November 1, 2009 | Capitalism | By: John
From CNN:
During remarks to a U.S. Chamber of Commerce legal summit in Washington, (Jeb) Bush had tough words for the president in response to an audience question.
“I think President Obama has used the bully pulpit as a way to attack capitalism.”
Governor – you act like this is a surprise? Any who paid attention to his [...]
Tags: ARI, Capitalism, False Capitalism, Individual Rights, Obama, TARP
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May 3, 2009 | Capitalism | By: John
I particularly liked his quote half way in that “This is so corrupt – it’s hard to imagine a couple of years ago we’d be at this point in American history”. Exactly – I’ve said this several times, but I never thought I’d see outright, true and real fascism so fully on display in this [...]
Tags: Bailouts, Bankrupcty, Capitalism, Chrysler, Obama, Yaron Brook
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March 31, 2009 | Capitalism | By: John
Russia backs return to Gold Standard to solve financial crisis?!?!?!?
I never thought I’d read that headline about any country, particularly Russia. I don’t know anything about the particulars of the plan (if there are any particulars yet). The story makes clear it would be only the tiniest step back in the direction of a [...]
Tags: Capitalism, Gold Standard
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March 11, 2009 | Capitalism | By: John
So – do you have 1 hour to spare?
If you do, and want to get your arms around what really caused the mess we’re in, go watch this lecture.
The speaker is John Allison, until recently the CEO of BB&T, a bank that has weathered this storm far better than most (not that they haven’t been [...]
Tags: Capitalism, Financial Crisis, John Allison
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