In Chicago politics, there’s an old term for the publicly-subsidized pay-offs meted out to the corruptocrats’ friends and special interests: Boodle.
In the age of Obama, “reform” is all about the boodle. So it was with the stimulus. And the m…

In January, I deconstructed the White House “Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee” fakery for you:
1. The bank tax will inevitably be passed on to consumers and the White House has no way of stopping them from doing the dumping.
2. The tax won’t …

President Obama couldn’t make it up to New York City last week for the 9/11 anniversary, but he’s up there today to mark the collapse of Lehman Brothers with a speech on financial reform and a new push for more regulatory agencies and government au…