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Paulson: Um, change of plans on the bailout money
hotair.com - 11/17/2008
Paulson: Um, change of plans on the bailout money
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The money bit (pun intended) comes at 1:15. [...] Read the rest »
politico.com - 11/25/2008
Treasury wants rest of bailout money from Congress
— politico.com — This is a marked change of tone from previous Paulson hints that the second wave could be left... to Obama. (more) Treasury wants rest of bailout money from Congress

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Anwyn's Notes in the Margin:  Repeal the Bailout

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Repeal the Bailout
Anwyn's Notes in the Margin — I am sick and tired of reading the ever-changing scenarios under which the government or its component part Treasury will spend the $700 billion of bailout money. Do not buy up bad mortgages. Do not inject government capital into either private or public businesses. Let the banks either foreclose or renegotiate with the mortgaged holders themselves, which is not as far-fetched an idea as you’d think (note to Ed Morissey: Exactly why, if lenders do this, should the taxpayer take the risk instead of the bank investor?). People are already bitching and ...

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