The White House Dangles a Carrot, but the Private Sector Sees the Big Sticks Coming

By: Congressman Tom Price (Diary)  |  February 4th at 09:45 PM  | 

Lately, President Obama has tried to assure the American people that he’s working really hard to get our money back from that TARP bailout he’s been using as a revolving slush fund. Nonetheless, since yesterday was a day ending in “y”, it was evidently time for another bailout. Rules are rules, after all. This time it was $30 billion for loans to small businesses: “The | Read More »

Democrats’ Executive Pay Sham Continues

By: Congressman Tom Price (Diary)  |  March 25th at 04:25 PM  | 

Today, Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) and Congressional Democrats have taken their false outrage over AIG bonuses a step farther by introducing a plan to limit pay for employees who work for TARP recipients. The entire controversy over executive pay demonstrates why the government has no business interjecting itself into the private sector. Washington has gleefully jumped at the opportunity to rack up political points over | Read More »