Libertarian Capitalism Killed My Best Friend...

Are We Being Poisoned by Unregulated Capitalism?

Democratic Senator Presses Regulators On Why Big Banks Can’t Be Broken Up

Democratic Senator Presses Regulators On Why Big Banks Can’t Be Broken Up: Last week, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) gained a deserved amount of attention for grilling bank regulators on whether the nation’s biggest financial firms have become “too big for trial.” But she wasn’t the only one chasing regulators for answers on how to rein in the nation’s banking behemoths. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) wanted to know [...]/p

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Another Study Confirms That Taxes And Regulations Aren’t Holding Back Job Creation

Another Study Confirms That Taxes And Regulations Aren’t Holding Back Job Creation: A favorite GOP talking point is that a slew of regulation and taxes are preventing employers from creating jobs, which explains the stubbornly high unemployment rate. “By pursuing a steady repeal of job-destroying regulations, we can help lift the cloud of uncertainty hanging over small and large employers alike, empowering them to hire more workers,” [...]/p

Republican Congresswoman Likens Regulations Of For-Profit Colleges To The Holocaust

Republican Congresswoman Likens Regulations Of For-Profit Colleges To The Holocaust: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) compared efforts to regulate the for-profit college industry to the Holocaust during a speech Tuesday. Speaking at the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, Foxx invoked a famous Holocaust maxim in order to defend for-profit colleges against increased scrutiny. “They came for the for-profits, and I didn’t speak up,” the [...]/p

The Bottom Line: Regulation

On the Road to Ryan and Ruin : Information Clearing House: ICH

On the Road to Ryan and Ruin       :    Information Clearing House: ICH
"Following this ideology, a Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan presidency would most likely increase the pace of deregulation and destroy what is left of the country’s safety nets.  It would ultimately devastate the middle class, greatly increase the ranks of the poor and unemployed, do away with union rights, and reserve prosperity for the upper class alone.  All of this will be done in the name of the liberty.  And, it will be guided by an ideological paradigm that has already been historically proven to be disastrous."