Why are the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve dragging their feet on providing much greater transparency on where taxpayer money is going through the TARP funds? How much transparency is there right now? Was the TARP a success in staving off a financial catastrophe as Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke claims? Are we seeing the beginning of the end of this recession as Bernanke also contends? Are President Obama’s budget cuts a serious step towards fiscal discipline or just a PR stunt? And will Democrats allow the estate tax to return in full force in 2011 or let it stay dead as it will be next year? We ask Texas Rep. Kevin Brady, a member of the House Ways and Means Committee.
