The author of this hit piece is a senior fellow at the Hoover Foundation a conservative, libertarian "think" tank with an axe to grind. These are the people who cooked up the current economy that is working it's way toward a depression. He has also been a board member of Exxon Mobile for more than a decade. Exxon might trust his economic advice, but it won't help me.
The Hoover Foundation sports such stars as Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleezza Rice and Newt Gingrich. It is funded by:
* Archer Daniels Midland Foundation
* ARCO Foundation
* Boeing-McDonnell Foundation
* Chrysler Corporation Fund
* Dean Witter Foundation
* Exxon Educational Foundation
* Ford Motor Company Fund
* General Motors Foundation
* J.P. Morgan Charitable Trust
* Merrill Lynch & Company Foundation
* Procter & Gamble Fund
* Rockwell International Corporation Trust
* Transamerica Foundation
You can trust these guys, Jim, they're always on the side of the little guy.