Physician: Two-thirds of ObamaCare passed in stimulus package

Drug raid uncovers massive tax fraud scheme (Hat Tip: Nancy Jacques)

Hoyer: Comprehensive health bill may be no go (Hat Tip: Brian B.)

FDIC Opens A Massive New Office Near Chicago Just To Handle The Coming Tidal Wave Of Midwest Bank Closings They Are Expecting (Hat Tip: Carolyn Cooke)

The Obama Brand: Feel Good While Overlords Loot the Treasury and Launch Imperial Wars (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Obama unveils a $950B restart on health

Bipartisan jobs bill advances past GOP filibuster

A Bipartisan Plan for Tax Fairness

EPA Delays Start of New Rules on Emissions

Morning Bell: Can They Make Obamacare Worse? Yes They Can!

Treasury to TARP Inspector General: Drop Dead

Answering DeLong, Yglesias, and Collender

Uncertainty From Washington Hampering Job Creation

Consumer Confidence Falls to 10-Month Low

Mass layoffs edge up

Harry Reid Unleashed: ‘Men, when they’re out of work, tend to become abusive’

Harvard’s Rogoff Sees ‘Bunch’ of Sovereign Defaults

FDIC reports 27% jump in problem banks

CONFIDENCE LOWEST SINCE ’83

Transport strikes lay bare Europe’s malaise

Gas prices to top $3

SENATOR CALLS FOR ‘CRIMINAL’ GLOBAL WARMING INVESTIGATION; WANTS GORE RECALLED TO EXPLAIN PRIOR TESTIMONY

POLL: Nearly 20% of workers underemployed

NYC transit to lay off 1,000 employees

San Fran expected to cut 1,000 school employees

Boeing to lay off 1,000 workers

CBO: Stimulus bill created up to 2.1 million jobs Sure it did son, sure it did…

Bonuses up 17 percent on Wall Street

Rogoff: Wave Of Sovereign Debt Defaults Coming

$20B in bonuses in ’09

States’ tax collections fall again

SurvivalBlog:

“The Day The Dollar Died” web novella.

Argentina Seizes Central Bank

How Big is the Threat from Option ARMs?

FICO and the Credit Card Financial Prison: How a Three-Digit Credit Score Reflects Consumerism and Not Financial Independence

Boeing Sends More than 1,000 Layoff Notices

Citigroup Warns Customers it May Refuse to Allow Withdrawals

Fastest Shrinking Restaurant Chains

Stocks Waver in Early Trading on Earnings, M&A

Poll: Economists See “Healthy” Expansion Underway. (Cheery folk, those mainstream economists. They almost always look on the bright side…)

Oil Near $80 as Traders Eye Low Interest Rates

European, US Markets Steady Despite Big Asia Gains

Millions of Unemployed Face Years Without Jobs

So Where Did All The Money Go?

Greece Changes Chief Debt Manager as Pressure Grows