January 2010
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“It is to me a new and consolatory proof that wherever the people are...”
– Thomas Jefferson to Richard Price, January 8, 1789.
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WatchInterview on “The Kudlow Report” with Flordia Senate candidate Marco Rubio where he provides wonderful insight on how our nation can continue to prosper if we embrace the necessity for a limited government and a belief that “government isn’t what has made America great, it’s individuals who are willing to go out and pursue their dreams and hard work to make things...
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Where U.S. Health Care Ranks Number One - WSJ.com →
“As we have all heard, the U.S. spends a higher percentage of its gross domestic product for health care than any other country… Certainly some goes to inefficiencies, corporate profits, and costs that should be lowered by professional liability reform and national, free-market insurance access by allowing for competition across state lines. But the majority goes to a long list of...
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Weekend Interview with Hank Greenberg: Can AIG Be... →
The former chairman of AIG wonders why when the government took over AIG, why did it insist that Goldman and other firms receive 100 cents on the dollar on their AIG exposure, while the terms of AIG’s own bailout were so onerous as to force the firm into slow-motion liquidation.
A fairly interesting interview regarding the collapse of America’s once dominant insurance company.
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Best and Worst Jobs 2010 - The Wall Street Journal... →
Not sure how Dental Hygienist made it to the Top 10 of Best Jobs for ‘09… but here are the 200 best and worst jobs in the U.S. in 2009.
The ranking was based on five criteria — environment, income, employment outlook, physical demands and stress.
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A FORMER INVESTMENT BANKER ANALYST FALLS BACK ON...
mollybierman:
Helen Foster for McSweeney’s
1. Explain why you want to attend law school.
I want to attend law school because I want to make a difference in the world. My desire to attend law school has nothing to do with the fact that I was recently fired from my job as an analyst at an investment bank, where I worked in the mergers and acquisitions group. Since January, I’ve worked on...
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“We expect that, for the foreseeable future, the earnings of the company, if any,...”
– Fannie Mae Quarterly Report
It’s good to know that the Treasury has essentially provided Fannie and Freddie an endless amount of taxpayer money, despite these two government companies are failing enterprises and have no profit potential in the foreseeable future.
(via Wall Street Journal)
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Watchmollybierman:
the past decade in 7 minutes
from newsweek
Although I really don’t enjoy Newsweek.. this was a pretty good rundown of the “aughts”.
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Hatch, Blackwell and Klukowski: Why the... →
Simply why parts of the health-care legislation is unconstitutional:
The Constitution does not give Congress the power to require that Americans purchase health insurance. Congress must be able to point to at least one of its powers listed in the Constitution as the basis of any legislation it passes. None of those powers justifies the individual insurance mandate.
A second constitutional defect...
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Obama's Security 'Breach' - WSJ.com →
“[Jihadists’] latest sanctuary lies in unruly Yemen, headquarters for al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, which last year pulled off a series of local bombings, including at the U.S. embassy in the capital Sana, killing 13. The al Qaeda chapter in Yemen has re-emerged under the leadership of a former secretary to Osama bin Laden… Ninety-seven of the 210 left at Gitmo are...