Dr. Philip Neches: Obama and the TARP

If one just looked at the numbers, President Obama’s first year in office would have to be rated a huge success. Ultimately though, the large number of small accomplishments did not shape public perception.

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Banks Could Get Money From New Obama Proposal — And Still Not Lend

The Obama administration’s new proposal to stimulate the economy would send money to smaller banks, with the hope that they would then lend it to small businesses. But because the program would rely on incentives rather than directives, …

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Obama: Shift $30 Billion From TARP Funds To Community Banks

President Barack Obama used his State of the Union address to unveil a plan to get billions of dollars out of the highly unpopular TARP bank-bailout program and into the hands of small businesses. The president said he wants to “take …

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Obama's State of the Union: Bailing Out the Banks Wasn't Popular …

President Obama tried to capture the public’s anger toward Wall Street while defending his decision to bail it out. He argued that while his rescue of the banks wasn’t popular, it was necessary. As a palliative, he suggested that $30 …

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Hot Air » Blog Archive » Breaking: Obama administration reverses …

Once again, the Obama administration reveals either incompetence or dishonesty in its economic policies this week. On Monday, when Barack Obama announced an effort to push a jobs package (but don’t call it “stimulus”! …

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Obama jobs plan: big ideas, but a big hole to fill in hiring …

Obama’s jobs plan is an ambitious attempt to spur a pace of hiring that’s far below normal. Small-business tax breaks, infrastructure spending, and energy efficiency are key areas.

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How Will Obama Pay For Stimulus 2.1? (or 3.0, 3.1, whatever you …

First, let me take us back, to a dark time just over a year ago, when the financial markets were collapsing, and Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson went hat in hand to Congress, begging $700 billion for a program called TARP.

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Six ideas Obama heard at the White House job summit | csmonitor.com

President Obama heard ideas ranging from tax credits to infrastructure spending at his White House jobs summit. Some combination is likely to emerge, but federal resources are limited.

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Morning Bell: The Unaccountable Obama Czar State » The Foundry

A senior administration official tells POLITICO that Obama did not sign off on the pay master’s decision. Feinberg didn’t even brief the White House on it, the official said, but he briefed Treasury officials instead. …

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Record Shows Obama Was on Board With TARP in September, and Every …

Earlier this week, in response to New York Times reporters’ questions, President Barack Obama told the paper that he is not a socialist. He or his advisers were apparently so bothered by the questions that Obama later called the Times …

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