From CofCC.org Staff
Just because new legislation went into effect last month to clamp down on credit cards, don’t expect your problems to be over.
Let me give you an example. I have an HSBC credit card. HSBC advertises that you can pay your bill online. Last month my bill was due on the 4th and didn’t [...]
From Washington Times…
The underground or “black” economy is rapidly rising, and the fault is mainly due to government policies.
Here is the evidence. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) released a report last week concluding that 7.7 percent of U.S. households, containing at least 17 million adults, are unbanked (i.e. those who do not have bank [...]
From Yahoo News…
Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) — China said a meeting between the Dalai Lama and President Barack Obama would set back ties with the U.S. that have soured in recent weeks over censorship of Google Inc., climate change and arms sales to Taiwan.
Such a step would “seriously undermine the political foundation of Sino-U.S. relations” and [...]
From Fort Myers News-Press
At a time when Lee County’s unemployment rate is almost 14 percent and about 38,000 residents are jobless, Publix is paying people from South America to work at some of its Southwest Florida supermarkets.
For the last three years, Publix has hired hundreds of Peruvians and Brazilians for its stores in south Fort [...]
US foreign lending would be a “ponzi scheme” if done in the private sector.
Bernanke was confirmed 70-30, despite a debate in which few Senators were willing to publicly say anything good about him.
17 Republicans, including some of the most conservative, were joined by 13 Democrats, among them some of the most hard-line socialists, in voting no.
Those voting “no” included.
Republicans:
Sens. DeMint, Sam Brownback (KS), Jim Bunning (KY), John Cornyn [...]
Federal employees are thriving even as the economy goes down the tubes.
From USA Today
The number of federal workers earning six-figure salaries has exploded during the recession, according to a USA TODAY analysis of federal salary data.
Federal employees making salaries of $100,000 or more jumped from 14% to 19% of civil servants during the recession’s first [...]
Lefties pulled their hair and rended their garments over a large sign at a tent city for homeless people. The sign reads “Obamaville: Colorado’s Fastest Growing Community.”
A local Colorado news station KRDO outed Spencer Swann of Colorado Canyon Signs for making the sign for an unknown client. Swann, however says he has received 100 supportive [...]
Another once prosperous state has been driven into the ground by the far-left. New York is broke and the governor has ordered delays on payments of government money to schools, counties, and local governments.
However, even as he was announcing the state is broke, affirmative action Gov. Paterson promised another $25 million in free money for [...]
Sen. Bunning rips Fed Chairman
Sen. Jim Demint rips Fed Chairman
