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Published: 10/6/08

Federal Bailout or Terrifying Police State?

By  Ken Layne - Politics Daily
Federal Bailout or Terrifying Police State?

He was right there on C-SPAN, an actual congressman and opponent of the Bush Administration's bailout of Wall Street, speaking on the House floor about those mysterious warnings Henry Paulson supposedly gave to the doubting lawmakers before the $700 billion bill was first rejected by Congress."The only way they can pass this bill is by creating and sustaining a panic atmosphere," Congressman Brad Sherman said Thursday. "Many of us were told in private conversations that if we voted against this bill ... there would be martial law in America."The next day, the House passed the Senate's version ...

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