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Detroit Wants the "Bacon"

chrystalia @chrystalia (1208) • Tucson, Arizona 6 Dec 12

Well now... I was wondering which city or state would start the parade (New York and New Jersey are an exception, due to Sandy--though not entirely). A Detroit councilwoman has flat out said that since Detroit voted for Obama...

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The Auto Bailout vs Bankruptcy

bobmnu @bobmnu (8157) • United States 12 Oct 12

It was brought up in the VP debate that President Obama bailed out the Auto Industry and that Gov Romney favored the Auto Industry go through Bankruptcy. VP Biden made is sound like going through Bankruptcy would have caused the...

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55% of tarp bank bail out left the country

lilwonders @lilwonders456 (8214) • United States 6 Jan 11

Yep, you heard me right. Alittle over half of the money that was suppost to help THIS country...went to foreign banks. Why? Those were American tax dollars...they should have stayed in this country. What do you think about this?...

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The Million Dollar Question

laglen @laglen (19759) • United States 28 May 10

You MUST watch the video, I do not have the words to explain it other than it discusses the world economy. Please watch then comment trust me it is only 2 minutes, 44 seconds. and worth every...

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Mr Geitner, you have a firm grasp of the obvious!

laglen @laglen (19759) • United States 1 Apr 10

WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Thursday it's "deeply unfair" that some financial institutions that got taxpayer-paid bailouts are emerging in better shape from the recession than millions of ordinary...

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When will the blank checks stop?

laglen @laglen (19759) • United States 11 Mar 10

Haven't Americans said we don't think anybody is too big to fail? Why, when they are continuously losing money, $17.2 billion to date, are we even considering giving more?...

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Washington refusing bail out repayment?

lilwonders @lilwonders456 (8214) • United States 16 Apr 09

I am hearing that some companies are trying to pay off their bail outs NOW with interest. They want out of under government control. But the white house is refusing to take the money back. Why would washington refuse to get paid...

washington refusal

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Here what I think happened

lilwonders @lilwonders456 (8214) • United States 20 Mar 09

When it comes to bonus checks to CEOs of bail out companies including AIG. Well congress knew they did not want them to get bonuses....but lobbyist for the companies gettting bail outs told them the truth. If the companies did not...

knew what htey were doing

new taxes for bonuses

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Understanding the economic bail out plan

lilwonders @lilwonders456 (8214) • United States 18 Feb 09

For those of you that do not understand the economic stimulus bill, well this little story might help you. Shortly after class, an economics student approaches his economics professor and says,"I don't understand this stimulus...

how to explain it

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Bail outs not going to stop job losses

lilwonders @lilwonders456 (8214) • United States 26 Jan 09

Ecomonists are say we could loose 2 million jobs this year even IF Obama gets his economic stimulus plan pushed through. We lost 2.6 million jobs last year. The first set of bail outs did nothing to stop the job losses in this...

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Obamas first major battle

lilwonders @lilwonders456 (8214) • United States 13 Jan 09

It looks like Obama's first major battle will be with congress and the american people. Congress is really cold on doing more bail outs and so are the american people. But Obama wants more bail outs. How do you think he will...

first challenge

peole are sick of bail outs

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Chapter 11, Not Bailouts for the "Big 3"

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 18 Nov 08

Why should the government bail out the "Big 3" car companies when other giants have been allowed to either go out of business completely or be acquired by other giants? How are GM, Chrysler or Ford jobs anymore sacred to the...

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Hundreds of Billions of our tax dollars now going to pay for Toxic Loans

lilwonders @lilwonders456 (8214) • United States 19 Sep 08

Congress (along with President Bush) are now drafting a "rescue"plan for all the companies and our ecomony. They are going to buy (with our money) the toxic loans and property that is causing the housing market and stock market...

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What do you think about all these bail outs and take overs?

lilwonders @lilwonders456 (8214) • United States 16 Sep 08

Ok I am back. I could not take it. I need my fix. just bear with me, I am starting back at zero and do not even have copy and paste rights yet. Man this sucks. Well with the news today about AIG I have been doing some major...

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