January 2010 — American Delusions

The Two Faces of Mortgage Debt – “Return to Creditor”

January 25, 2010 Comments Off

Return to Creditor There is an interesting headline in today’s (1/25/10) New York Times, “Huge Housing Complex in N.Y. Returned to Creditors”. This article reports that Tishman Speyer Properties and BlackRock Realty defaulted (welched?) on --->> read more -->>

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How Did We Come To Consider Corporations to Be Natural Persons? – What To Do Next?

January 25, 2010 Comments Off

This week’s decision by the US Supreme Court to allow corporations, including unions, to hold full rights to free speech and political action under the First Amendment to the Constitution once again reminds me of --->> read more -->>

Controlling Gambling by Wall St. and the Big Banks – Bad for Business?

January 22, 2010 Comments Off

Anti-Wall St Does Not Mean Anti-Business President Obama’s proposals to break up the “too large to fail” mega banks and otherwise reapply the Glass Steagall Act to the financial sector has predictably brought loud complaints --->> read more -->>