ICE Barbie makes travelers suffer for DHS shutdown

 'HOMELAND' suspends TSA PreCheck, Global Entry airport security programs...

 

I keep hearing what a smart guy Jeffrey Epstein was, but his explanation for the housing crisis and the Great Recession doesn't hold up

 In a nutshell, Epstein blamed the whole debacle on Bill Clinton, saying Clinton did what he did for votes. 

Unfortunately for Epstein, Fannie Mae eased credit requirements to encourage banks to lend to people with lower credit scores starting in 1999. Clinton didn't need any votes in 1999.

 

Nor did he in 1997 when Clinton signed the Taxpayer Relief Act w/ its $500k home sale exclusion & 2-yr rule, turning homes into commodities.

 

But of course Epstein wasn't smart enough even to understand the role of the latter, and never mentioned it.

 

Clinton deserves blame for making the mistakes he made, and so does the Congress for voting for it all, but Clinton most certainly didn't make them to get votes.

 

A person who thinks that is just a political hack.

 

 

 

 

How many millions do you need in Jan 2026 to be a Jan 1913 millionaire?

 33.19

AI estimates between 208-225k Americans had net worth of $30 million or more in 2025. 

For WHAT?

 Congress Could Get Healthy Pay Raise...

... In private, many members suggest they deserve higher pay ...          

 

Meanwhile the story never mentions insider trading, which is how the net worth of your average member of Congress becomes about 100 times that of your average American. 

Congress doesn't get rich by making $174k, let alone $250k, a year.

Not talking about the real problem seems to be the mission of Congress, and of the press.