Posted on October 6, 2008 by Earl
One of Linda Ketner’s recent ads during the campaign is to rail against the Republicans for deregulation. In her ad she states that eight years ago the Republicans passed into law legislation that overturned laws from the 1930’s which were designed to protect Americans from Wall Street … or something pretty close to that.
I don’t [...]
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Posted on October 5, 2008 by Earl
Being a resident of South Carolina’s First Congressional District, I am curious whether Linda Ketner is actually a different kind of Democrat. Is she actually going to bring change or is she just going to be another rubber stamp for Nancy Pelosi and Barney Frank?
So, I decided to start out by reading her biography which [...]
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Posted on October 3, 2008 by Earl
This afternoon the House of Representatives has finally passed it’s version of the finance bill which has been commonly referred to as a “bail out” bill committing the American taxpayers to $700 billion in financial guarantees for commercial and investment banking firms trading on Wall Street.
My personal view of the bill is that it wasn’t [...]
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Linda Ketner, A Different Kind of Democrat? Part I
Being a resident of South Carolina’s First Congressional District, I am curious whether Linda Ketner is actually a different kind of Democrat. Is she actually going to bring change or is she just going to be another rubber stamp for Nancy Pelosi and Barney Frank?
So, I decided to start out by reading her biography which [...]
Filed under: Linda Ketner, News, Political Commentary, Politics, South Carolina Politics | Tagged: Alan Greenspan, Barney Frank, charleston Affordable Housing and South Carolina Equali, Chris Cox, Chris Dodd, Chuck Schumer, Fannie Mae, financial crisis, Freddie Mac, John Snow, Linda Ketner, mark to market, Mayor's Council On Homelessness and Affordable Housing, Nancy Pelosi, President Bush, S.C. Housing Trust Fund, SEC, SEC chairman, South Carolina Citizens for Housing, South Carolina First Congressional District, Treasury Secretary, Wall Street | 3 Comments »