Comments on: Lobbyists Keep Tax Off Billion Dollar Private Equities Deals and On For Our Grandchildren

By: The Benefits and Risks of Countries Taking on Government Debt at Curious Cat Investing and Economics Blog

Wed, 18 Jan 2017 16:04:47 +0000

[…] Taking on debt to invest in valuable resources (building roads, mass transit, internet infrastructure, education, environmental regulation and enforcement, health care, renewable energy…) that will boost long term economic performance can be very useful. The tricky part is knowing the debt levels doesn’t tell you whether the debt was taken on for investment or just to let current taxpayers send the bills for their consumption to their grandchildren. […]

By: Wealthiest 1% Continue Dramatic Gains Compared to Everyone Else at Curious Cat Investing and Economics Blog

Mon, 26 Jan 2015 07:48:03 +0000

[…] more and more wealth at an astonishing rate. These conditions are perpetuated significantly by corrupt politicians that have been paid lots of cash by the rich to carry out their […]

By: USA Fiscal Cliff – Better Than Past Behavior at Curious Cat Investing and Economics Blog

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:27:38 +0000

[…] drastically long life expectancy, are we going to continue the coddling of trust fund babies and hedge fund managers the current politicians have to voting for, how large of excessive health care costs will be […]

By: Withdrawing Huge Amounts of Cash From Companies You Saddle with Debt is Despicable Behavior at Curious Cat Investing and Economics Blog

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 04:20:37 +0000

[…] a few smart people have figured out how to pay congress to allow those smart people to take huge profits from businesses. By being smart enough to have congress create laws to allow their behavior they can say it was […]

By: Congress Eases Bank Laws - 1999 at Curious Cat Economics Blog

Congress Eases Bank Laws - 1999 at Curious Cat Economics Blog — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:31:22 +0000

“Senator Paul Wellstone, Democrat of Minnesota, said that Congress had ‘seemed determined to unlearn the lessons from our past mistakes.'”

By: Feds Rethink Rules on Retirement Savings - They Shouldn’t at Curious Cat Investing and Economics Blog

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 04:30:48 +0000

[…] I think IRAs and 401(k)s are a good public policy mechanism to encourage retirement savings. But you can’t let special interest groups just abuse the system with senseless claims. You can make more sensible arguments for the same policy but I can’t think of any argument that is even remotely close to reasonable. This is just lobbyist trying to get rich clients a way to delay paying taxes. Not a new tactic but not one we should support: Lobbyists Keep Tax Off Billion Dollar Private Equities Deals and On For Our Grandchildren. […]

By: Too Big to Fail at Curious Cat Investing and Economics Blog

Too Big to Fail at Curious Cat Investing and Economics Blog — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 23:02:12 +0000

[…] we can hope is that there is some limit on how egregious the favors politicians grant those paying them money are. Maybe this latest escapade (and the costs of those favors to bankers) will cause a reduction […]

By: Fed to Loan AIG $85 Billion in Rescue at Curious Cat Investing and Economics Blog

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:45:32 +0000

[…] I am sure changes will be made for awhile and then people will forget and special interests will pay politicians to get special favors and we will find ourselves in a different but similar mess a few decades from […]

By: True Level of USA Federal Deficit at Curious Cat Investing and Economics Blog

True Level of USA Federal Deficit at Curious Cat Investing and Economics Blog — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:23:39 +0000

The continued attempts by politicians to distract from the huge taxes they are voting to place on our children and grandchildren is disheartening. And the continued actions that are the equivilent of getting another credit card…

By: Monopolies and Oligopolies do not a Free Market Make at Curious Cat Investing and Economics Blog

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:42:08 +0000

[…] certainly not support consolidation past the point of many competing companies), but the idea that those with the gold make the rules. Natural monopolies (like gas distribution, electricity, likely internet infrastructure…) should […]