The Deep Hate in Washington leads to the IRS targeting groups such as Tea Party

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Reuters is reporting today that former acting Commissioner Steven Miller would not release any other IRS employees who were involved in the scandal that is rocking Washington. The ideological hate would make the Tea Party as a helpless victim of many conservative groups being targeted and unfairly being required to provide documents and information to obtain non-profit status by the IRS. One employee being deemed as the ring leader of the IRS targeting conservative groups is Sandra Hall Ingram as she was the leader for the department handling non-profit requests when this scandal began. She is now the IRS leader over Obamacare, and she has not been required to answer questions or was she named by former commissioner in Friday's hearings on Capitol Hill.  Sandra Hall Ingram has been deemed as a strong ideologue in a department that is necessary to be unbiased in all actions of the agency. Steven Miller is going to protect employees that are endangering our democracy and Ms. Ingram is … [Read more...]

MarketWatch: Budget is key for USA coveted AAA Credit Rating

  Moody's: Budget talks key to U.S. rating outlook   LEARN MORE By Mike Maynard WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Analysts at Moody's Investors Service would like to see some constructive action taken by the White House and Capitol Hill on the federal debt, saying in a report Tuesday that this would be a key factor in determining whether the agency will change its ratings outlook for U.S. government debt. The rating stands at Aaa with an outlook of "negative." If budget negotiations "lead to specific policies that produce a stabilization and then downward trend" in the ratio of federal debt to gross domestic product in the medium term, Moody's said it would likely reaffirm the Aaa rating and change the outlook to "stable." Moody's also noted that its ratings outlook makes the assumption that Congress and the Obama administration will again agree to increase the U.S. debt limit and do so in a "relatively orderly" … [Read more...]

Weiss Ratings of DC area banking institutions

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Banks are starting to lend money to consumers and small businesses as fourth quarter 2011 show regional banks showing strong loan growth. In the DC market, 40 banks call the DC metro market home and many outside banks have a presence in one of the most lucrative markets in the country. The market search will uncover almost 1700 bank branches, and the decision to embark on a banking relationship is a monumental decision for a consumer or business owner. Several ways to discover information about a prospective financial institutional include stock and performance results via Zack's Investment Research, star ratings system with Safe and Sound  on BankRate.com, and financial strength on Weiss Ratings with access via TheStreet.com. In this analysis, the focus is on DC banking institutions financial strength via Weiss Ratings with A or Excellent ratings in the DC market. Only two banking institutions in the DC metro marketplace did score an A or Excellent according to Weiss. The … [Read more...]

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