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Financial Reform

The Biggest Swindle In U.S. History And Still Few Arrests (VIDEO)

February 26, 2010

Middle America is still reeling from the economic meltdown of 2008-2009 with no end in sight to the suffering of many from the reckless gamblers on Wall Street, our banking institutions, insurance corporations and government.  Many lives were turned upside down and unlike in the case of Enron and others, the perpetrators are not being brought [...]

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Let’s Hope These 4 Things Don’t Happen

January 14, 2010

By Rick Newman
Posted: January 13, 2010

In the cast of corporate characters, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are A-list villains, thanks to the central role they played in the 2008 financial meltdown. The two mortgage-finance firms failed as spectacularly as AIG, the poster child for finance-gone-wrong, with the combined Fannie-Freddie rescue totaling about $111 billion so [...]

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To Become A Real Player In Reform, Tea Party Should Make Term Limits Its’ First Order Of Business

January 12, 2010

The Ohio Valley Tea Party has announced its’ formation as a political action committee in time for  the upcoming election year.  This will enable the group to raise money and support candidates for office.  Although it’s still in the development stage, the potential of becoming a political party is there.  To grow this grassroots movement into [...]

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Death Without Mourning

November 12, 2009
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Card issuers are already proposing new fees and thinking up ways to subvert interest-rate restrictions

September 10, 2009

New credit-card rules, designed to curb the industry’s abusive practices, went into effect a few weeks ago. But already lenders have found ways to get around the regulatory roadblocks—moves that may cost consumers in the end.

More variable rate credit cards
More annual fees for people who pay in full each month
Tax on transactions for companies not [...]

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