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    Time To Nationalize Citi and BAC

    http://seekingalpha.com/article/114964-nationalize-citigroup-and-bank-of-america
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    Kudos to Volker

    http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=agfDfcTVCTqw
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    1/4% Tax on all stock trades pushed in NY Times today

    http://seekingalpha.com/article/114903-a-transaction-tax-to-reduce-liquidity-on-u-s-markets-terrible-idea?source=article_lb_articles
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    Debt Indexing ....The Value Of Money

    http://seekingalpha.com/article/114910-proposal-debt-indexing-during-deflation?source=article_lb_articles
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    BAC/Taxpayers Overpaid For Merrill

    Congratulations to US taxpayers....you own but do not own MER...MER should have gone to $0....like LEH.... Mr. Thain gets credit for passing on the baton of insolvency....giving the ownership to BAC, and the bill to US taxpayers.... This is just plain wrong....A perfect example of...
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    US Negotiating Backstop MER, BAC

    http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/01/us-negotiating-to-backstop-bofa.html
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    What If Bernanke Is Not Really An Expert On the Great Depression ?

    http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/01/bernanke-expert-on-great-depression.html
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    The "Next Bail Out"....Pension Losses Approaching $1 Trillion....

    http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/01/massive-taxpayer-backlash-over-pension.html
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    A Car Czar....Who Has Never Made Cars

    The bottom line here is that the nominated person is a typical "cost cutter" who will not be concerned with "stepping on any toes".... However....one would think one should know something about making cars, before they get to oversee making cars.... You want a surgeon working on you that...
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    A Car Czar....Who Has Never Made Cars

    http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601170&refer=home&sid=azXIW.KjETz0 Typical reason why government has to be restructured.... And quickly.... Dramatic reduction in expenses.... 10% Consumption taxes.......
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    Keys To Recovery....Cut Taxes, Cut Spending

    One has a choice..... "Cure" the cancer.... Or just "let it fester".... The patient has "economic cancer"....
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    Keys To Recovery....Cut Taxes, Cut Spending

    http://mises.org/story/3290 10% Consumption tax only Dramatic cuts in government expenditures ........................................................................ Will provide the best means towards recovery....
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    Money Will Go To Where The Payback Is

    http://blog.atimes.net/?p=408 Logic suggests that money will inevitably go towards what has the best payback....early, ontime, and late.... What does this mean? That China or whomever "has the money" will not flock around a "box of problematic assets", but will flock around "promising...
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    UBS to shut down US offshore accounts

    The real problem in the US is the income tax and the IRS.... Both should be immediately eliminated and replaced by a 10% consumption tax.... Then there would be no need for tax havens.... The treasury department actuarial number crunchers think that a 10% consumption tax would be...
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    Where is the Growth in 09?

    Seriously.....for non-trading.... Commence dollar cost averaging the "best of the best" in the stock markets that were down the most in 2008.... 30 months fuse.....ie Templeton approach... .................................................................. What would be helpful.....is...
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    UBS to shut down US offshore accounts

    Just another reason for..... 10% consumption tax only..... ................................................................... Then what happens to .... Swiss Banks.... All tax havens.... "Havens" ...for ....what ?
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    WTF is going on here?

    Welcome to "US Politico Economics"..... It was generated at the same place they generate the "Unemployment numbers"...... "What they don't know....don't hurt 'em ".... ............................................................................................. However this chart...
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    Will The "Real Unemployment Numbers" (18%) Please Stand Up....

    Good Economics and Good Politics..... Are like salt and pepper.... Oil and water..... ..................................................................... Structural changes required..... If real progress is going to be made.... Otherwise....just more of the same.... And...
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    Will The "Real Unemployment Numbers" (18%) Please Stand Up....

    The Politicos do not know the term "truth".... Once they understand what "truth" means.... Then progress may be possible.... However not with Lawyers = "Professional Liars".... Another word missing from their vocabulary is "competence".... "Truth and Competence".... Just...
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    Will The "Real Unemployment Numbers" (18%) Please Stand Up....

    Remember "Truth or Consequences ?" http://seekingalpha.com/article/114087-there-s-unemployment-and-then-there-s-unemployment 7%......10%.....18% ....................................................................................... The "tax take" in each country is the biggest...
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