Financial "Reform"

I try not to repost entire articles too often, but this was so good I couldn't really improve on it:

"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 30, 2010

Libertarians call for more finance industry freedom

WASHINGTON - Libertarian Party Executive Director Wes Benedict issued the following statement today, regarding the financial regulation legislation in Congress:
"The Libertarian Party opposes the legislation currently in Congress. Instead of removing harmful regulations that reduce competition, create winners and losers, and stifle the choices of consumers and financial firms, this legislation merely adds to that heap of regulations.

"It is remarkable that so many people have blamed the banking and financial company failures on the 'free market.' The American finance industry is probably the most regulated industry in human history. It doesn't remotely resemble a free market, and that's been true for many decades. It would be much more accurate to blame the failures on government interference.

Vote Libertarian! -or- Why You Should Vote and Who You Should Vote for, if You Hate Republicans and are Disillusioned with Democrats

In the 2008 elections, just 61.7% of the voting-eligible population voted for president. Follow that up with a 64% disapproval rating for congress, a whopping 76% of Americans who believe most members of congress are more interested in

Taxpayer Bails Out GM, Part Two -or- Ford Advertisement

Happy Tax Day (prounouced "guvmintsezfuday") everyone! To commemorate this special occasion, here's some news you probably didn't want to hear as a taxpayer: Last year, Uncle Sam (pronounced "taks-pay-ur")

Earthquakes

If you listen to the media these days, you could be forgiven for the impression that major earthquakes are happening at an ever-increasing rate, what with the major coverage of earthquakes in Haiti, Chile, and now China. In fact, earthquakes with a magnitude of 7.0 or greater on the Richter scale have been happening at an average rate of 18 per year worldwide since 1900,

Hot Jobs

Yahoo says the top 5 "hot" careers are Physical Therapy, Automotive Specialties, Writing, Legal Careers, and Advertising. So tell me something new... I'm already in #4, and have long dreamed of #2, and am currently working on the roadmap to get there :)

On a Somewhat Positive Note

The government is currently working a deal to sell its remaining stake in Citigroup, while possibly making a handy $8 billion in the process... too bad the deficit is so huge it won't make a dent, much less reduce your taxes this year. If nothing else, the government is reducing its stake in the banking industry, and without completely frittering all of your tax dollars that went to T.A.R.P.

True Colors of "Health Care Reform" Already Showing

AT&T, AK Steel Corp., Caterpillar Inc., Deere & Co., Valero Energy, and 3M Co. have announced they will be collectively be writing off approximately $1,500,000,000 this quarter, thanks to expected tax increases and health care cost increases due to this horrific piece of unconstitutional legislation... just a guess, but I'm betting this will cost untold legions of jobs either lost or uncreated, on top of reduced pay/benefits to employees who don't lose their jobs... JUST what we needed in the MIDDLE OF A RECESSION! THANKS FOR NOTHING, DEMOCRATS.

Hilarious Comics Volume 1

I needed a lighthearted post after that last heavyweight...

Ladies and gentlemen, I present today's issue of

Pearls Before Swine!

Constitutional Reform

In wake of yesterday's disastrous vote in the House of Representatives, I hereby propose a new constitutional ammendment, aimed at preventing lawmakers from passing unconstitutional laws. Actually, in the interest of full disclosure (something you don't usually find on Capitol Hill),

Die Obamacare, Die!

Sunday is the big vote in the House of Representatives that could (finally!) make or break Obama's health care reform package. Let us hope the People's outrage finally removes the brain from this undead zombie that keeps springing back to life. In one no-so-convincing argument I read in support of the bill, (not that any of them are convincing, this is just the one I chose to pick on)