by Beverly Manncrossposted note from Annarborist The National Review: Christine O’Donnell Wants the Koran Taught in the Public Schools “O’Donnell stressed that preventing schools from the possibility of teaching intelligent design would violate the First Amendment clause that Congress could not prohibit ‘the free exercise thereof’ of religion. ‘He [Coons] forgot to quote [that] part,” […]
Tom aka Rusty Rustbelt Health Care: book recommendation Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine is Making Us Sicker and Poorer by Shannon Brownlee I was able to spend some time with Ms. Brownlee recently. She is a scientist turned journalist. I do not agree with everything she says be she is most thought provoking and we […]
Tax Shelter Pleas Still Being Entered–Erwin Mayer by Linda Beale Erwin Mayer is one of the attorneys at the former firm of Jenkins & Gilcrhist. The law firm, with accounting firms and financial institutions, helped wealthy clients evade tax “through deceit and trickery” (quoting the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York […]
Hat tip Atrios for the link to Bloomberg for another link to add to this chain of title in the Bloomberg news Pacific Investment Management Co., BlackRock Inc. and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York are seeking to force Bank of America Corp. to repurchase soured mortgages packaged into $47 billion of bonds by […]
Atlantic Wire has a post based on Matt Taibbi’s book America on sale, Griftopia. There are a number of considerations to be drawn from this deal, but the head spins with possiblities. When visiting my son in Chicago this year he told me of the changes on the practical side…charges from 7 AM to 9 […]
New Tax Man at Huffington Post points us to a growing trend: Nearly a dozen major banks and hedge funds, anticipating quick profits from homeowners who fall behind on property taxes, are quietly plowing hundreds of millions of dollars into businesses that collect the debts, tack on escalating fees and threaten to foreclose on the […]
A Washington Post editorial suggests the meme that deliquencies are the main concern for us to consider instead of ownership issues that are more fundamental and problematic. But the author also suggests the states are at fault for their antiquated registration system… To be sure, the revelations of “robo-signing” and other sloppy or unlawful methods […]
by Mike Kimel Discouraging Greg Mankiw From Working Would be Good for the Economy, Part 2: Why the Correlation Between Top Marginal Rates and Real Economic Growth is PositiveCross posted at the Presimetrics blog. I had a post the other day noting that the correlation between top marginal rates and real GDP per capita is […]
by Dale CoberlyAn Op-ed There’s no way out of here said the Joker to the Thief … or is there? This essay grew by strange turns from an argument I was having with another Bear, with whom I agree about all important things. A long time ago I went with some civil rights workers to […]
Hat tip comments in Economic Populist: Where is the note offers a way to check on your house! Request for original mortgage note and additional information To whom it may concern: This is a qualified written request under Section 6 of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA). I own the property at the address […]