…do support some of the smaller scale proposals, such as raising the FDIC insurance level to 250,000. The Devil in the details makes even this a c.f. of major proportion:…

…2007 budget proposal … The full faith and credit of the United States government is just an “empty promise.” It’s sort of like listening to an angry five-year-old, isn’t it?…

When Bush supporters whine the Democrats have no plan, all they are really doing is saying they do not wish to engage in a real discussion. Today the President said…

…attributable to non-asset intangible value, like know-how and non-patented technology — outside the reach of an immediate, full US tax. Kerry’s proposal to look through foreign subsidiaries would get at…

From Barry Ritholz and The Big Picture via Investingchannel is this piece on a Proposal for New Hedge Fund Fee Structure: One of my pet peeves is the way that…

…their beliefs in the last election. Radical House Republicans have come back with another proposal which seeks to delay the PPACA for one year, removes the medical device taxation to…

…seemed to elevate a nonsensical proposal. The seriousness of the campaign’s response seemed to elevate a nonsensical proposal. “That is a danger,” said Dan Pfeiffer, a former senior adviser to…

…after Kennedy’s inauguration, signs appeared in the Commerce Department asking, “What have you done for growth today?” [implicitly: ask not what growth can do for you…] The American proposal of…

Recently I learned about a proposal for Euro denominated “accountability bonds”. They are basically a clever way to enforce the stability and growth pact. I don’t like the pact, so…

…proposal that one bowler warned another would “cut Medicare Advantage.” “Somebody in Washington is smarter than that.” The friend responded, before a narrator urged viewers to call the White House…