Obama Campaign Attacks Koch Brothers, Blames Them For Gas Prices

Ben Shapiro Big Government 2/24/2012

In an unprecedented attack on two private citizens, the Barack Obama campaign has issued an email from Jim Messina, the campaign manager, specifically targeting the Koch brothers.

Here’s the text:

In just about 24 hours, Mitt Romney is headed to a hotel ballroom to give a speech sponsored by Americans […]

The Fed’s Arsenal Is Lacking Its Most Important Tool

There is only one difference between a bad economist and a good one: the bad economist confines himself to the visible effect; the good economist takes into account both the effect that can be seen and those effects that must be foreseen. … the bad economist pursues a small present good that will […]

Is the Fed’s Debt-Buying Unconstitutional?

Elizabeth MacDonald Fox Business 11/9/2010

Is the Federal Reserve violating the U.S. Constitution’s separation of powers with its new purchases of $600 billion worth of U.S. Treasuries? Is the Fed engaging in an unconstitutional monetization of the U.S. Congress’ out of control spending spree that is really a bridge loan to fiscal insanity?

At minimum, […]

Fed, Citing Slowdown, to Buy U.S. Debt

The New York Times 8/10/2010

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve acknowledged on Tuesday that its confidence in the economic recovery had dimmed, and announced that it would use the proceeds from its huge mortgage-bond portfolio to buy long-term Treasury securities.

Saying it would buy relatively modest amounts of government debt, analysts said the Fed signaled […]

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