Links
Below are links to sites we find useful, informative or enjoyable. If you would like to be considered for addition to this list, email me your site at marc@marcdown.com
www.wsj.com
www.bloomberg.com
www.realclearpolitics.com
seekingalpha.com
www.minyanville.com
Interesting Blogs
http://mbafinancejunky.blogspot.com
http://postsecret.blogspot.com/
Good Articles I've Read Recently
The Lesson of State Health-Care Reforms
October 07, 2009
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703298004574455560453947646.html
Why Obama Bombed on Health Care
September 30, 2009
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704471504574442772173150440.html
Government Control Over Banker Bonuses Not the Answer
September 23, 2009
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204488304574428882996324304.html
Taxes, Depression and Our Current Troubles
September 22, 2009
Great op/ed in today's WSJ from Arthur Laffer on the roll tax increases played in the Great Depression.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203440104574402822202944230.html
Obama Says Healthcare Mandate NOT a Tax
September 21, 2009
It's hard for me to understand his logic. If the government requires you to spend money or pay a fine to the government, that seems like a tax to me. This is a good article and a nice transcript of his interview with George Stephanopoulos.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204488304574425294029138738.html
Obama Misrepresents Anecdote in Healthcare Speech
September 17, 2009
It's sad to hear these facts come out. Healthcare is an important issue and using bad examples only makes people more leery of all the information being broadcast.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125314896131518267.html#mod=WSJ_hps_sections_news
America Loses a True Hero
September 16, 2009
Great article about a great American I can sadly say I've never heard of. Nice to see the WSJ highlighting Norman Borlaug.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203917304574411382676924044.html
Excellent Op/Ed on Obama's Healthcare Speech
September 15, 2009
This is an excellent article on several of the examples Obama used in his speech last week. There is a need for healthcare reform, but we continue to be against any government run option.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203440104574409501904118682.html