Tag: Federal Bailouts

"Let me be clear: There will be no taxpayer bailout of Puerto Rico," Ryan wrote. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Paul Ryan vows ‘no taxpayer bailout of Puerto Rico’

Anna Giaritelli · May 13, 2016 11:41 pm

Protesters express their opposition to the fact the the Federal Reserve bank bailed out Wall Street but not Puerto Rico outside International House, Thursday, April 7, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

What it would take to make a control board work for Puerto Rico

Gretchen SierraZorita · April 13, 2016 4:02 am

The prospective 51st state is headed toward skid row on an epic scale: $72 billion in debt and an unemployment rate pushing 15 percent -- the direct result of decades of big government spending programs that continue unabated. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

No bailout for ‘Uncle Louie’

Eric Peters · January 27, 2016 5:01 am

Bailed-out mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are a political emergency waiting to happen, Sen. Mark Warner said.Â (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

‘All hell’ will break loose if Fannie has a bad quarter, senator warns

Joseph Lawler · October 6, 2015 4:56 pm

The economic problems Clinton articulates demand answers that are the opposite of the policies she proposes. (Getty)

GOP should listen to Hillary on U.S. economic woes

Timothy P. Carney · July 14, 2015 10:06 pm

FILE - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this July 25, 2012 file photo. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite. File)

Geithner defends terms of AIG bailout

Marcy Gordon · October 8, 2014 7:42 pm

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Fannie, Freddie investors undaunted by court loss

Joseph Lawler · October 7, 2014 9:00 am

FILE - In this May 6, 2010 file photo, former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The 2008 government bailout of American International Group Inc. was specifically designed to punish the insurance giant, former Paulson said in U.S. court Monday, Oct. 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Paulson: AIG bailout designed to be punishment

Josh Boak · October 6, 2014 8:02 pm

New bank rule would be costly for cities, states

New bank rule would be costly for cities, states

Joseph Lawler · September 22, 2014 9:00 am

The measure would phase out Fannie and Freddie and replace them with a private insurance system with a government backstop. (iStock)

Senate bill to end Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac would save $60 billion

Joseph Lawler · September 5, 2014 8:21 pm

In addition to requiring banks to hold more liquid assets, regulators have finalized plans to mandate banks to have more capital relative to their risk-weighted assets. (iStock)

Post-crisis banking rules are almost done, but critics aren’t happy

Joseph Lawler · September 4, 2014 9:00 am

Cheer up, America -- we can still fix the economy. (iStock)

Secular stagnation is a cover-up

Lawrence Kudlow · August 19, 2014 12:40 am