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It is tax time. For politicians, it means figuring out new and ingenious ways of wringing the wallets of America’s wealth earners. For taxpayers, it means cutting a check to a government that is better at wasting cash than ever imagined by our forefathers.
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore – (TFN): America has become a tax-free [...]
The House has given its nod to allow the FDA to regulate the cigarette industry. Will the measure make it through the Senate? Oddly enough, Altria’s (NYSE:MO) Phillip Morris hopes the bill becomes law.
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore – (TFN): I always called the nation’s countless lottery systems its broadest “poor” tax, but now it [...]
The credit card industry has made it through this financial mess with relative ease, but the pain may be just starting, especially if Congress gets its way.
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore – (TFN): We all know credit cards come with a horrific price tag. Keep a balance on your plastic accounts and expect to pay [...]
FedEx (NYSE:FDX) is desperate to keep unions from destroying its bottom line. If Washington gets its way, the company may be out of luck. With billions of dollars at risk, no wonder the company is preparing for a nasty fight.
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore – (TFN): If you ever needed proof that the government’s constant [...]
The government is desperate for a solution. After huge promises and with trillions of dollars on the line, all Washington can do is go into crisis mode. Scandals, fear and protests are dictating national policy. Is this what we pay our taxes for?
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore – (TFN): Just when we thought the government [...]
The world of politics is rich with entertainment these days. The financial markets hate politicians, but when the world’s leaders get this active, it is impossible not to track their action.
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore – (TFN): It is business as usual in the world of politics. There are three topics worth laughing at, worrying about [...]
The banking-sector crisis is getting better by the minute. What was a financial disaster has turned into some first-rate political entertainment. Our nation’s leaders are putting in an award-winning performance.
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore – (TFN): I guess the theme of the day is “circular logic.” It does not matter whether we look at the [...]
There is no way to avoid excessive inflation. But that is the way Obama wants it. How else will the president find himself on the billion-dollar bill?
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore – (TFN): This could be an ominous sign of things to come. It is hard to deny that President Obama would love to see his [...]
Our elected officials are doing all they can to increase regulations and government dependency. Citizens in one state are cursing the action, while folks in another have no idea what is about to happen.
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore – (TFN): As the nation’s economy digs itself further and further into a nasty, painful recession, the [...]
Washington is getting ready to hand you a tax break. While the poor and the old are making out like bandits, the working guy is getting fleeced.
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore – (TFN): I have got to hand it to the Obama Administration. When the nation’s newest leader/pop star ran for office, he made some [...]
It’s not our way to selflessly provide traffic for other sites. But this article… on how the Obama Administration is using a combination of smoke and mirrors and Hitlerian Notstandsgesetzgebung (emergency legislation) to pass sweeping changes to the U.S. healthcare system without as much as a courtesy nod to democratic debate… needs to be read [...]
Annapolis just gave us a sneak peak into the realities of one-party business stimulus. We can’t wait to see it applied nationwide!
by J. Christoph Amberger
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Baltimore—TFN: The State of Maryland just provided a text-book example of how government will create jobs.
You see, for years the racetracks in Maryland have [...]
Obama has only been in office for a couple of weeks, yet he has destroyed the system that countless Americans have fought and died for. The Civil War ended slavery. What will it take to end the new administration’s freedom-destroying laws?
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore – (TFN): On January 20, millions of Americans uttered the words, [...]
Maybe it is the decaf coffee the waitress slipped me this morning, but this political environment is getting depressing. Since when does a financial analyst need to be a political expert. Americans don’t know whether to read the Wall Street Journal or Roll Call. Fortunately, there’s TFN.
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore – (TFN): Here I [...]
The worlds of politics, big business and crime seem to get closer and closer with each closing bell on Wall Street. Federal Reserve officials do not pay taxes. Banks beg for cash with one hand and write huge bonus checks with the other. And so-called investing gurus walk off with billions in stolen loot. No [...]
The nation is starting to catch on to the fact that even the latest round of economic stimulus will not be enough to pull the nation’s economy out of the gutter. Instead of stuffing our bank accounts with cash, our leaders are stuffing their pockets with votes.
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore – (TFN): There are few [...]
Americans are becoming used to seeing our money get sucked into a government-created whirlpool of debt and frivolous spending. A trillion dollars used to be a lot of money, but after the last few months, it is nothing. Get out your checkbook, Uncle Sam.
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore – (TFN): Somehow it is becoming more and [...]
Our elected officials are up to the same old tricks, threatening the nation’s future in the name of votes. Spending trillions of freshly minted dollars may look like a good idea, but you and I will end up paying for it.
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore – (TFN): If the nation’s economy ran on political greed [...]
The inauguration may be next week, but the campaigning for a second term has already begun. Reading the headlines may make Obama look like he is fighting for you and I. But dig a little deeper and you may be surprised by what you learn.
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore—(TFN): As the nation’s economy is driven deeper [...]
We turn to our government for support and guidance, but it seems all it does is disappoint us time and time again. Obama’s trillion-dollar deficit may be the feather that trips the global balance of power.
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore – (TFN): Our government has gone mad. Crazed by their addiction to votes and incessant desire [...]
