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Opinion: Three Cheers for Government Bailouts
By Michael Cohen - AOL News(Oct. 6) -- There is perhaps no word more likely to stoke the anger of ordinary Americans than "bailout." Whether it's the hundreds of billions spent to save the financial industry or the tens of billions allocated to rescue America's carmakers, Washington "bailouts" of private industry have come to symbolize all that is wrong with our supposedly omnipresent and overbearing federal government. But there's one serious problem with all this anger -- it's utterly misplaced. Government bailouts have actually been a true success story that prevented a far worse economic calamity. Rather than a ...
Chaos Theory - Obama, Where's Our Bailout?
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Think Progress Accuses Unamused Jake Tapper of Being Right Wing Puppet
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyCan't we all just get along?On Saturday, I reported about a Chrysler lawyer's accusation that the White House threatened to sic the White House press corps on him. Now, Think Progress is accusing the right wing media of siccing the White House press corps, or at least one member of it, on Barack Obama.The New York Times reported on Friday, "whatever the outcome, this bit of brinkmanship - which many characterized as a game of chicken with Washington - has become yet another public relations disaster for Wall Street." But instead, this story of corporate greed has now been turned into a ...
Chrysler Creditor's Lawyer Claims White House Threatened His Client
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyThomas Lauria, an attorney representing holdouts among Chrysler's secured creditors, claimed during a radio interview that the White House had threatened one of his (now former) clients, Perella Weinberg Partners, if it didn't accept the government's offer: (From Hot Air) ...
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