Type of economy

January 31, 2010

For the past decade or so we’ve chosen to have an economy driven by financial alchemy and debt. Our government gave in to the wishes of the financial services industry and essentially let them write their own regulatory laws. The effects of which we are living with today. Now that we seemed to have, for [...]

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Indigestion from cake

January 30, 2010

This article in the Washington Post certainly seems like an example of banks wanting to have their cake and eat it too. Here’s the choice part: Currently, they can choose between direct lending and a federal program that guarantees student loans made by private banks. The bill would not affect nonfederal loans. By cutting banks [...]

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The detached economy

January 29, 2010

Headlines blared “US Economy Grew at Vigorous Pace in Last Quarter“. Of course, according to our economic statistics, yes, we saw 5.7% annual growth in the US economy. Unfortunately, however, this is just another sign of how detached our Washington statistics are from what’s really going on and why the headlines get it all wrong. [...]

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Good structural view…

January 28, 2010

if you have an hour. This is definitely worth watching. Highly recommended. It’s from Lawrence Lessig, of whom, I’m a big fan. You can watch some of his other stuff here.

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A bi-partisan step in the right direction

January 27, 2010

Senator’s Orrin Hatch (R) and Chuck Schumer (D) are proposing a tax break for companies that hire an unemployed worker. In a nutshell, if a company hires an employee that has been unemployed for more than 60 days, they will not have to pay the Social Security insurance on the worker for the remainder of [...]

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Good GM news!

January 26, 2010

GM today announced plans to build its own electric motors for hybrid vehicles. This is encouraging news, as it keeps engineering, manufacturing, and assembly infrastructure for advanced technology in the United States. Clearly GM has huge challenges ahead of it (I’ll disclose that, like my whole family, I’ve been loyal to GM – Grand Am, [...]

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Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory Endorses

January 25, 2010

I’m incredibly humbled to share that Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory has endorsed me in the Democratic primary. Obviously, this is great news and something that means a lot to both the campaign and me personally. Link to the release. Text: For Immediate Release Contact: Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory Endorses Surya Yalamanchili For U.S. Congress, OH-02 [...]

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More effective government

January 24, 2010

One of the most common gripes about our government is that it’s not efficient. It costs too much to do things that are not done well. One of the main focuses of my policy platform is a focus on legislative responsibility. Specifically this means spending less money and actually improving the service we get by [...]

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Bernanke for Volcker, please?

January 23, 2010

Funny. Reality. I still hold out hope.

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Campaign finance decision

January 22, 2010

Follow-up to the post earlier in the week. Unfortunately, as many of you already read, it’s not good. When I look around, across the country, and see millions who are really angry at Washington, it’s not hard to understand why. It’s because we feel Washington isn’t working for us. That’s because it’s often not. Special [...]

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