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America has forgotten it is American workers who built America
09/28/2023
Entry level tier wages for auto workers at $17 an hour in 2022 as the UAW union goes on strike in 2023. At $34,000 a year entry level young auto workers make less than the $35,000- 40,000 a year for families set as the Federal Poverty Level by the Department of HHS. Lincoln and TR-FDR would see this as outrageous as American workers built American factories and America since the Industrial Revolution. America has forgotten its workers and worker's families, worker's children. Two thirds of children with the vast majority from the workers families not able to pass ACT reading comprehension at the 4th grade, and 50 % of retired people having zero savings. Not the America of Lincoln or TR-FDR.
Grouped Articles
Trump’s pitch for autoworker votes in car heartland is short on autoworkers
The Guardian 09/28/2023
Biden Joins Autoworkers on Picket Line in Michigan
NYTimes.com 09/27/2023
Biden Joins UAW Picket Line Ahead of Trump Visit, Opening 2024 Election Fight
WSJ 09/26/2023
Five Clues to Where the UAW Strike Is Headed Next
WSJ 09/23/2023
Battle Over Electric Vehicles Is Central to Auto Strike
NYTimes.com 09/17/2023
Whatever the UAW Strike Outcome, Elon Musk Has Already Won
WSJ 09/16/2023
Rising state payroll taxes in the U.S. as borrowing from the federal government increases
11/20/2010
Rising state payroll taxes in the US in 2010 acts as a disincentive for hiring. The rising state payroll taxes go to paying back $41 billion in loans from the federal government needed to fund unemployment insurance.
Grouped Articles
States Raise Payroll Taxes to Repay Loans
Wall Street Journal 11/20/2010
Job Tax Plan Lands With a Thud
Wall Street Journal 02/09/2011
Obama Plans to Rescue States With Debt Burdens
New York Times 02/08/2011
Relief for States and Businesses
New York Times 02/09/2011
In Florida, the Unemployed May Face Deep Cuts in Benefits
New York Times 03/31/2011
In Missouri, Extension of Unemployment Pay Is Blocked
New York Times 03/31/2011
The impact on Germany of the US Federal Reserve's decision for $600 billion purchase of Treasury securities.
11/08/2010
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 11/08/2010
Wall Street Journal 11/08/2010
More Presidents of Private Colleges Earn Over $1 Million
New York Times 11/15/2010
Google's U.S. federal tax liability of 18%. GE's low tax rate.
10/28/2010
The US tax rate for corporations at 35%, but the $1.5 billion federal tax liability of Google comes to an effective 18% tax rate. GE's consolidated tax rate of 11.6% from 2005 to 2009. This is also true of other large American companies, raising questions of fairness at a time of budget cuts in education, Medicaid and Medicare. Many U.S. companies, such as Apple, also use offshore tax havens to protect profits from taxes.
Grouped Articles
Apple Avoided Taxes on Overseas Billions, Senate Panel Finds
Wall Street Journal 05/21/2013
Appleâs Web of Tax Shelters Saved It Billions, Panel Finds
New York Times 05/20/2013
Apple CEO Tim Cook, Lawmakers Square Off Over Taxes
Wall Street Journal 05/22/2013
Wall Street Journal 05/22/2013
Ireland Defends Tax Laws to Critics at Home and Abroad
New York Times 05/21/2013
The Corrosive Effect of Apple’s Tax Avoidance
New York Times 05/23/2013
U.S. Federal Reserve's policy and actions in 2010-2013
08/27/2010
Grouped Articles
Fed Officials Try to Set the Market at Ease
Wall Street Journal 06/24/2013
Bernanke Plays Down Link Between Jobless Rate, Fed Moves
Wall Street Journal 07/18/2013
In Surprise, Fed Decides to Maintain Pace of Stimulus
New York Times 09/18/2013
Economists See Nominee as Slightly More Dovish Bernanke
Wall Street Journal 10/10/2013
Yellenâs Path From Liberal Theorist to Fed Voice for Jobs
New York Times 10/09/2013
The Yellen Fed? Precise and Predictable
New York Times 10/09/2013
The Federal Reserve's Quantitative Easing (QE II) in the US in 2010-2011
08/12/2010
Grouped Articles
How QE 2 Could Drift Off Course
Wall Street Journal 08/12/2010
QE2 No Smooth Ride For Bondholders
Wall Street Journal 11/02/2010
Ben S. Bernanke - What the Fed did and why: supporting the recovery and sustaining price stability
Washington Post 11/04/2010
Wall Street Journal 11/04/2010
Wall Street Journal 11/04/2010
Overheard: Pension Pain From the Fed
Wall Street Journal 11/03/2010
Growing criticism of the Federal Reserve's $600 billion QE II decision in 2010-2011.
