Archive for March, 2009

I’ll just post these… you decide.

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

Two images. Interesting juxtaposition, I think. Especially considering President Obama’s recent words: “It’s with a budget that leads to broad economic growth by moving from an era of borrow and spend to one where we save and invest.” (Emphasis mine.) First, our projected deficit: And then this: Updated: A couple more recent quotes from President [...]

So am I just a grumpy conservative?

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

Well, probably. But I saw this commentary on the economic plan by Jim Cramer of Mad Money With Jim Cramer (a show which I’ve only seen when I travel because long ago I trimmed down my cable… see post below). Basically, he’s really worried about the “stimulus plan”, too. And if you read the article, you [...]

The “Making Home Affordable Plan”

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

So, let me get the straight. Those who are close to defaulting on their mortgages (and also those who have defaulted?) can get their mortgage interest rates reduced to a set percentage of their income. “The Treasury Department” would subsibize this: For a loan modification, lenders would have to reduce the mortgage payments to no [...]

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