Posted in economy, government, human rights, politics, tagged biofuel, congress, economic pressure, economy, election, food price, fund, gas prices, George Bush, inflation, social unrest, stability, switchgrass, third world, United Nations on May 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
While the United States has been frolicking with election antics and high gas prices, much of the third-world is battling the high price of food and inflationary economic pressures that are putting pressure on governmental stability in countries around the world.
The United Nations has wisely planned to establish a task force to tackle the global [...]
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Posted in commentary, economy, government, politics, tagged capitol, children, congress, constitution, economy, equal, executive, founding document, founding father, freedom, inequity, legislative, liberty, life, neglected, politic, power broker, president, rules, seat of power, Thomas Jefferson, truth on May 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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Leon Walker is a TNTalk! contributing writer. You can look for his columns at least every Saturday “write here on TNTalk!” To find out more about Leon, check out our writers page.
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“We the neglected children of American politics, in the sincere hope, that we will someday be embraced by this Union”. I made this line [...]
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Posted in economy, government, politics, tagged Bush, civil liberty, Clinton, democrat, economy, election, fear, Independent, Iraq, liberty, McCain, Obama, politics, Republican, Ron Paul, terrorism, threat, vote, voter, war on April 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A reasonable case can be made that many Americans, including voters at the booths, feel overwhelmed, shell-shocked and mystified by the past that stands out in recent memory. The Bush Administration has sold war and now that the nation wearies of war, the Democrats have stepped up to promise a change from the status quo; [...]
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Posted in economy, government, politics, tagged Afghanistan, Bush, economy, election, Iraq, Lamar Alexander, Move On, MoveOn.org, nobel prize, partisan politics, poll, press release, Stiglitz, war, war front on April 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“The United States economy has steadily lost steam and appears to be stalled. Prices have shot upwards at the fastest pace in thirty years. Energy prices further threaten the equilibrium of an already shaky national platform along with unprecedented spending on the Iraq and Afghanistan fronts.” That is the national scenario that TNTalk! presented on [...]
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Posted in banking, business, economy, government, politics, tagged bank fraud, Bear Stearns, common sense, criminal, crisis, economic crime, economy, FBI, fraud, greed, mortgage, SEC, securities on April 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The FBI has launched criminal investigations against 17 banking firms relating to the subprime mortgage crisis. Neil Power, section chief of the Economic Crimes Unit of the FBI declined to comment directly on the Bear Stearns bailout, but stated “Common sense would indicate that we would look at something that big. The problem is that [...]
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Posted in economy, election, government, jobs, politics, tagged big oil, Clinton, corporation, economy, election, lobbyist, Obama, oil, politic, president, profit, sweet crude, windfall profit on April 2, 2008 | No Comments »
When you need money, what is the best thing to do? The typical reaction in government is to go after anybody that has money, especially if the amount sounds excessive. How long have Americans been sidetracked by politicians that howl over profits that oil companies manage to make across the board?
Doubtless, oil companies pay taxes [...]
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Posted in banking, capitalism, economy, jobs, labor, politics, tagged agriculture, economist, economy, energy, food, food prices, hyperinflation, inflation, NAIRU, price stability, USDA on April 1, 2008 | No Comments »
“Consumer food prices are expected to rise 3.0% to 4.0% this year after a 4.0% gain in 2007”, said USDA Chief Economist Joseph Glauber at the U.S. Agriculture Department’s annual outlook conference. This statement sounds somewhat ominous, especially to a person that is already scratching to make ends meet in this economy. However, if you [...]
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Posted in business, capitalism, civil rights, economy, jobs, labor, tagged business, corporate, Deloitte, economy, global, job, labor, manpower, McKinsey, multinational, offshore, outsource on March 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Recently, TNTalk! has been discussing job offshoring or outsourcing. There is still plenty of information to be uncovered, so we will forge ahead in continuation of Dr. Manning’s series of articles this week.
Job outsourcing or offshoring is recognized by Multinational Corporate America as a major strategy for producing cost savings. Determining the values of these [...]
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Posted in banking, commentary, economy, election, tagged economy, fed, federal reserve, inflation, mortgage, prices, stagflation on March 22, 2008 | No Comments »
What is the Federal Reserve is doing to reduce foreclosures, to protect aspiring homeowners from unfair and deceptive practices, and to equip them to choose wisely from among the often confusing array of mortgage options? To hear the Fed, plenty is being done. They’ve proposed more regulations under the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act [...]
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Posted in banking, business, economy, tagged deflation, dollar, economy, fed, federal reserve, finance, inflation, slowdown, stagflation, stall, storm on March 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Over the last two years the dollar has weakened continuously as the printing presses of the Federal Reserve have roared into the night to produce money for two war fronts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The last year has exposed continuing weaknesses against other currencies like the Pound and the Euro. Today, the U.S. dollar hit [...]
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