seeingtheforest.com - 11/27/2008
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In the discussions of the bailouts progressives have talked about protecting the taxpayers through compensation limits, equity positions instead of just handing over funds, etc. But I don't think we...
hotair.com - 11/24/2008
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hotair.com —
As a bailout proponent, I confess, the only
statement I’ve heard over the past six weeks asserting...
that the original $700 billion for TARP has done tangible good came from Paulson himself . [...] Read the rest »
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Bush: Hey, who’s up for a few more bailouts?
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A Tale Of Two K Streets?
Firedoglake —
... a crap about the issues on which they lobby.
The ACLU lobbies. So does the Environmental Defense Fund. And the folks who run CASA. And cancer research groups. You name an issue of public interest, there's likely a lobbyist who works on their behalf. Even corporations aren't all bad -- you have to have a job in order to live unless you are a trustfund baby or a kept partner (and even then, someone somewhere has to be earning some cash, eh?).
So, here's to keeping a big, fixed eye on K Street. Because sunlight is always needed there in my book.
But ...
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