http://www.openmarket.org/2008/01/28/larding-up-the-bloated-stimulus-plan-with-more-welfare/ The Competitive Enterprise Institute Blog Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:18:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.openmarket.org/2008/01/28/larding-up-the-bloated-stimulus-plan-with-more-welfare/#comment-48495 Corrupt Former Fannie Chief Escapes Serious Punishment | OpenMarket.org Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:39:53 +0000 http://www.openmarket.org/2008/01/28/larding-up-the-bloated-stimulus-plan-with-more-welfare/#comment-48495 [...] mortgage giant Fannie Mae, Franklin D. Raines promoted reckless lending policies that helped cause the housing bubble and mortgage crisis.   He also presided over a shocking, Enron-style accounting scandal, in [...] [...] mortgage giant Fannie Mae, Franklin D. Raines promoted reckless lending policies that helped cause the housing bubble and mortgage crisis.   He also presided over a shocking, Enron-style accounting scandal, in [...]

]]> http://www.openmarket.org/2008/01/28/larding-up-the-bloated-stimulus-plan-with-more-welfare/#comment-43883 House Passes “Stimulus” Bill That Discourages Work | OpenMarket.org Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:24:51 +0000 http://www.openmarket.org/2008/01/28/larding-up-the-bloated-stimulus-plan-with-more-welfare/#comment-43883 [...] that did nothing in past recessions to revise the economy, and give Fannie Mae, which engaged in Enron-style accounting and helped create the housing bubble, broad new lending [...] [...] that did nothing in past recessions to revise the economy, and give Fannie Mae, which engaged in Enron-style accounting and helped create the housing bubble, broad new lending [...]

]]> http://www.openmarket.org/2008/01/28/larding-up-the-bloated-stimulus-plan-with-more-welfare/#comment-43831 Deficit-Expanding “Stimulus” Package Grows | OpenMarket.org Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:43:14 +0000 http://www.openmarket.org/2008/01/28/larding-up-the-bloated-stimulus-plan-with-more-welfare/#comment-43831 [...] taxes, than the House plan proposed. (I described yesterday how other Senators are busy proposing all sorts of welfare for inclusion in the stimulus plan, and how millions of dollars from the plan may end up financing left-wing special-interest [...] [...] taxes, than the House plan proposed. (I described yesterday how other Senators are busy proposing all sorts of welfare for inclusion in the stimulus plan, and how millions of dollars from the plan may end up financing left-wing special-interest [...]

]]> http://www.openmarket.org/2008/01/28/larding-up-the-bloated-stimulus-plan-with-more-welfare/#comment-43765 Bloated “Stimulus” Plan to Fund Left-Wing Causes | OpenMarket.org Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:43:23 +0000 http://www.openmarket.org/2008/01/28/larding-up-the-bloated-stimulus-plan-with-more-welfare/#comment-43765 [...] today, I wrote about how Senators are busy “larding up the bloated ’stimulus’ plan with more welfare” by proposing added government spending on frills such as taxpayer-financed “mortgage [...] [...] today, I wrote about how Senators are busy “larding up the bloated ’stimulus’ plan with more welfare” by proposing added government spending on frills such as taxpayer-financed “mortgage [...]

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