Posts Tagged ‘bailouts’
Bailout Prize Patrol video – submit and win $27,599!
After finally getting a few minutes to watch this video, I did. It was a pretty good parody. The best line… Schumer (D-N.Y.): Rudeness won’t get you anywhere guys. Prize Patrol: Neither will you stealing the taxpayers money sir. The video is courtesy of Right.org. Check out their contest as the look for the best…
Read MoreMore bailout funds for Citigroup?
You’ve got to be kidding me? After providing more than $40 billion in “support” funds to Citigroup during the first round of bailouts, they determine that it’s not working out too well. Welcome Michelle Malkin readers. Thanks for stopping by, why not check out the rest of the site, and remember that Jim’s online and…
Read MoreHouston drops idea to pay off personal debt
A proposal to hand out $3,000 to individuals who did not have good enough credit score to qualify for mortgages has been crossed off the Houston city council agenda this week. The idea was to use the $3,000 to help individuals improve their credit score by a few points so they would qualify to buy…
Read MoreYou Gunna Eat All That?
Sailors call it gulling. When someone picks the food off another person’s plate. Guys do it all the time and mostly it drives women crazy. This time though its a woman, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm on Fox News Sunday. South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford makes a good case for not taking the Fed’s stimulus money,…
Read MoreGood for thee … but not for me
Just remember when you watch this … the political powers in Communist countries always told people what they could and could not do … and then reserved the very best for themselves. I’m not saying we’re headed in that direction, or that Congress reminds me of the Kremlin … I’m just saying that’s what the…
Read MoreReason 72 & 73: Government should not bail out corporations
President Obama is considering limiting executive pay to companies who are part of the TARP program, and GM and Chrysler are still in the courtroom fighting California’s proposed legislation to raise fuel efficiency standards. Again we highlight why government should not get involved with the free market. First we have Obama’s marketing campaign to limit…
Read MoreReason 67: Government should not bail out corporations
When you are a large corporation that is having difficulty, one of the things you must considered is marketing. There is a time you need to spend money to make money. You could cut your entire marketing budget, cancel all of the advertising, lay off the graphics staff that make the pretty brochures, and hope.…
Read MoreOutrage? Really?
President Obama expresses sudden outrage at bonuses paid to Wall Street executives during what is arguably one of the worst years evah on the Street. Here’s the outrage bite. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXtaClHCG2k But wait … his Treasury Secretary …. well he got a nice little bonus even though he presided over the banking collapse. Newly minted Treasury…
Read MoreCitigroup buys new corporate jet
With your money! I completely get the fact that for some large companies it makes sense to have one – or even a fleet – of aircraft in their stable, but this was not the time for Citigroup to place an order for a new corporate jet. The Falcon 7X business jet is a pretty…
Read MoreThe weed of socialism…
…bears bitter fruit. From the UK TIMES, by Iain Martin: They don’t know what they’re doing, do they? With every step taken by the Government as it tries frantically to prop up the British banking system, this central truth becomes ever more obvious. The country stands on the precipice. We are at risk of utter…
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