Thursday, January 21st, 2010
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// That’s the only conclusion one can come to after reading Rep. Scott Garrett’s bonehead quote in the WSJ report on Obama’s financial reform speech. The WSJ reported Garrett as saying:
“This renewed focus on financial-services reform by the Obama administration is clearly a transparent attempt at faux-populism, in light of the outcome of the [...]
It’s Not Hard to Find a Stupid Republican
Tags: Garrett, redleaf, republican, stupid, vigilante
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
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// Statement by Andrew Redleaf, CEO, White Box Advisors, a leading investment firm and Co-Author of the upcoming book Panic
“The risk is that the big banks become like tobacco companies or casinos; the government starts by campaigning to eliminate vice and then finds it’s addicted to the revenue. Rather than creating more incentives for government to [...]
A Sin Tax for Banks
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