by Richard Eskow | Dec 31, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
Bankers. The red carpet's still being rolled out for them in Washington, but if there's a stain on it they'll pout for days. Jason Linkins documents the latest set of cheap white whines from very wealthy white men. (Discrimination lawsuits are a routine part of their...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 23, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
Peter J. Wallison has a bright future ... as a surrealist author.. He and the other Republicans on the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission tried to undermine that group's work by attempting to ban phrases like "Wall Street" from its final report. Now he's trying to...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 16, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
A sleeper cell of four Republicans struck the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission this week, escalating what had been previously been a campaign of covert obstruction into an overt act of sabotage. That act should be seen for what it is: A "denial of service attack"...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 14, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
From 'Single Mom': "I lost everything, I am now losing the roof over our heads, my 30 year history of good credit, my self-respect. I cried at night, sobbed really, about how I had destroyed my life, how I can't look my son in the face now sometimes, for fear he will...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 10, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
Here's something the administration may want to take to heart: Trust is a lot like money. If you spend more than you earn, it could be gone when you need it the most. Consider the Attorney General's highly-touted announcement of a "crackdown" on financial fraud....
by Richard Eskow | Dec 9, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
In 2008, Barack Obama said this: "I think Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that Richard Nixon did not ..." He might want to rethink that statement, especially now that he seems to be promoting policies that are opposed by large majorities of...
