Isn’t it ironic that President Barack Obama is making headlines today — on International Talk Like A Pirate Day — for his plan to raise $1.5 trillion by taxing millionaires? Sept. 19 is International Talk Like A Pirate Day and Pirate-In-Chief Obama wants more of your booty, your loot, your riches — if, that is, [...]
President Barack Obama Pushes $1.5 Trillion in Taxes On International Talk Like A Pirate Day
September 19th, 2011 · No Comments
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Treasury Secretary Addresses Crisis in Markets
September 19th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Offering the basis for what might one day become a reality television show, Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. delivered “Extreme Makeover: Financial Markets Edition,” the name I apply to the statement he delivered in Washington, D.C., this morning: “Last night, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, SEC Chairman Chris Cox and I had a lengthy [...]
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