- The Man Blocking America's Recovery - He's the most powerful federal employee you’ve never heard of. He's slowed the economic recovery with the stroke of a pen, costing taxpayers 10s of billions of dollars, forcing millions to lose their homes, & contributing to the falling housing prices http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-man-blocking-americas-recovery/2012/03/19/giqayolkos_story.html?wpisrc=emailtoafriend 51 comments politics