http://my.elizabethwarren.com/page/s/consumerprotection?source=20120719geldon&utm_source=ew&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=geldon "When Elizabeth first came up with the idea for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a lot of … [Read more...]
Archives for July 19, 2012
Feel like even paying more for your power in corporate welfare?
That's what's at stake here, with Representative Keenan's Section 42 in the new energy bill, legislation that could cost ratepayers upwards of $1 billion dollars. It's guaranteed money (where else does that happen?) and a huge step … [Read more...]
“Enriching investors by taking leveraged bets isn’t a qualification for a job requiring long-term vision and concern for public welfare.”
Just passing along a noteworthy Bloomberg article. Noteworthy because the author, Anthony Luzzatto Gardner, is Managing Director for Structured Finance at Palamon Capital Partners (a private equity fund). He points out in Bloomberg the … [Read more...]
Political Moneyball In High Gear…on both sides of the aisle
Because reporting on candidate's fundraising and poll results are the easiest stories to write, we are served up almost daily portions of both. Our mailboxes both snail and internet are loaded with pleas for contributions from near and far. … [Read more...]