Video: Barney Frank Questioned on Thermite, new 9/11 Investigation

Barney Frank came to visit Santa Rosa, California on October 10th, 2009. He was asked politely about the thermite papers and calls for a new 9/11 investigation.

Video: Ron Paul Questions Geithner in House Financial Services Committee

Ron Paul asks Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner if he thinks the principle of innocent unless proven guilty still applies with regards to regulation violations.

Wall Street’s Bailout is a Trillion-Dollar Crime Scene

Why Aren’t the Dems Doing Something About It?

November 14, 2008 – The more details emerge, the clearer it becomes that Washington’s handling of the Wall Street bailout is not merely incompetent. It is borderline criminal.

In a moment of high panic in late September, the U.S. Treasury unilaterally pushed through a radical change in how bank mergers are taxed – a change long sought by the industry. Despite the fact that this move will deprive the government of as much as $140 billion in tax revenue, lawmakers found out only after the fact. According to the Washington Post, more than a dozen tax attorneys agree that “Treasury had no authority to issue the [tax change] notice.”

Spending the Economy into Oblivion – Dr. Ron Paul

With news this week that Congress is poised to consider a new stimulus package, I am forced to again ask a question that seems silly in Washington: How will we pay for this?

While a few Members of Congress have raised the issue, it certainly was not the primary concern of the House Budget Committee when they interviewed Ben Bernanke on Monday. And, when they did direct this question to the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, his answer was the standard rhetoric about how Congress needed to make tough choices. Needless to say, not many specifics were discussed.