New Orleans The on-line headline on the op-ed page called the current dominant financial practices led by private equity and the rest of the banking world as a “grift.” Dictionaries define a grift as usually a small-time swindle. When people refer to Trump as a grifter, they are thinking of bigger scandals. The …
Category: Corruption
Obamacare Brokers vs. Navigators
Mexico City If you think that the 2007-08 housing meltdown taught the government unforgettable lessons, you’re dreaming. For all the problems of Obama exacerbating the crisis by letting banks determine mortgage payers modifications, a classic fox in charge of the chicken house situation, a huge part of the problem was the real estate …
Wild Republican Overreach Gets Pushback
Marble Falls I’m not going to say there’s a falling out among the thieves, because I don’t want to cast aspersions, but there’s a thunderstorm in heaven, there’s a break in the ranks, there are flies in the anointment, or whatever expression you want to choose, it’s not trivial, and perhaps very important, …


