Their governments all have in it for them…taxes on ‘the rich’ are rising. The Democrats are talking about financing the entire nation’s health care system on the backs of the super-rich.
August 26th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 4 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "politicians"
The New Capitalists Were Not Real Capitalists
Of course, as long as stocks went up, the new capitalists didn’t mind or notice that the financial industry took advantage of them. They completely misunderstood what they had gotten into.
May 5th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
Days of Privatizing Over as Government Takes Charge
In the newspapers there is much discussion of what General Motors should do. This discussion has gone on for many years. Until now, it was a conversation carried on by serious analysts and auto industry experts.
May 5th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 3 comments | Continued
U.S. Government Spending $13 trillion to ‘Fix’ Problems
As near as we can tell, the financial world conveniently remained on hold while we were gone. As of Sunday night, little had changed. Gold, stocks…economists…politicians – they’re all about where we left them.
April 22nd, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
Bankers Pull Another Fast One
Everybody wants to kick the bankers when they are on the ground. Heck, we’d do it too…but the crowd around them is so thick; we can’t get a boot in edgewise. Besides, there are bigger charlatans still standing. After all, bankers were just doing their jobs – separating fools from their money. What about those who were supposed to be protecting the fools?…
February 16th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 5 comments | Continued
Politicians Can Get Away With Starting Wars but Not With Hiring a Prostitute
“I don’t get it…” said a French businessman over lunch on Friday. “In fact, I don’t think any of us get it. You’ve got a guy – the governor of New York – who hires a prostitute. He gets caught and has to resign. But the President of the United States lied to the American people and started a war in which thousands have died…
March 18th, 2008 | Bill Bonner | 3 comments | Continued