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1. Election Season Gives Me Imaginary Relatives

   http://www.openmarket.org/2008/10/05/election-season-gives-me-imaginary-relatives/

   The upcoming election has given me new relatives, all of them imaginary.  The Obama campaign’s get-out-the-vote operation calls my house on an almost daily basis, trying to reach people who don’t live there, like Cyrus and Hassan Bader.  But I’ve never heard of either of them, even though I share …

   15 hours ago

2. All of the bailouts are expected to $1.8 trillion and we get “green credits” and IRS fun!

   http://www.openmarket.org/2008/10/04/all-of-the-bailouts-are-expected-to-18-trillion-and-we-get-green-credits-and-irs-fun/

   Thanks to Declan McCullagh for his article that highlights the non-financial portions of the bailout. Particularly useful is his chart (with information from Reuters) that shows that all the various bailouts of this year will cost $1.8 trillion. Here are some useful comparisons: the GDP of the UK is $2.1 trillion. …

   1 day ago

3. Market down on bailout — Don’t compound damage with overregulation of ‘Main Street’

   http://www.openmarket.org/2008/10/03/market-down-on-bailout-dont-compound-damage-with-overregulation-of-main-street/

   Today — five days after a courageous independent vote against Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson’s $700 billion bailout for Wall Street — the U.S. House of Representatives disappointingly approved the same basic measure. …

   2 days ago

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   "Will We Need a Bailout from the Bailout?"

   http://littlemissattila.mu.nu/archives/274919.php

   "Will We Need a Bailout from the Bailout?" Maybe. If we don't change course.

   4 hours ago in Little Miss Attila · Authority: 84
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   The Professor Politico Show

   http://professorpoliticorants.blogspot.com

   Sunday, October 5, 2008 by Professor Politico And now for a rundown of some of today's funny and serious news stories: Bash the Bailout: Government is Not the Answer The Financial Crisis: Facing the Facts Who Voted for the Wall Street Bailout? The Nonexistence Theorem Shoeless Joe Biden and the Snowbilly Hockey Mom Reagan (and Hayek), Not Entirely Off-Base She Left Me for Jesus Filed under Lazy Sunday ha

   17 hours ago in The Professor Politico Show by ProfessorPolitico · No authority yet
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   Contra Regulation

   http://vote.stra.us/uncategorized/contra-regulation/

   problems.  Corporations today are far from unregulated.  After the Enron fiasco, congress, in their zeal to “do something” to fix it, enacted a new layer of bureacracy called the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.  This bi-partisan parasite on the market sucks 35 billion out of our economy every year to ensure that the financial controls for large businesses are effective.  While it hasn’t protected us from shoddy financial practices, it’s been great for boosting the profits of a few large accounting and

   1 day ago in Straus for House - Libertarian for State Representative, Manchester Ward 4 · Authority: 9
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   Suitably Flip

   http://suitablyflip.blogs.com/suitably_flip

   "What Just Happened?" Good ad - makes a relatively complex point fairly effectively. If only McCain would deign to vocalize this argument in the debates. (HT: Ace) See also: The 12 ways the government contributed to the financial crisis. Update: Also via Ace, Fox digs up the intriguing nugget that Barney "There Is No Crisis at Fannie and Freddie" Frank's partner is an executive at... wait for it... Unqualified home buyers were not the only ones who benefitted from Massachusetts Rep.

   1 day ago in Suitably Flip · Authority: 19
5. 

   Suitably Flip

   http://suitablyflip.blogs.com

   "What Just Happened?" Good ad - makes a relatively complex point fairly effectively. If only McCain would deign to vocalize this argument in the debates. (HT: Ace) See also: The 12 ways the government contributed to the financial crisis. Update: Also via Ace, Fox digs up the intriguing nugget that Barney "There Is No Crisis at Fannie and Freddie" Frank's partner is an executive at... wait for it... Unqualified home buyers were not the only ones who benefitted from Massachusetts Rep.

   1 day ago in Suitably Flip by ppidot · Authority: 26
6. 

   Cord Blomquist Libertarian Geek

   http://cordblomquist.com

   out what members are calling "Facebook for libertarians" http://social.bureaucrash.com Today at 17:56 Newsletter Thank You Today at 15:10 http://digg.com/politics/Top_12_Ways_Government_Contributed_to_the_Financial_Crisis Today at 12:54 Top 12 Ways Government Contributed to the Financial Crisis Today at 12:47 Writeboard: New version College Libertarian Groups -- USA - FeedBurner - Thursday at 13:40 "Bailout to Nowhere" is a perfect name. Excellent work @wayne_crews Saturday at 13:31

   2 days ago in Cord Blomquist Libertarian Geek · Authority: 4
7. 

   feed.blog.co.yu

   http://feed.blog.co.yu

   situaciji nije problem, ali kada dođe do krize i vrednosti hipoteka na tržišnu padnu, onda i banke koje su relativno zdrave, po ovakvom bilansu postaju nesolventne jer hipoteke moraju da prikažu po drastično potcenjenim vrednostima. Više o tome ovde ili ovde.Prethodne tri su državne regulacije. Kao četvrto možemo dodati greške koje je načinio privatni sektor. Prvo treba reći da ne treba mešati greške privatnog sektora sa tržišnom greškom. Niko nikada nije tvrdio da je privatni sektor

   2 days ago in feed.blog.co.yu · Authority: 2
8. 

   "What Just Happened?"

   http://www.suitablyflip.com/suitably_flip/2008/10/what-just-...

   The 12 ways the government contributed to the financial crisis. Update: Also via Ace, Fox digs up the intriguing nugget that Barney "There Is No Crisis at Fannie and Freddie" Frank's partner is an executive at... wait for it... Unqualified home buyers were not the only ones who benefitted from Massachusetts Rep.

   2 days ago in Suitably Flip by flippidot · Authority: 275
9. 

   Game the World

   http://gametheworld.blogspot.com

   This is where I put articles for those times where end up saying "I read it somewhere" A brief history of lax lending standards. Via Instapundit Even better via Protein Wisdom.

   2 days ago in Game the World by Gamer · Authority: 1
10. 

    Bash the bailout

    http://www.jasonpye.com/blog/2008/10/bash_the_bailout.html

    "Capitalism without loss is like religion without hell." - Dan Mitchell, Senior Fellow from the Cato Institute Open Market has twelve articles, stories and papers that show how government created the mess we're in. The articles target everything from how Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae created an artificial housing boom to how

    2 days ago in JasonPye.com · Authority: 42

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