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Charles M Cooper

$350 Billion in the Hole and Record Unemployment: Time for Something Different

When we were being sold on bailing out the financial sector, we were told that it was necessary to save jobs, homes, investments, businesses. Well, the first half of the initial $700 billion has been spent, stocks have been trending down and the unemployment rate is higher now than it has been in decades. Now a congressman from Texas has a radical idea: Take the other $350 billion and use it to finance a two-month tax holiday for all Americans. Now that’s what I call progressive!

Tags: small business, taxes, tax holiday, congress, reid, pelosi, gohmert, bailout, paulson, bernanke

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Posted: 12/5/2008 | Comments (1)

Charles M Cooper

Bankruptcy vs. Bailout: Which is Really Better for the Taxpayer

With the Big Three Automakers threatening bankruptcy if they don't get a government bailout, the question is whether it would be better: to let them go under and fall into the hands of a bankruptcy judge or bail them out and let them fall into the hands of Congress?

Tags: small business, gm, ford, chrysler, paulson, bailout, bankruptcy, economy

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Posted: 11/13/2008 | Comments (13)

Charles M Cooper

Wrapping-up the Current Economic Crisis

It just keeps going doesn't it? The current economic crisis seems to hang on like a cancerous chest cough--you just can't get rid of it. Here is the latest on why things are going south in the markets, who's fault this really is, a lovely vacation for some bailed-out executives and a little advice from Chuck Norris and the Founding Fathers.

Tags: small business, bailout bill, paulson, congress, frank, dodd, chuck norris, founding fathers, aig

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Posted: 10/7/2008 | Comments (2)

Charles M Cooper

The Bailout Passes! Now What?

OK folks, we asked for it. The Monster Wall Street Bailout has passed! The Dow rallied, then it fell, now what? More to the point, what has this mess taught us?

Tags: small business, congress, mortage crisis, paulson, bernanke, 1929

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Posted: 10/3/2008 | Comments (7)

Charles M Cooper

Reminding Congress Who It Works For

Was it constituent pressure, political games or simply that it was a bad bill that killed the bailout for Wall Street yesterday? Now that it's dead, what does it mean for your small business?

Tags: small business, bailout bill, paulson, congress, credit

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Posted: 9/30/2008 | Comments (2)

Charles M Cooper

How Much More Will This Cost?

Are you ready to spend a whopping 20% of the wealth of the United States to set things right after our government let Wall Street brats run amok with the nation's financial system? Are you willing to trust that these politicians, most of whom have their hands dirty in all of this, will do the right thing by you?

Tags: small business, bailout bill, paulson, congress

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Posted: 9/23/2008 | Comments (2)

Charles M Cooper

The 2008 $700 Billion Bailout: It Seems We Have Been Here Before

Take a look at the 1929 stock market crash and the Savings and Loan crisis in the 1980s and you will find some really eerie similarities to what we are facing today.

Tags: small business, congress, mortage crisis, paulson, bernanke, 1929

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Posted: 9/22/2008 | Comments (0)