Kevin Williamson of National Review Online looks back at the decade of evidence surrounding the government bailouts of 2008. General Motors just shared some very bad news: It is closing…
Robert King of the Washington Examiner explains that some Affordable Care Act supporters bristle at the mention of the term “bailout.” Democrats and some Republicans are fighting attempts by President…
Ali Meyer of the Washington Free Beacon warns of one potential measure to shore up the unsustainable Affordable Care Act. The Obama administration could bail out Obamacare insurers through its…
Tyler Cowen, today’s John Locke Foundation Shaftesbury Society speaker, offers thoughts in his “Marginal Revolution” blog about Donald Trump and the future of the Republican Party. As the possible nomination…
The US House of Representatives passed a bill yesterday that would allow banks to begin the bankruptcy process voluntarily. The bill, “The Financial Institutional Bankruptcy Act of 2014” passed with…
While many of us think the bailout and the federal stimulus was something that just occurred during the recession, here is a press release from the financial services committee about…
Think the government’s obsession with carbon dioxide emissions is a bit extreme? Here’s more evidence for you, courtesy of the latest print edition of National Review. Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio…
Long-time local clothier BonWorth is considering selling its stores rather than going out of business. Store leadership is considering this in spite of a petition circulating to get Governor Pat…
Tryon Commissioner George Baker, who cast the lone vote against trying to rescind the last tax increase, wants to give the local ABC store a bailout. Baker said the ABC…
You and I have lost $10 billion on the GM bailout. If you think the head of GM is grateful to you for propping up the company that was so…
From USA Today: U.S. taxpayers no longer own any of automaker General Motors. The Treasury sold the last of its remaining 31.1 million GM shares today. It started with 500…
It’s no big surprise that former Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation chairwoman Sheila Bair thinks European nations ought to adopt a model like the FDIC to deal with the continent’s failing…