Steadfast Finances

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It would seem that most Americans want to do the “lynch mob and gallows” thing when it comes to AIG executives receiving million dollar bonuses.
Stephen Colbert (see video below) makes an interesting point that perhaps a good old fashioned lynch mob showing up at AIG headquarters with “torches and pitchforks” …

 Auto Sales, Consumer Education         2 comments

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I’ve been fairly quiet about the Big Three Auto Bailout for some time because I really began to feel like I was beating a dead horse.
But this morning, I came across news that General Motors is cutting another 10,000 jobs in the U.S. but investing $1 Billion of federal loans to …

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Texas hedge fund manager Bill Perkins dropped $80,000 — of his own money — to take out another full page ad in today’s New York Times.
Why?
To ask simple, potentially inflammatory, questions about the use of the TARP bailout funds.
Here are the questions to date:
Question #1: Does anyone else find it troubling that a …

 Financial Crisis, Politics, Taxes         No comments

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Normally I give forwarded emails a quick glance and a quicker delete, but today I received this hilarious picture from a friend and had to post it.
I immediately thought — Hey, this is what I feel like as a taxpaying citizen!
If you have ever given a single dollar to the U.S. …