Tag: Obama Administration
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Until the good bishops of the Catholic church can figure out how to keep their priests from molesting young boys, I have no use for their histrionics over the Obama administration’s decision to mandate coverage of the cost of contraceptives in healthcare plans. None of the news producers for our ... Read More
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One of the most visible signs of progress to date that the Affordable Health Care Act for Americans is working will begin next Friday, October 1st, when the Community First Choice program begins operations. Community First Choice launches: Community First Choice allows states to receive a 6 ... Read More
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To Cornel West, Tavis Smiley, and all other African American pundits who want to own the conversation about the black community—President Barack Obama is not Captain Save-A-Negro. He is the president of the entire United States. The way Smiley and West have been carrying on lately, though, you ... Read More
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The few items I’ve seen in the last couple of days about a possible national refinance stimulus plan look an awful lot like the other trial balloons the Obama Administration floats into the ether of the web from time to time to see how an unorthodox idea might go over. This could be one of the ... Read More
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The Obama Administration continues to back our own domestic despots on Wall Street with the kind of zeal we used to use to support Middle Eastern dictators like Muammar Gaddhafi. What most Americans would truly appreciate is a “Wall Street Spring”, where one by one the executive suites of America ... Read More
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Political pundits who are already naysaying the Obama Administration’s decision to release 30 million barrels of oil from our strategic reserves have no idea how Wall Street works. If the intent of the release is to beat oil futures speculators into submission, the time to do so is when the market ... Read More
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A Blueprint for Reform, The Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), the next big idea for the nation’s school systems that the Obama Administration wants Congress to implement, when you really think about it, is simply a mechanism to provide access to quality elementary ... Read More
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I like idea of having someone like Elizabeth Warren, who is the head of the Congressional Oversight Panel, watch our financial system. But her advice to the Obama Administration about Wall Street was largely ignored. Now she is predicting that commercial lending woes will severely inhibit the little ... Read More
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It looks like Paul Volcker’s pleas are finally being heard in the Obama Administration. Volcker, a past Fed Chairman, has been advocating for a tighter rein on financial institutions since Barack Obama took office. But other voices, including those of Larry Summers, ex-Harvard University president ... Read More
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Resurgence combines news, research, and Kris Broughton's own life experiences as a politically aware African-American citizen to explore race and the politics of race. Drawing on Broughton's financial services background, the blog also delves into our ongoing banking crisis and the mortgage market meltdown—as well as the path toward recovery.
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