Welcome, President Obama, Messrs Frank, Dodd, Reed, Ms. Pelosi and the rest of the Democratic members of Congress, to Economics and Finance 101 with an emphasis on the effect of Government actions on the decision making process. In order to determine your depth of knowledge we are going to open the class with a pop quiz, so get out your paper and pencils and begin.Question 1)   You are the CEO of a major bank that accepted TARP money as of today (March 23) you are planning to:a)   Lend out money to almost all applicants with reasonable but less than good credit on order to, per government orders, stimulate the economy.   Agree to caps on salaries and bonuses and have Congress look over your shoulder questioning every decision.b)   Lend money only to excellent credit risk applicants, retain as much cash as possible in high yield instruments and do everything to repay the TARP money as quickly as you...(Read Full Post)