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Video: South Park on bailouts
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Video: South Park on bailouts posted at 5:30 pm on March 26, 2009 by Allahpundit Send to a Friend | Share on Facebook | printer-friendly From last night’s recession-flavored retelling of the Passion , a glimpse into how TurboTax Tim and the boys make the tough decisions. They recycled this gag, more or less, from their episode goofing on how the “Family Guy” writing staff comes up with its jokes, but it’s no less apt here than it was there. Or is it? After Lehman Brothers, there’s really no option anymore for letting banks fail lest the dreaded supposed domino effect occur. That chicken’s forever doomed to collapse on “bailout.” At ...
"South Park" Explains The Bailouts (VIDEO)
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Last night's "South Park" took on the economy, which lead to an incredibly convoluted episode that was almost as bizarre as our current financial state. Suffice to say the, the recession has hit South Park hard, and when Stan tries to return a margarita maker everything goes haywire. He's carrying it around when he reaches the Treasury, only to find their methods of determining who gets America's money and why to be more than unorthodox.
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South Park On “Bailouts”
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How Bailout Decisions Are Reached
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Here I was thinking that bailouts were awarded based on who had greased the most Democrat palms. As it turns out, Tax Cheat Tim Geithner and the rest of the boobs running Washington have a more scientific means of determining how to flush away our money, our children's money, and our grandchildren's money. ...
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Will the Feds Save CIT Group?
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Sub-prime lender CIT Group is in trouble and asking the Feds for help. Former chief economist for the IMF and current Baseline Scenario blogger Simon Johnson predicts that, on balance, a bailout is probably unlikely. Why?
CIT’s bailout possibilities are now in the realm of political choice... [T]he lack of strong connections between CIT’s CEO and senior Treasury officials looks like a weakness. CIT seems to sit at the edge of the charmed circle, with regard to meetings, shared social engagements, and intellectual entanglements. This is a close call, but I think it is just on the outside of the circle ...
Another Bailout for Government Motors
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Remember my post last weekend linking to an article in which Obama Car Czar Steven Rattner bragged about how he and his brilliant team of super-geniuses saved General Motors? Remember that? Here, I'll link it it for you.
Anyway, it turns out the super-geniuses may not have saved GM as good as they thought they did, because GM is fixin' to ask for another bailout; this makes three if you've been counting.
The U.S. Treasury Department is in talks with GMAC Financial Services Inc about a possible third cash infusion to the company, an Obama administration official confirmed. The official declined to say how much additional money was ...
