Category: VOLCKER RULE

Joyce’s Community: What do we want? Increased Wages & Revenue, NRA regs, DACA safety, while Congress sets it’s own Agenda & ignores the Russian Connection

March 5, 2018

    It is time to make the Russian Investigation Hearings in the Senate & House public, lest a bombshell fall upon an unsuspecting and unconvinced public.  During the Watergate Investigation Hearings, they were televised and witnesses were brought before the Committee by subpoena and obliged to answer questions or be held in contempt. As … More Joyce’s Community: What do we want? Increased Wages & Revenue, NRA regs, DACA safety, while Congress sets it’s own Agenda & ignores the Russian Connection

The Voice of Joyce:#Say No Tax Cuts, Generate Revenue & Restore Equality. See you Monday @11am. 

August 6, 2017

    The problem solvers of Congress are a good beginning, representing 8% of our Statesmen and women. To swing votes toward the center, at least  25% of our Congressional Representatives should be willing to cross party lines for the benefit of “We the People”.  People before policy!    Many would argue that their Party … More The Voice of Joyce:#Say No Tax Cuts, Generate Revenue & Restore Equality. See you Monday @11am. 

Joyce America Speaks Periscope @11am Where is the America I knew? 

February 24, 2017

    This is not the America I grew up in? What has happened in 36 days of this Presidency?   One of the lies of this Administration and the  multi national Corporations running our Country concerns the false belief that immigrants and immigration polices have taken our jobs. This is not true.   The … More Joyce America Speaks Periscope @11am Where is the America I knew? 

Joyce: AmericaSpeaks Periscope@11am. Enemy of the People 

February 6, 2017

        More assaults on Democracy favoring the Beleaguered Billionaires Club. Anything for them, nothing for we the People.  That’s our new reality.  The Lobbyists and Big Business are now installed as the heads of our Institutions.  Our Question?  Will they care for the needs of “we the People” or themselves? The potential … More Joyce: AmericaSpeaks Periscope@11am. Enemy of the People 

Joyce:AmericaSpeaks:Periscope@11am We are like ISIS, just more subtle!!!

September 9, 2016

            Dear followers:   Why do we fear ISIS ?   From my observations,  we are anti life as well, just more subtle.  So , we don’t behead our enemies or prisoners Nor do we  destroy Museums. We’d rather watch silently as our Society destroys lives, sometimes bluntly with a … More Joyce:AmericaSpeaks:Periscope@11am We are like ISIS, just more subtle!!!

PUBLIC ADVOCACY: We the People want answers!

May 22, 2014

Something wonderful is happening, twice in one day, serious journalists are asking the same question? What happened to Financial Reform? They are asking for accountability and Solutions. My voice for the People has been joined by the voices of Pro Publica, gone mainstream at The New York Times and Gwen Ifill on PBS last evening,  … More PUBLIC ADVOCACY: We the People want answers!

PUBLIC ADVOCACY: Happiness is…..

March 18, 2014

Listening to Bloomberg News on the way home from the Bronx Botanical Gardens and hearing a reporter state, ” Eric Schneiderman , the NY STATE AG, is ” looking at Fast Trades ” to determine if they have a ” competitive advantage”. This is the first step in analyzing “dark pools ” with broader powers … More PUBLIC ADVOCACY: Happiness is…..

PUBLIC ADVOCACY: The Financial Times: Safe Banks/Economic Growth

January 18, 2014

According to Thomas Hoenig, reporting in the FT 8/20/13, a Vice Chairman of the FDIC, ” recent research found no evidence that higher bank capital leads to lower volumes of loans over the long run.  ” Given the magnitude of the Financial Crisis of 2008;     does anyone really believe that greater capitalization of the … More PUBLIC ADVOCACY: The Financial Times: Safe Banks/Economic Growth

PUBLIC ADVOCACY: One Nation’s Pyramid is another’s Cartel

January 18, 2014

This article in the NY Times DealBook captured my attention.  /” Overhaul of Israel’s economy has lessons for the United States. ”  There are lessons to be learned, though the scale of Israel’s problem never reached the level of inequality seen in the United States;  it is a cautionary tale. “Per Steven Davidoff, of the … More PUBLIC ADVOCACY: One Nation’s Pyramid is another’s Cartel

PUBLIC ADVOCACY: Regulate Banks and create JOBS!

January 18, 2014

Decrease the Banking Sectors proportion of the GDP and Create Jobs.   Banks and Bank” like structures” account for 60% of the GDP.   With the new accounting rules, we’ve been fooled into believing the unemployment rate has decreased.  But it’s not true!  Wall Street and equities have skewed the numbers and these calculations have nothing … More PUBLIC ADVOCACY: Regulate Banks and create JOBS!