Archive for March, 2012
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Fraud and Election Laws
By Phil Clements on March 30, 201200This blog is based upon an editorial written in the March 20, edition of USA Today. The editorial is entitled “States Battle Voting Fraud with Epidemic of New Limits” and it’s opposing view: “In Texas, Evidence of Voter Fraud Abounds“ Two articles debate election laws and question whether we should allow a state to put ID requirements in place at [...] -
The Continuing Real Estate Saga
By Phil Clements on March 19, 2012Over the weekend the Star Ledger reported that the new Jersey legislature is looking to pass a law making it easier for banks to foreclose. It seems that while the $25 billion settlement suggests over reaching by banks, in NJ foreclosures are so slow that it will take 49 years to clear out the current backlog. Click Here to read [...] -
Mortgage Deal is Built on Tradeoffs
By Phil Clements on March 13, 2012Big news! Largest banks in the US have agreed to a $25billion settlement of mortgage related concerns. The WSJ article, found HERE, raises some basic ethical questions, on which we would ask your comments. 1. Ethics is about what should be done, not what can be done. The article suggests that the U.S. government extracted the settlement because they could, not [...] -
Phil Clements – Why I Wrote "The Continuing Financial Crisis"
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