Yesterday, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (and his boss President Obama) asked Congress for more power to control companies that have nothing to do with taking money from the government. Basically Geithner wants to take over insurance companies and hedge funds that become “to big to fail”.

I have no problem with more oversight in the industry (AND more oversight on the actions of Congress for that matter), but the absolute last thing this country needs is some nutsack bureaucrat telling private business how to operate. In fact, we need to be “discovering” new and exciting ways to get government the fuck OUT OF PRIVATE BUSINESS!

The arrogance and ignorance of Geithner to ask for MORE POWER, when he’s already giving us the high hard one with the power he has, is extraordinarily amazing to the Beefboy. How long is it going to take us to realize that nearly all of our problems originate in government? Remove government from everything besides defending our borders, defending the rights of the little guy and shaking hands with foreign dignitaries, and this country will excel beyond your wildest dreams.

Originally Published: March 9, 2009

I think it’s time to consider the possibility that our leaders want the stock market to crash. Every time it looks like there is going to be some recovery, Ben Bernanke, Hank Paulson, Timothy Geithner, Chris Dodd, Barney Frank, Nancy Pelosi, George Bush or Barrack Obama gets in front of a camera and starts talking down the economy, reinforcing how much we need more taxes, passing mammoth spending bills and telling you how evil capitalism is. 

I own my own public business and things were going fine until the Democratic led Congress and President George Bush passed the TARP bill in October and started telling us how tragic the economy was. Our phones stopped ringing THE NEXT DAY and it’s been downhill ever since.

All I can say is, if you came to the Beefboy and asked me for a recipe for tanking the economy, I’d do EXACTLY WHAT OUR LEADERS ARE DOING NOW. For six months, our leaders have made a series of decisions that are the polar opposite of what we know is effective in getting an economy to fire up again.

And by the way, enough of blaming Bush for the stock market. Either you are a leader or a whiner… and the Beefboy is hearing a lot of fucking whining from the White House. The stock market doesn’t bet on the past… they bet on the future and the market is down 20% since Obama got into office. Wall Street doesn’t vote with platitudes, it votes with cold hard cash, and right now, the vote is thumbs down!

Our leaders are either stark raving idiots, or they are doing this on purpose to advance their own pet projects and take power away from you. 

Pick one.

Dig it!

Originally Published: February 5th, 2009

Good news for people with tax problems! Apparently under the Obama Administration, if you get caught not paying taxes, and you say you’re really sorry, then not only do you not get penalized in any way whatsoever, you also get a cabinet position! It’s worked so far for Geithner as the new Treasury Secretary and would have worked for Tom Daschle as Health and Human Services Secretary (Obama initially supported him before he pulled out along with Nancy Killefer, who had her own TAX PROBLEMS and withdrew as Chief Performance Officer). 

I’m sure you and I will get the exact same deal! Right? I’m glad I live in a country where power and money don’t get you any special treatment. God bless America!