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No More Excuses on Relief to American Homeowners
One by one, the excuses have fallen. Yet Edward DeMarco, acting head of FHFA, the agency that runs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, still fails to offer the most effective relief available to American homeowners struggling with mortgages held by those entities.
Jamie Dimons JPMorgan Chase Why Its the Scandal of Our Time
Most observers are missing the point. When CEO Jamie Dimon announced that JPMorgan Chase had incurred at least $2 billion in losses from risky, unsecured, derivatives-types trading, it uncovered the scandal of our time once and for all.
Tell Congress End Too-Big-To-Fail Make Banking SAFE
JPMorgan Chase’s $2 billion bad bet has made it crystal clear: The Wall Street banksters are still recklessly gambling with government-guaranteed money. And the too-big-to-fail banks are still too big.
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: Make Banking SAFE
Progressive Breakfast - 5/17/2012
MORNING MESSAGE: Make Banking SAFE
OK Suppose They GET Their 'Grand Bargain'
Suppose the "deficit hawk" plan unfolds just as it is being presented -- right after the election and before those we elect can take office, the Congress meets and hammers out a "grand bargain" to "reform" taxes and cut back on government and the things democracy does for We, the People. Will that be the end of it?
Bill Clinton Boehner and Some Other Rich White Guys Had a Summit and Agreed Its Your Fault
Today a bunch of rich white guys held a "Fiscal Summit" and agreed that:
1. Despite the fact that unemployment is causing untold suffering for millions of people, it's not very important.
2. Despite the fact that wage stagnation is destroying the middle class, that's not important either.
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: Rich White Guys Hold "Fiscal Summit." Blame You.
Progressive Breakfast - 5/16/2012
MORNING MESSAGE: Rich White Guys Hold "Fiscal Summit." Blame You.
Fiscal Summit Boehner Ryan Show Peterson Summits True Colors
Multibillonaire Peter G. Peterson's Fiscal Summit may have started with conciliatory nods toward bipartisanship, but it did not climax that way. And that had to have been by design.
