
Operation Choke Point Returns With a Vengeance
Operation choke point was a government program to deny banking services to a group of industries. Luke Rosiak has discovered its resurgence. Continue Reading →
Operation choke point was a government program to deny banking services to a group of industries. Luke Rosiak has discovered its resurgence. Continue Reading →
A win for the good guys! Operation Choke Point is no more. This underreported story was pointed out by James Taranto who helped me with my first Wall Street Journal Continue Reading →
So much for the second amendment: firearms and ammunition sales. So much for your social life: dating services (no, I won’t include escort services). And pharmaceutical sales? Are they talking about the drugs I regularly get from Kaiser via USPS? Needless to say, racist materials, telemarketing, and even pornography are broadly protected by the first amendment. Continue Reading →
Every U.S. bank, whether a national bank or a state bank, is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). And to their everlasting shame, FDIC was one of the agencies that helped implement Operation Choke Point. The point of this program was to deny banking services to businesses alleged to be high risk. The fact that many of those businesses were also politically opposed by the Obama administration is, um, irrelevant, Continue Reading →
The good guys win one! Let’s all be happy for a few days. Continue Reading →