The Government, which in the hopes and dreams of the right wing chock-full-of-nuts crew was to have been made smaller and smaller until it could be drowned in a bathtub … [Keep reading >>]

Yep, that’s my response to those who voted against the bail out.

Left or Right, it doesn’t matter. High ideals or low venality, it doesn’t matter. Mistrust … [Keep reading >>]

Holy shit!

“House lawmakers voted Monday to reject the historic $700 billion financial rescue plan, a sharp blow to the administration and bipartisan leaders in Congress who warn that the … [Keep reading >>]

[Hilarious!] … [Keep reading >>]

Here’s the link to Senator Dodd’s counter to the Paulson Plan. It is getting some traction and is certainly more serious than Paulson’s. [Formatting is odd, but you can ... [Keep reading >>]

“Any company that is too big to fail is too big to exist.”

… [Keep reading >>]

Use the form below to submit bad assets you’d like the government to take off your hands. And remember, when estimating the value of your 1997 limited edition Hanson single … [Keep reading >>]

Russ Dagget, who we regularly read and trade blog riffs with, has this to say.

Any authority granted to the Treasury should lapse after six months. This bailout is, essentially, an … [Keep reading >>]

Here’s what you need to know about Nouriel Roubini:

On Sept. 7, 2006, Nouriel Roubini, an economics professor at New York University, stood before an audience of economists at the International … [Keep reading >>]

The consensus among those who’ve been burned often by Republican rush to save themselves is that the Paulson Plan is a perfect example of Naomi Klein’s Disaster Capitalism. Whether … [Keep reading >>]

Atrios says it more succinctly than I.

“It’s fascinating to watch how easily consensus is manufactured. A few days ago elite opinion seemed to be cheering Paulson’s “no bailout” line, … [Keep reading >>]

“Details are scarce on the big buyout; but as a few dribble out, I’m getting uneasy.

Here’s the source of my uneasiness: the underlying premise behind the buyout seems, still, to … [Keep reading >>]