Utah Alternative Conservative » Economy http://ut.alternativeconservative.com Sat, 11 Sep 2010 22:24:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Copyright © 2012 Utah Alternative Conservative poppymoreno@gmail.com () poppymoreno@gmail.com () posts poppymoreno@gmail.com No no http://ut.alternativeconservative.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Utah Alternative Conservative http://ut.alternativeconservative.com 144 144 CIGNA Head of Corporate Communications Wendell Potter warns of Bennett health plan http://ut.alternativeconservative.com/2009/07/pbs-cigna-corporate-communications-moyers-potter/ http://ut.alternativeconservative.com/2009/07/pbs-cigna-corporate-communications-moyers-potter/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:08:52 +0000 ---- http://ut.alternativeconservative.com/?p=352 On July 10, 2009 Wendell Potter made an appearance on the PBS program Bill Moyers Journal.  Potter was head of CIGNA’s Corporate Communications department — a position he attained during his 15 year career at CIGNA.  In the interview Wendell Potter states he resigned after his conscience got the best of him.

Potter stated:

One of the [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://ut.alternativeconservative.com/2009/07/pbs-cigna-corporate-communications-moyers-potter/feed/ 0 Art Laffer at UVU http://ut.alternativeconservative.com/2009/05/art-laffer-at-uvu/ http://ut.alternativeconservative.com/2009/05/art-laffer-at-uvu/#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 21:33:40 +0000 ---- http://ut.alternativeconservative.com/?p=296 On April 16th 2009 UVU sponsored a visit from Art Laffer, giving him credit for being the “Father of Reaganimics.”

I believe this is a title Art Laffer truly does not deserve as I will demonstrate bellow.  Laffer was probably available for the appearance, due to his lack of insight and demand.

On January 9th 2009 the [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://ut.alternativeconservative.com/2009/05/art-laffer-at-uvu/feed/ 0 The Heritage Foundation, Reganomics, Protectionism http://ut.alternativeconservative.com/2009/03/the-heritage-foundation-reganomics-protectionism/ http://ut.alternativeconservative.com/2009/03/the-heritage-foundation-reganomics-protectionism/#comments Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:27:08 +0000 ---- http://ut.alternativeconservative.com/?p=284 Today I will be referring back to my post Is Is China Buying Kennecott Copper?  I will examine the financial policies of the Heritage Foundation and explain why I believe their policies gave China their large reserve of US dollars, and an economic advantage.

I will go on to explain why the Heritage Foundations policies are [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://ut.alternativeconservative.com/2009/03/the-heritage-foundation-reganomics-protectionism/feed/ 0 47:11 Today I will be referring back to my post Is Is China Buying Kennecott Copper?nbsp; I will examine the financial policies of the Heritage Foundation ... Today I will be referring back to my post Is Is China Buying Kennecott Copper?nbsp; I will examine the financial policies of the Heritage Foundation and explain why I believe their policies gave China their large reserve of US dollars, and an economic advantage. I will go on to explain why the Heritage Foundations policies are diametrically opposed to Reaganomics, contrary to their claim.nbsp; This is based off from an article by Paul Craig Roberts who served as an economist under the Reagan Administration and is said to be the "Father of Reaganomics."nbsp; All referenced material can be found on my earlier post Is China Buying Kennecott Copper. Additional information that was provided at the end of the show: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/18/AR2008091804211.html In Crucible of Crisis, Paulson, Bernanke, Geithner Forge a Committee of Three By David Cho and Neil Irwin Washington Post Staff Writers Friday, September 19, 2008; Page A01 From the rescue of Bear Stearns to the takeovers of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and American International Group, all the key decisions have been made by Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr., Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke and Timothy F. Geithner, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Timothy F. Geithner helped organize the bailout of AIG. AIG has paid the most money out to Goldman Sachs. Henry M. Paulson was a Chief Officer at AIG until 2006 when Bush appointed him to be Treasury Secretary http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Paulson#Goldman_Sachs Obama People who worked for Goldman Sachs got second place for donating to Barack Obama's campaign http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/contrib.php?cycle=2008#38;cid=N00009638 http://counterpunch.org/hudson03182009.html Herersquo;s the problem with all the hoopla over the $135 million in AIG bonuses: This sum is only less than 0.1 per cent ndash; one thousandth ndash; of the $183 BILLION that the U.S. Treasury gave to AIG as a ldquo;pass-throughrdquo; to its counterparties. This sum, over a thousand times the magnitude of the bonuses on which public attention is conveniently being focused by Wall Street promoters, did not stay with AIG. For over six months, the public media and Congressmen have been trying to find out just where this money DID go. Bloomberg brought a lawsuit to find out. Only to be met with a wall of silence. Until finally, on Sunday night, March 15, the government finally released the details. They were indeed highly embarrassing. The largest recipient turned out to be just what earlier financial reports had rumored: Paulsonrsquo;s own firm, Goldman Sachs, headed the list. It was owed $13 billion in counterparty claims. Herersquo;s the picture thatrsquo;s emerging. Last September, Treasury Secretary Paulson, from Goldman Sachs, drew up a terse 3-page memo outlining his bailout proposal. The plan specified that whatever he and other Treasury officials did (thus including his subordinates, also from Goldman Sachs), could not be challenged legally or undone, much less prosecuted. This condition enraged Congress, which rejected the bailout in its first incarnation. It now looks as ifnbsp; Paulson had good reason to put in a fatal legal clause blocking any clawback of funds given by the Treasury to AIGrsquo;s counterparties. This is where public outrage should be focused. Letrsquo;s go after the REAL money given to AIG ndash; the $183 billion! I realize that this has already been paid out, and we canrsquo;t get it back from the counterparties who knew that Alan Greenspan and George Bush and Hank Paulson were steering the U.S. economy off a real estate cliff, a derivatives cliff and a balance-of-payments cliff all wrapped up into one by betting against collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) and insuring these casino bets with AIG. That money has been siphoned off from the Treasury fair and square, ... Economy,,Podcast poppymoreno@gmail.com no No Heritage Foundation vs. Reaganomics http://ut.alternativeconservative.com/2009/03/heritage-foundation-vs-reaganomics/ http://ut.alternativeconservative.com/2009/03/heritage-foundation-vs-reaganomics/#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:08:53 +0000 ---- http://ut.alternativeconservative.com/?p=263 Start Time: 3:00 PM Date: 2009-03-21 End Time: 4:00 PM

Title: Heritage Foundation vs. Reaganomics Location: K-Talk Studio Link out: Heritage Foundation’s “free trade” position Description: I recently received a letter from the Heritage Foundation asking for money. They claim they are the greatest purveyor of Ronald Reagan’s principals in the country.

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