Category: Wall Street

15 Questions That Are More Useful Than “What Presidential Candidate Should Americans Vote For?”

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

People keep asking me to weigh in on the US presidential race and its candidates, which is what always happens whenever there’s a US presidential race on because media saturation makes it so central in the minds of Americans it’s often the main issue they want to talk about, even if they’re fairly aware.

15 Questions That Are More Useful Than “What Presidential Candidate Should Americans Vote For?”

Who’s Funding ‘No Labels’? Pro-GOP Billionaires Opposed to Democracy

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

I’d argue that Biden is the status quo, as well.

“At the end of the day, these billionaires and large corporations are deeply invested in maintaining the status quo and opposing Democrats’ agenda for working people.”

Who’s Funding ‘No Labels’? Pro-GOP Billionaires Opposed to Democracy

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Biden proposes $1 trillion in social spending cuts after announcing $375 million more for war in Ukraine

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)1 Comment

At a press conference Sunday following the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan, President Joe Biden called on Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to meet face to face to revive talks on a bipartisan plan to slash social spending in return for raising the nation’s debt ceiling and averting a default.

Biden proposes $1 trillion in social spending cuts after announcing $375 million more for war in Ukraine

Academic Study Finds that One of the Four Largest U.S. Banks Could Be at Risk of a Bank Run

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The systemic threats to the U.S. financial system were not remedied when Congress passed the watered-down Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation in 2010. While that has been evident with each Federal Reserve bailout of the mega banks and their derivative counterparties, the threat has now gained increased urgency for Congress to confront as a result of a new academic study. A team of four highly-credentialed academics at four separate universities present compelling evidence that one of the four largest U.S. banks, with “assets above $1 trillion,” could be at risk of a bank run.

Academic Study Finds that One of the Four Largest U.S. Banks Could Be at Risk of a Bank Run