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Yielding Wealth | Personal Finance

September 26th, 2008

Friday Fun Video: Mashup President Bush’s Speech and The Dark Knight

I love Batman. President Bush, not so much. But this is a great mashup of a scene from The Dark Knight (no Bruce Wayne in this scene, though) and the presidential speech made about the Wall Street bailout.
Happy Friday!

Tags: Batman, Dark Knight, Friday Fun Video, happy friday, personal-finances, President Bush, presidential speech, Wall Street bailout

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September 25th, 2008

My Main Issue with President Bush’s Financial Crisis Speech Last Night: Consumer Debt as Usual

Last night, President Bush gave the second speech on the financial crisis in one week. The merits of the $700 billion bailout plan (for and against) are being debated all over the place. My main concern, though, is that President Bush’s speech merely served to highlight the fact that going forward things are going to […]

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September 19th, 2008

This Morning’s Speeches from President Bush and Secretary Paulson

Here is what Bush and Paulson had to say this morning:

Read my take, and share your own, on my post about President Bush and the economic crisis.
Tags: economic crisis, government bailout, personal-finances, President Bush, Secretary Paulson, speeches Bush, yielding wealth

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September 19th, 2008

President Bush Addresses the Economic Crisis

I’m actually writing this as President Bush talks, so here are some of my random thoughts on Bush’s comments on the economic crisis.
“Pivotal moment.”
Really? What will we do? Will we change the way we do things? Perhaps abandon an economy that is so based on debt and consumption?
“Free enterprise” and “only when necessary”
Apparently there is […]

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July 15th, 2008

Ben Bernanke: Economic Risks Remain. President Bush: Don’t Panic.

Today, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke went before Congress and testified that economic risks remain. Indeed, departing from his usual, “the economy is on the road to recovery” line, Bernanke made it clear that he is uncertain about a great deal in the economy. He also pointed out that inflation is a very real concern. […]

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April 29th, 2008

President Bush Addresses the Economy This Morning

As part of a news conference that addressed everything from the War on Terror to ANWR drilling, President Bush took some time out to focus on the economy. He took aim at rising oil prices, as well as mentioned some of the measures (including interest rate cuts that are likely to continue tomorrow) that his […]

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