The Man Who Would be Czar

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) created by last summer’s Dodd-Frank “Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection” bill is scheduled to open its doors today, but there’s a bump in the road: those accursed Republicans won’t let Obama place its Director!

Soak the Rich: MasterCard

MasterCard, Inc. forces Americans into high credit card debt by making it convenient to open and use a charge account. Worse, MasterCard invites unflattering parallels between irresponsible citizens and the federal government.

Soak the Rich: FedEx

It’s unfair to say which corporation is more evil, so let’s make FedEx part of Sherrod Brown’s tax-hikin’ solution to America’s $1.62 trillion 2011 budget deficit and call it a day.