eschatonblog.com - 11/14/2008
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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.
news.yahoo.com - 11/14/2008
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news.yahoo.com —
AP - Senate Democrats pressed ahead on Thursday
with plans to vote next week on a $25...
billion emergency loan plan for U.S. carmakers as the auto industry and business groups readied a lobbying onslaught to overcome GOP opposition.
(more)
Democrats hunt for support for auto bailout
(AP)
usatoday.com - 11/17/2008
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usatoday.com —
"Just giving them $25 billion doesn't change anything,"
Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, the Senate's second-ranking Republican,...
said on Fox News Sunday . "It just puts off for six months or so the day of reckoning." Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, the senior ...
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Republicans blast auto bailout plan
newhavenindependent.org - 11/12/2008
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newhavenindependent.org —
Scott, one of Connecticut’s leading conservative voices of
the past three decades, was the last local on-air...
voice at WELI-AM, once a fully-staffed Greater New Haven news station turned into a right-wing talk radio syndication outlet by owner Clear ...
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Dodd Interview Censored
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Saxby Chambliss Bailed Out Wall Street, But ‘Will Not Support’ Any Relief For Detroit
Wonk Room —
... By the time the “freeing up of that credit” actually takes place, there very well may be many fewer automobiles for Georgians to buy. As economist and blogger Duncan Black commented on news that Congress lacks the votes for action on the auto industry, “It’s pretty interesting that we’re propping up the fake economy and letting the real economy wither.” ...
Yet another bailout in the offing?
Daily Kos —
... With each successive announcement of yet another bailout for some financial giant, I'm reminded of the observation of Atrios earlier this month as he tried to make sense of the logic about why the powers that be are eagerly rescuing the banks while hesitating about the auto industry: ...
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