nytimes.com - 3/21/2009
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Congress should let Americans’ anger over A. I. G. bonuses run its course instead of attempting to manipulate it. >
nytimes.com - 3/19/2009
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As we ignore traditional news media more and
more and go online for “news,” we become our...
own editors. Heaven help us. >
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Op-Ed Columnist: The Daily Me
nytimes.com - 3/26/2009
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National Consensus Update: Tim Geithner Really cool
guy. Super job on that bank bailout thing. Look...
at the way the stock market jumped. Way better Treasury secretary than last week’s Tim Geithner, who seemed a lot ... shorter. Barack Obama Kinda ...
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Op-Ed Columnist - Everything Bad Is Good Again
nytimes.com - 3/18/2009
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The bank bailout plan makes sense and might
even make profits for U.S. taxpayers. But in this...
climate of anger, it will take all of President Obama’s political capital to sell it to Congress and the public. >
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Op-Ed Columnist: Obama’s Real Test
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Daily Kos —
Week-end punditry coming up. Charles Blow: And, could we please forgo the cacophonous symphony of political recriminations? Everyone’s complicit: Republicans have never liked limiting executive pay. The Obama administration stepped in to strip a provision from the stimulus bill that would have blocked these bonuses. And the Democratic Congress passed it. Just fix it. Gail Collins: Let me deliberately change the subject from you-know-what. So let’s contemplate that ...
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by David E | (Visited 7 times) Well not anymore, Neal. In fact that’s what got us into this mess to begin with. Isn’t that right Mr. Blow? “The recent unpleasantness of our economic unraveling has caused me headaches. Not so much because I was losing my shirt, but because I thought I was losing my mind. Credit-default swaps, derivative products, securitized mortgages. Say what? It feels as though I’ve stumbled into a Mensa meeting.” Or something.“All the tumult is couched in a jumble of jargon that is confusing and infuriating. In laymen’s terms, the financial industry ...
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