The IRS is the key enforcer, implementer, etc for Obamacare. This should have never been allowed to happen in the first place, but in the wake of the “enemies list” scandal the American people should insist on a total revamp of the program (at the very least) and the removal of the Internal Revenue Service as chief administrator.
Tag Archives: CNBC
How much information do Bloomberg reporters have access to on Bloomberg trading terminals?
Though I have real issues Mayor Bloomberg, the publication which bares his name is often superb. We highlight their articles regularly at ACC.
But Bloomberg publishing has got a real problem on its hands. On Friday the story broke that reporters at the magazine and website may have had access to when bankers and traders from Goldman Sachs, The Federal Reserve, to the Vatican were online, and even what their keystrokes were. Pretty high quality information.
Bernanke: We’re Prepared to do Even More. Or We Could do Less. (But probably more.)
“When it comes to hubris, nobody beats the Federal Reserve.” – Rick Santelli
Steady as the QE goes, but the Fed is fully prepared to ramp up printing if it thinks it has to.
Retail Sales Drop Most in 9 Mos., Art Cashin Feels a Deflationary Wind. (Video)
Yesterday we talked about inflationary pressures in stocks and in housing. But the core of the world economy continues to struggle. We are printing like crazy here and in Japan, and equity markets, and to a very limited extent some housing markets, have trended up. But retail sales are trending down. Gold is trending down. Silver is trending down. Europe continues to trend down. China? Well it depends on the day. Things are pretty weird right now. And North Korea is throwing a nuclear tipped fit.
Bitcoin goes mainstream, Rick Santelli at CNBC talks with a guy installing Euro to Bitcoin ATMs in Cyprus
Rick Santelli gets his mind blown a bit along with what must have been a good portion of CNBC’s viewing audience. This video is a good introduction however for those who are unfamiliar with Bitcoin. At this point all I’ll say is that it’s a very interesting innovation.
Stockman book tour continues, Talks Fed created bubbles on CNBC, “The budget is a doomsday machine.”
Another good one from Stockman. We’ll stop the parade o’ Stockman in a bit. In the meantime, enjoy.
State planning fails the environment: CNBC says ‘Airpocalypse’ Drives Expats Out of Beijing
This is what happens when the government runs the economy without the feedback mechanism of lawsuits and a free press. People and businesses just up and leave.
A run on the Federal Reserve (Texas wants its gold, Along with Germany, Azerbaijan, The Netherlands, Switzerland)
We are seeing a slow motion run on the Federal Reserve. Around the world faith in the dollar is on the wain and sovereign governments are becoming more concerned with the whereabouts of their ultimate store of wealth, gold.
CNBC Fed Survey: Rates don’t go up until 2015
The money’s going to keep on flowing for a good while, at least that’s what the Street thinks.
That’s probably bullish for stocks, it has been. So party on, at least that’s what they say on CNBC.
Ron Paul weighs in on the sequester – It is complete bovine dung.
The sequester isn’t even a cut. If anything goes wrong economically over the next 12 months the President will blame sequester.
