Untangling the meltdown of the home loan industry could take years, but a clue lies in the way banks handed money to people like David William Earley. Earley owes more than $377,000 in child support and claimed poverty in court. His ex-wife has been trying to collect for 19 years on behalf of the couple's four children. His current wife said he hasn't worked in years. But none of that got in the way of a $125,000 home loan Earley and his wife Christina obtained in November 2006, or the $189,000 refinancing they secured in June 2007. ...more

February 11, 2009

E.T. Clark of Port Richey sees parallels between the current financial system problems and the savings and loan industry collapse of the 1980s. ...more

November 22, 2008

The two men who supposedly exemplified a different kind of politics are engaged in an increasingly bitter campaign as character attacks are emerging to compete with issues such as the troubled economy. ...more

October 7, 2008

Not even $700 billion will be enough to spare the United States from more economic anguish if the government's proposed banking bailout pans out like similar desperation moves during the past two decades. ...more

September 28, 2008

The government's seizure of IndyMac Bank raises concerns for many consumers about whether their banks might be next. ...more

July 15, 2008

This is more on the "Pucker Up" guest column. Another bogus claim is since President Bush was unable to prioritize Social Security he somehow participated in bailouts for corporations with shabby accounting practices. I have no idea what that means other than it is blatantly false. ...more

October 25, 2007