Topic: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
AlphaNinja | 2010-01-25 20:00:07
Peter Wallison of the American Enterprise Institute has a great take on the activities of banks, and why the government has had a role in limiting their opportunities.
As small regional banks have virtually NO chance of landing advisory or capital-raising fees from companies in need of said capital, they have nowhere to go but real estate lending:
"Banks have ...
Reuters US Online Report Politics News | 2009-11-13 21:10:54
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The joke among tax lobbyists in the nation's Capitol is that 2010 may be the best year for wealthy Americans to die -- at least from their heirs' point of view. Federal estate taxes are due to go to zero next year under current law unless Congress acts. The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to take ...
Getty Images | 2009-06-11 21:02:00
WASHINGTON - JUNE 11: Steve Burd (R), president and CEO, Safeway, Inc.,Scott Gottlieb (C), resident fellow at American Enterprise Institute and Sandy Praeger (L) Kansas Insurance Commissioner, participate in a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol ...
AP News | 2009-06-03 16:48:31
FILE - In this May 12, 2009, file photo witnesses testify before the Senate Finance Committee about overhauling the health care system on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Committee is considering raising taxes on alcohol and imposing a new levy on ...
