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11.18.2009 5:19 pm

Welfare reform should focus on eliminating poverty

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The focus of “welfare reform” being primarily on the reduction and limitations of cash benefits is unfortunate.  Too often it appears as though we are blaming the victims.  This is not to say every TANF (Temporary Aid to Needy Families)…

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11.17.2009 6:19 pm

Even for low-income housing, we should see return on investment

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

On 11/12, the Post-Dispatch reported that the Salvation Army had opened a building at 18th and Pine to serve as housing for low income people. A total of $14 million was spent to create 102 renovated apartments. The money came…

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02.25.2009 3:21 pm

A Simple Economic Recovery Plan that includes no bailouts

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

For any economic proposal to have a positive effect on the economy it must be simple, well understood, and be well received by the general public. The mood of the country is important for the consumer is the one that…

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02.23.2009 3:54 pm

The lure of more for less

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

There has been much discussion about the causes of the current economic problems facing the United States and the rest of the world. Some blame housing lenders, some blame investment bankers, some blame consumers for borrowing too much. Alan Greenspan…

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02.19.2009 5:58 pm

A dream-come-true you can’t afford is no dream at all

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Hm. Six acres. Five bedrooms. Three bathrooms. Two fireplaces.

Nice. And all for a couple with grown kids. What???? In his piece about Tom and Crystal potentially losing their $500,000 home (2/18) Bill McLellan has, unwittingly I think, shared with…

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12.23.2008 5:21 pm

Bankers were only following the law

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Re. the Guest Editorial, “Big boys are not that bright”, 3rd. Para.:
“We’ve got a bunch of geniuses on Wall Street who led our nations mortgage financing industry into disaster, backing kinky loans made by predatory lenders who behaved like the…

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08.18.2008 4:48 pm

Economy, job and housing woes: Deja vu all over again

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

It’s deja vu all over again

Housing prices are in a never-ending downward spiral.

 

Foreclosures have surpassed the record set seventeen years ago.

 

Gas prices are out of control and fluctuating like a washing machine.

 

Ditto for Wall Street.

 

Inflation is out of hand with no…

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08.11.2008 12:39 pm

Painting a different picture of the economy

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Post-Dispatch’s negative and oddly accusatory take on the state of the U.S. economy neglected to mention a few things that paint a different picture — one that folks outside editorial boardrooms and political strategy sessions see clearly:1. Unemployment, at…

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07.21.2008 3:37 pm

Mortgage fiasco has hurt this country more than anything

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Those people responsible for the sub-prime mortgage fiasco have done more harm to our country than the terrorists.  It seems that we are our greatest enemy.  While our service men in Iraq and Afghanistan are getting killed and wounded fighting…

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04.02.2008 12:32 pm

Regulation is what got us into the subprime mortgage mess

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I get a kick out of the Post’s crying for more regulation and trying to blame government regulators for the mortgage mess.  Of course, what the Post does not tell you is that Congress, in its infinite wisdom, passed the…

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