With government now owning or insuring 97% of mortgage bonds via Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), taxpayers are on the hook more than ever. And they're paying for new twists. Quoting mortgage fraud attorney L. T. Lafferty, a former federal prosecutor specializing in white collar crime, "fraud is ... perpetrated differently when there are different opportunities."
On October 22, fire broke out in an enormous (11 stories, 500,000 square feet) abandoned warehouse on the Albany waterfront. Smoke blanketed a large section of downtown, an adjacent highway, and a railroad bridge that carries Amtrak over the Hudson River to points west.
In this production, we study the fallacy of what seems to be all the political rage today: so-called "energy independence." Gardner Goldsmith looks at why being interdependent, or perhaps it is best put as "inter-exchangeable," is most productive.
The BP oil leak is not the result of unfettered market activity. It is, rather, the result of all sorts of government favors and regulations.
What Sarbox means when it comes to federal regulation of business, the nasty reality of the new financial regulatory mess, and the Feds' consideration of regulating SALT. That, plus a look at the EPA and its attempt to recruit children into a sort of Hitler Youth Brigade for "the Environment."
As we head into the summer driving season and gasoline prices are again creeping up, the administration has announced plans to explore opening up more off-shore areas for exploration and drilling.
Please join us for our great tradition: Al Gore singing classic Christmas Songs, with a global message!
Join us as we check in with fellow Conspirators in the US, Australia and the UK, and look at issues such as Global Warming myths, the Queen, Donnie Darko, and Albert Jay Nock!
You could power 9,800 homes for a year on the energy that the U.S. Department of Energy is wasting by not using setback thermostats in its facilities, many of which already have them installed.
There's just too much information on the Internet these days, and it's killing the poor old newspaper. That's why we need a tax on information technology to reduce the flow of information, according to one proposal.
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