by Linda Beale crossposted at Ataxingmatter Deficit Commmission working groups–tax group, but no practicing or academic tax lawyer One of the strange results of treatment of economists as central policymakers…

…terrible. ——————————————————————————– Addendum: Manslaughter charges are justified (via JWT): “A comparison between Massey’s safety practices and those of other operators in the coal industry shows sharp differences” 21 April 2010…

…is consistent with the Goldman Sachs outlook for oil: $90/barrel in 2010 and $110/barrel in 2011. Finally, Hungary appears to be the apple of the investment banking eye. Hungary’s austerity…

…Social Security were going to get organized and push back on the Peter G Peterson contingent in a public way, well the answer was ‘yesterday April 20th, 2010’. Be there….

…21 percent increase over 2008’s astonishingly high figure, with another 4.5 million foreclosures projected for 2010. Banks are incentivized not to lend. When the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (which included…

…that Courts must consider all CDS contracts signed after May 1 2010 to be physical settlement CDS contracts if anyone seeks enforcement would eliminate the opportunity for the alleged fraud….

by Bruce Webb Reader BuffPilot has been asking Angry Bear for awhile now to post the following graph http://blog.heritage.org/2009/03/24/bush-deficit-vs-obama-deficit-in-pictures/ If you follow the link you will see that Heritage updated…

…since 1980. The government is propping up income (as it should be). Spanning February 2009 to February 2010, DPI averaged 1.2% Y/Y growth per month, while DPIexT averaged -1.1% Y/Y…

…the situation by actually reading the reports put out by the USGS. From the 2010 Minerals Yearbook section on copper: World Resources: Recent assessments of copper resources indicated 550 million…

Twenty best independent financial blogs 24/7 Wall St reports March 31, 2010: The Angry Bear www.angrybearblog.com. Half a dozen professionals, including a tax law expert, a historian, PhDs in economics,…