politics.theatlantic.com - 2/25/2009
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Attention markets: The government has a plan to steel your spines, to help you gain confidence in banks - specifically - a "buffer of confidence" for the largest financial institutions. Here is how a senior Treasury official, briefing reporters this afternoon, described ...
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Those Stress Tests And The Other N-Word
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... Marc has a very helpful guide to what Geithner is plannig - after a conference call with Obama's peeps. Basically: stress tests will lead to a six-month period in which clearly underwater banks try to get private capital; if they fail, the government will step in: ...
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americanprogress.org 3/11/2009 — March 11, 2009 The Center s latest pair of reports on the new progressive era now sweeping the country Senior Fellow Ruy Teixeira s New Progressive America and Senior Fellow John Halpin s The State of American Political Ideology, 2009 map in detail ...
"The banks" versus "some banks"
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com 4/2/2009 — On the run: this critique of my views is interesting. But I think there's a crucial assumption that isn't right. The question isn't whether "the banks" are insolvent; most surely aren't. Instead, some banks are probably insolvent.
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marketnewslive.blogspot.com 2/10/2009 — Nearly 4 months after U.S. banks received a multi-billion dollar bailout from the government Sharyl Attkisson takes a look at just how each of those banks are spending taxpayer money.
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nytimes.com 2/11/2009 — Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have indicated their companies were hoping to return bailout funds as quickly as possible, on worries the government may intrude further in their business. >
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online.wsj.com 1/30/2009 — Top economic officials are discussing new efforts to help banks while trying to mitigate the cost to taxpayers. Obama stepped up his rhetorical attacks on the same banks his officials are planning to aid.
Obama reignites fight over U.S. farm subsidies —
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's pledge to cut subsidies to big farm businesses in his first budget reopens a long-simmering fight about whether -- and if so, how -- the United States should reform its traditional farm supports.
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