rasmussenreports.com - 2/24/2009
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Bailouts, bailouts everywhere, and not an end in sight. The automakers want more, the banks want more, even the nation’s biggest insurance company is back because its $150-billion bailout last year wasn’t enough. And what about the people who can’t pay their mortgages? Taxpayers are beginning ...
nytimes.com - 2/24/2009
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This article is by Edmund L. Andrews ,
Andrew Ross Sorkin and Mary Williams Walsh . The...
government faced mounting pressure on Monday to put billions more in some of the nation’s biggest banks, two of the biggest automakers and the biggest insurance ...
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U.S. Pressed to Add Billions to Bailouts
nytimes.com - 2/24/2009
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nytimes.com —
This article is by Edmund L. Andrews ,
Andrew Ross Sorkin and Mary Williams Walsh . The...
government faced mounting pressure on Monday to put billions more in some of the nation’s biggest banks, two of the biggest automakers and the biggest insurance ...
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U.S. Is Pressed to Add Billions to Bailouts
nytimes.com - 3/2/2009
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THE fundamental causes of this recession, unique in
the experience of the United States, were mortgage defaults...
and the consequent insolvency of major financial firms. These insolvencies, and especially fear of them, damaged normal credit mechanisms. ...
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Heart-ache: 64% support stimulus, Obama’s mortgage plan
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... showing growing discontent with Spendathon 2009? Well, discontent doesn’t necessarily mean disapproval; the public may be willing to accept this, however grudgingly, as hard medicine to prevent disaster. To the extent that Rasmussen’s suggesting anything else, check out the ...
More Americans Would Rather See No Bailouts Than Watch Dems Rape the National Treasury
Gateway Pundit —
"We can’t simply borrow and spend our way back to prosperity." -John Boehner More Americans would rather see no bailouts at all, rather than watch Democrats rape and pillage the national treasury for their pet projects and socialist programs at the expense of our children and grand children. Rasmussen reported: Given the choice between federal bailouts for the auto companies, the finance industry and financially trouble homeowners or no bailouts for any of ...
RASMUSSEN: 54% Say ‘No’ To All Bailouts. “Given the choice between federal bailouts for the au…
Instapundit —
... RASMUSSEN: 54% Say ‘No’ To All Bailouts. “Given the choice between federal bailouts for the auto companies, the finance industry and financially trouble homeowners or no bailouts for any of them, 54% say no bailouts period. Just 26% support bailouts for all three. . . . Investors, with their eyes on the financial markets, are even more strongly opposed.” ...
Bailouts: Still Totally Unpopular
Hit & Run —
... the political parties. By an 84% to seven percent (7%) margin, the Political Class prefers federal subsidies over bankruptcy. By a 67% to 21% margin, those in the Political Class favor federal loan guarantees to help California raise money (see more on the Political Class). Voters have consistently opposed federal bailout funds for the auto industry, the banking industry and insurance companies. Looking back on the bailouts that were provided, most continue to believe they were a bad idea. Link via Instapundit. ...
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congressmatters.com 12/13/2008 — Just out of curiosity, let's take a look at which Members split their votes on the bailouts, voting for one but not the other.
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