Posts Tagged ‘Fannie Mae’

10 Financial Bromides I Never Want to Hear Again »

10 Financial Bromides I Never Want to Hear Again

[caption id="attachment_181" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="null"][/caption] One good thing (perhaps the only good thing) coming out of the current financial meltdown is that I no longer have to listen to the self-serving hype of financial "advisors" claiming to know what is best for me ... such as: 1. "There is no better

Now the Fun Begins: Impossible Conflicts? »

As most expected, the bailout provision did pass and is now law. And now the fun begins as our government is about to engage in an outsourcing binge with a $700 billion kitty. The stated intention of the Treasury Department is to employ a small internal staff (about two dozen people) to orchestrate and oversee the purchase of mortgages and

Try this True-Flase Test »

In my last post, I whined that no one in government was doing an adequate job of educating the public about the arguments for and against the bailout bill. My belief is that there is just too much information out there being thrown at us too quickly and no one is stopping to explain the fundamentals. I suggested we find Ron Popeil (of