huffingtonpost.com - 11/20/2008
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huffingtonpost.com —
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of auto-state senators
reached a last-ditch compromise Thursday to throw Detroit's Big...
Three a government lifeline worth billions, but the plan faces an uphill battle in a reluctant Senate. With the auto ...
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Bipartisan group works to revive auto bailout
balloon-juice.com - 11/23/2008
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Over at the Corner , all sorts of
gruesome numbers regarding the woes of the Big Three,...
and the question I have to keep asking is why bail them out? I really do not understand how sending tens of billions on top of the 25 billion in loans to ...
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The Auto Bailout
eschatonblog.com - 11/14/2008
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eschatonblog.com —
Dodd sez it isn't going to happen in
this Congress for the auto makers. While I have...
mixed feelings about such a thing generally, it's pretty interesting that we're propping up the fake economy and letting the real economy whither.
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No Auto Bailout For You
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Auto Bailout "Compromise" Reached, By Which We Mean Bailout Supporters Win
Ace of Spades HQ —
Auto Bailout "Compromise" Reached, By Which We Mean Bailout Supporters Win I didn't understand the dispute over whether the already approved (and already spendthrift) $25 billion in loans to create more energy efficient vehicles should be used for the bailout, versus carving out $25 billion from the TARP bailout. Wasn't it $25 billion either way? Well, no, Ed Morrissey explains. The bailout promoters wanted both that $25 billion in energy-efficiency-promoting loans and a fresh $25 billion in new loans for a sweet, sweet $50 billion haul. So, we "won" -- they won't have ...
Waxman replaces Dingell as Energy Chair.
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... to put it off until at least next month, for
reasons that no doubt seem good to them (sorta via
Hot Air). And, of course, starting in January it's going to be
obvious even to the ...
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