Further on that “is-the-bank-the-government-or-the-government-the-bank?” topic
Jobless hit with bank fees on benefits More pain for unemployed as banks turn profit on new debit card jobless benefits
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Category recession
Pampered comedian says we’re spoiled, advocates collapse of economy
Comedian Louis C.K. says we’re the “crappiest generation of spoiled idiots” and maybe a collapse of the economy that leads to riding donkeys with clanking cans would be a good thing. Let’s see. He probably flew to the show on…
Hey, just who controls whom?
The Spectator (UK) wonders, does Britain now own the banks or do the banks own the taxpayers? RBS’s £2 trillion of liabilities dwarfs not only the government reserves but the entire UK economy. Brown hasn’t so much nationalised the banks,…
More unwarranted Perkypants optimism
This time from And the Cow Goes Moo, who dares to ponder what will happen after the recession. If we can spend a billion here to save a billion in the future, that seems like a great deal to me.…
Has Disaster Chic done got out of hand?
Sue comments that I must have drank the Obama Koolaid, based on my previous post, Disaster Chic, which pondered that the current TEOTWAWKI (The End Of The World As We Know It) meme perhaps “has done got out of hand.”…