08/12/2010
Grouped Articles
How QE 2 Could Drift Off Course
Wall Street Journal 08/12/2010
Bravo for Bernanke and the QE Era
Wall Street Journal 01/20/2014
Wall Street Journal 11/15/2010
More Presidents of Private Colleges Earn Over $1 Million
New York Times 11/15/2010
New York Fed President Defends Bond Buying Plan
New York Times 11/16/2010
Book Review - All The Devils Are Here - By Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera
New York Times 11/19/2010
Digital Copyright Issues- Evolution of the Law.
06/22/2010
Google upheld by a federal judge in New York, in a 3 year old law suit by Viacom. The Digital Millenium Copyright Act and court decisions.
Grouped Articles
Google Wins Key Copyright Ruling
Wall Street Journal 06/22/2010
Viacom, Google Bury the Hatchet Over YouTube
Wall Street Journal 03/19/2014
YouTube ‘Dancing Baby’ Copyright Ruling Sets Fair Use Guideline
New York Times 09/14/2015
Google Wins Key Copyright Ruling
Wall Street Journal 06/22/2010
Japanese Regulator Approves Google-Yahoo Deal
New York Times 12/02/2010
The U.S. federal mortgage loan modification program in 2010.
06/12/2009
The dim prospects for mortgage loan modification programs of the Obama administration. Two out of three loan modifications under the federal Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) program expected to fail, and the failure under HAMP to move quickly by dealing directly with homeowners.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 12/31/2013
The Case Against the Bernanke-Obama Financial Rescue
New York Times 05/16/2014
High Default Rate Seen for Modified Mortgages
Wall Street Journal 06/16/2010
New York Times 08/21/2010
Obama Successes Outweighed by Job Losses
New York Times 10/26/2010
State Attorneys General Take Helm in Mortgage Mess
New York Times 10/29/2010
U.S. Federal authorites and Insider Trading probes and arrests
11/20/2010
The FBI and other federal authorites and the investigations into insider trading.
Grouped Articles
Former SAC Manager Mathew Martoma Found Guilty in Insider Case
Wall Street Journal 02/06/14
U.S. in Vast Insider Trading Probe
Wall Street Journal 11/20/10
Wall Street Journal 01/19/12
The FBI Agent Who 'Flips' Insider-Trading Witnesses
Wall Street Journal 01/20/12
Why Are Investors Fleeing Equities? Hint: Its Not the Computers
New York Times 08/06/12
A different view of the Federal Reserve's $600 billion easing decision in 2010.
11/19/2010
The unstated reason being a decline in real estate markets leading to a bad loans crisis for the banks.
Grouped Articles
What's Really Behind Bernanke's Easing?
Wall Street Journal 11/19/10
Book Review - All The Devils Are Here - By Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera
New York Times 11/19/10
Wall Street Journal 01/18/11
Wall Street Journal 02/09/11
Perry Suggests Fed is Almost Treasonous
New York Times 08/16/11
Wall Street Journal 09/22/11
The impact on Asia of the U.S. Federal Reserve's move to buy $600 billion of US Treasury securities in 2010-2011.
11/04/2010
Fears that additional inflows of capital into Asia will create price bubbles, or destabilize Asian economies with volatile capital inflows.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 08/22/13
Asia Braces for Flood of Foreign Cash
Wall Street Journal 11/04/10
Fed Action Gets an Unexpected Endorsement From India
New York Times 11/08/10
Japan's Leader Bemoans Impact of U.S. Economic Policy
Wall Street Journal 11/08/10
Wall Street Journal 11/08/10
As China’s economy slows, real estate bubble looms - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/03/12
The risks of the Federal Reserve's reinflation policy in 2010-2014
10/11/2010
A rise in commodities prices is one serious risk, leaving consumers drowning in the reinflation.
