New Orleans Someone having folks over to the White House for cokes and coffee with the President doesn’t seem like much of a visit to the woodshed, but, hey, I guess a fella has to do something to be heard and heeded by his appointees even if he is the boss and the President of …
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Elizabeth Warren’s Two-Income Trap
New Orleans With the passage of Dodd-Frank and the advent of the coming Consumer Protection Finance Agency there was a huge hubbub from business and others opposing the appointment of Harvard Law Professor and bankruptcy expert Elizabeth Warren to run the agency. Supposedly she was opposed by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, the bank bailout Wall …
Gold Hidden in Dodd-Frank
New Orleans Wow! A seasonal surprise!! It turns out that there were a couple of pieces of gold hidden in the hills and valleys of the Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Act that I had overlooked and that have international impact. Retailers are required to report annually on the origin of minerals used in products from war-torn …