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Detroit comes begging for bailouts

Wonk Room found this 11/10/2008 on sfgate.com

Detroit is anything but cocky, but it's confident it won't be turned down on its latest tin-cupping mission. It's already received $25 billion in loans and now wants an equal amount. Democrats, who carried the Rust Belt auto states, don't want to disappoint these voters or doom a mainstay ...