Grouped Articles
Inflation Below Fed Target for 22nd Month in a Row
Wall Street Journal 03/29/14
Risk of Deflation Feeds Global Fears
Wall Street Journal 10/16/14
Fed Must Consider the World and All U.S. Employment
Wall Street Journal 04/09/15
Fed's Reflation Bet Could Hit Consumers Before It Helps
Wall Street Journal 10/11/10
Wall Street Journal 10/25/10
Wall Street Journal 10/26/10
The U.S. Federal Reserve and QE II.
08/12/2010
Problems with another round of quantitative easing, with Fed bond buying efforts to generate a jobs recovery.
Grouped Articles
How QE 2 Could Drift Off Course
Wall Street Journal 08/12/10
Wall Street Journal 10/18/10
Wall Street Journal 10/25/10
Wall Street Journal 10/26/10
America's economy: Not by monetary policy alone
Economist 10/28/10
Opinions Are Split on Fed Policy Move
Wall Street Journal 11/01/10
Drawbacks of the US Federal Reserve's move on Nov 3, 2010, to buy $600 billion of Treasury securities (QE II).
08/12/2010
Grouped Articles
How QE 2 Could Drift Off Course
Wall Street Journal 08/12/10
Overheard: Pension Pain From the Fed
Wall Street Journal 11/03/10
Captain Ben Charts a Treacherous Course
Wall Street Journal 11/04/10
Fedâs More Aggressive Move May Not Go Far Enough
New York Times 11/03/10
Bernanke Seems to Fear Fate of Japan, Not Greece
New York Times 11/05/10
Central Bank Treads Into Once-Taboo Realm
Wall Street Journal 11/04/10
The Federal Reserve's defense of its $600 billion QE II decision
08/12/2010
Grouped Articles
How QE 2 Could Drift Off Course
Wall Street Journal 08/12/10
Stung by Criticism, Fed Officials Reply
Wall Street Journal 11/16/10
Fed's actions were needed to boost global economy, Bernanke tells detractors
Washington Post 11/19/10
Wall Street Journal 11/19/10
Fed Adopts Political Tactics to Fight Critics
New York Times 11/22/10
Bernanke Talks Unemployment With Business Leaders
New York Times 11/30/10
The state attorneys general in the U.S. and the subprime lending and foreclosure crises and mortgage settlements.
12/08/2009
Federal regulators and the Bush and Obama administrations failed miserably to help homeowners achieve loan modifications. This with the false belief that putting homeowners out of their homes would actually speed up a recovery, considering the huge scale of foreclosures in the USA , the high unemployment and other problems hitting the economy. Feldstein's consistent arguments for homeowner relief throughout 2008 and 2009- considering the large number of homeowners under water- as the mortgage crisis unfolded, were ignored by the Bush and Obama administrations. See the comparisons to Japan's lost decade, as the lack of recovery in housing adds to problems with job losses. The lawsuits, legal action and mortgage settlements facing banks as they make their way through the mortgage mess.
Grouped Articles
A Toxic Subprime Mortgage Bond's Legacy Lives On
Wall Street Journal 09/13/13
Wall Street Journal 12/31/13
Fannieâs and Freddieâs Foreclosure Oversight Questioned
New York Times 10/19/10
Banks Keep their Mortgage Litigation Reserves a Secret
New York Times 01/16/14
The Case Against the Bernanke-Obama Financial Rescue
New York Times 05/16/14
BP’s Cuts May Wound Portfolio Recovery
Wall Street Journal 02/04/15
Criticism of Bernanke's role at the Federal Reserve
01/02/2009
The difficult renomination and the subsequent 70-30 vote with 30 Senators opposed including Boxer, Feingold, Sanders and others. This follows Ron Paul's criticisms in Congress of the Fed's role- see that link group.
Grouped Articles
Martin Feldstein: The Federal Reserve's Policy Dead End
Wall Street Journal 05/09/13
Bhidé and Phelps: Central Banking Needs Rethinking
Wall Street Journal 07/16/13
Fed Chairmanâs Departure Casts a New Light on the Bush Legacy
New York Times 07/26/13
Wanted: A Boring Leader for the Fed
New York Times 08/20/13
Wall Street Journal 09/15/13
What's Needed in the Next Fed Chief
New York Times 09/15/13
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