been seen better than in the financial meltdown.
Read MoreThe Dodd Financial Bill: Thursday on the Jim Vicevich Show
Your calls plus … David John from The Heritage Foundation. John is the Senior Research Fellow in Retirement Security and Financial Markets. Listen here tomorrow. David John is one of five experts who “exert more influence” on the Social Security debate than anyone else in Washington – and he is The Heritage Foundation’s lead analyst…
Read MoreAlpert’s big whopper
Democratic Senatorial candidate Merrick Alpert is a smart man, Started a business from scratch, sold it, presumably made a bundle, cleaned up and helped sell off another. So he knows his numbers. With that in mind, during last night’s Democratic Senate Debate, how could he possibly make a statement like this. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REe6ifp41Uw On the other…
Read MoreStray cats, dogs and other sneaky things
As someone who has been following the health care bills, I read Steve’s recent post with interest. All along in this process President Obama has pledged to the American people that if they wanted to keep their current health insurance they could, as nothing in any of the proposed bills would prohibit that, or make…
Read MoreAssociated Press reporting Sen. Chris Dodd to retire – Update: Blumenthal in
Just waking up listening to WFSB in Hartford – the local CBS affiliate – and they are referencing an Associated Press story in the Washington Times. Sen. Dodd will not seek re-election this November. Looks like you can peal off those Dump Dodd bumper stickers.
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