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1. The States That Received The Most Federal Aid: 247 Wall Street
   
   Wed Sep 1 11:22:03 2010
   The US Census came out with its annual report, the "Consolidated Federal Funds Report for Fiscal Year 2009: State and Country Areas" on how much the federal government spends on the 307,006,550 citizens who lived in America at the end of 2[...]
2. Lloyd Chapman: An Open Letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke
   
   Mon Aug 30 20:05:00 2010
   I read your speech from Friday at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Economic Symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. In the speech you stated, "the Committee is prepared to provide additional monetary accommodation through unconventional [...]
3. Volcker Board Proposes Changes in Taxation of Investment Funds as Part of Reforming Federal Tax Code
   
   Mon Aug 30 11:23:45 2010
   This story appeared in Jim Hamiltons World of Securities Regulation. A report issued by the Volcker Tax Advisory Board proposes the reform of mutual fund and carried interest taxation within the scope of a broad simplification of how the Internal Rev[...]
4. Mine Workers Tipped Off Before Surprise Inspections, Federal Regulator Says
   
   Thu Aug 26 17:39:10 2010
   WASHINGTON — Some mine companies are tipping off their underground workers before federal officials make surprise inspections, an illegal practice that has become more prevalent since a West Virginia explosion killed 29 miners, the na[...]
5. The Federal Reserve Wants To Hide Bad Lemon Banks For Another Three Months
   
   Thu Aug 26 05:18:00 2010
   The Federal Reserve has asked a U.S. appeals court to delay disclosure of emergency lending provided to banks during the crisis... CNBC: Wednesdays emergency request for a 90-day delay came after the U.S. Second Cir[...]
6. Grand Cherokee Gas Tank Fires Under Federal Investigation
   
   Tue Aug 24 18:19:20 2010
   WASHINGTON — U.S. safety officials are investigating whether gas tanks on Jeep Grand Cherokees can cause fires in rear end crashes or rollovers. The preliminary investigation, begun Monday by the National Highway Safety Traffic Adm[...]
7. Key Federal Regulator Took Gifts From Oil Company, Misused Travel Funds, Investigation Shows
   
   Tue Aug 24 00:19:34 2010
   SANTA FE, N.M. — An investigation has found that a former Bureau of Land Management official in New Mexico who oversaw one of the largest onshore mineral production areas in the U.S. took gifts from an oil company and misused travel f[...]
8. Alaska Stimulus Hypocrisy: State Slams Government Spending While Reaping Federal Funds
   
   Thu Aug 19 10:51:54 2010
   Alaskans tend to live with their contradictions in these recessionary times. No place benefits more from federal largess than this state, where the Republican governor decries "intrusive" federal policies, officials sue to overturn the heal[...]
9. GAO Reports on Federal Efforts to Combat Foreclosure Rescue Schemes
   
   Tue Aug 17 14:47:59 2010
   This story appeared in Bank Digest. The GAO has issued a report examining: the nature and prevalence of foreclosure rescue and loan modification schemes; federal and joint governmentprivate efforts to combat these schemes; and factors that may affec[...]
10. Overpaid Federal Employees Redux, by Bryan Caplan
    
    Tue Aug 17 10:41:38 2010
    In March, USA Today reported that federal employees were heavily overpaid, Peter Orszag countered with some apples-to-apples econometrics, and I objected that Orszag a seemed to ignore exceptionally generous federal benefits, and that b o[...]

1. Jim Rogers on Federal Reserve Governors
   
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