Barack Obama pushes for $1bn green tax credits

By: Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian Another week, another car talk. Barack Obama stopped by a North Carolina truck factory on Wednesday to announce $ 1bn in tax credits and grants for alternative-energy cars and trucks. It was Obama’s third speech on cars and fuel in an election battleground state in three weeks. The president has [...]

Gingrich Credits Freddie/Fannie For Liquid, Stable Housing Finance System

Weeks after a global news agency revealed Newt Gingrich made upwards of $ 1.5 million as a Freddie Mac consultant, interesting information continues to surface exposing the former House Speaker’s tight relationship with the scandal-plagued, government-sponsored mortgage giant that triggered the nation’s financial crisis. Gingrich, a Republican presidential candidate, made between $ 1.6 million and [...]