Shocker: Tough New Federal Regulations Costing A Lot Of Jobs In The Banking...
“Thanks to new federal banking and mortgage guidelines with $1-million-a-day penalties for noncompliance, banks are scrambling to fire any employee who has previously been convicted of a crime...
View ArticleObama: Banks Need Tougher Regulations Because They Want To Make Money
President Obama wants you to believe that the financial crisis which occurred at the dawn of his term in office was the result of banks seeking too much profit. “But, look, these financial institutions...
View ArticleAdministrative Bloat Is A Nationwide Problem In Higher Education
According to the US Department of Education, the number of administrators in higher education is growing much faster than the number of people who are engaged in actually teaching. At universities...
View ArticleStudy: Housing Bubble And Collapse Was Caused By The Government
There is a narrative – a fairy tale if you will – which has been promoted about the housing market bubble which was the first domino in the economic collapse that pushed America into the economic...
View ArticleKopp Column: Fascism Is Alive And Well In America
Recently John Mackley the president of a large food company, Whole Foods who is himself a vegan and is also a left-thinker called elements of today’s federal power system fascist. He is right. Let’s be...
View ArticleFeds File Suit Against Agency That Downgraded US Credit Rating
Last year Standard & Poor made headlines by downgrading the US credit limit. The Obama administration wasn’t happy, and now the federal government is suing claiming that the company didn’t property...
View ArticleObama Pushing Banks To Make Subprime Loans Again
“Obama administration pushes banks to make home loans to people with weaker credit,” reads the Washington Post headline. Because it worked out so well the last time we did that. The Obama...
View ArticlePrice Caps On Swipe Fees Making Your Banking More Expensive
Three years ago Monday the Senate passed the Durbin Amendment to the Dodd-Frank Banking Bill which sought to make the retail experience for Americans cheaper by capping the fees for debit and credit...
View ArticleFomer ND Gov: Marketplace Fairness Act Is First Step To Federal Sales Tax
North Dakota occupies a unique position in the debate over the so-called Marketplace Fairness Act, which would allow states to apply their sales and use taxes to online retailers. It was the Quill vs....
View ArticleSchafer Column: Kudos To Cramer For Supporting Glass-Steagall
The headline on a SAB post from a few months ago read, “Is Rep. Kevin Cramer Buying Into Democrat Thinking on Banking Regulation?” I am not sure that proper regulations for financial services are...
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