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 McCain bailout plan: More deregulation (video)
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McCain Offers Deregulation As Solution To Deregulation Based Fiscal Crisis
Oliver Willis — It’s something of a joke in liberal circles that conservatives think tax cuts are a cure all like Robitussin. But it’s not a parody if its true. COURIC: And, Bob, I understand that John McCain actually floated an alternative plan. What can you tell us about that? ORR: We’re told at the White House Senator McCain offered an alternative plan that would include fewer regulations and more corporate tax breaks for businesses, kind of a private solution. But we’re also told those ideas angered and surprised Democrats like banking chairman Chris Dodd who ...

CBS: McCain offered last-minute new proposal with fewer regulations and more corporate tax cuts
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — KATIE COURIC: And, Bob, I understand that John McCain actually floated an alternative plan. What can you tell us about that? BOB ORR: We're told at the White House Senator McCain offered an alternative plan that would include fewer regulations and more corporate tax breaks for businesses, kind of a private solution. But we're also told those ideas angered and surprised Democrats like banking chairman Chris Dodd who now says he thinks the White House summit was more of a political stunt for McCain. ...

The McCain Plan: "Fewer Regulations, More Corporate Tax Breaks"
Daily Kos — Besides finding out that "the whole sequence of events confirmed Treasury's fears about inserting presidential politics into what were already difficult negotiations," according to Politico, it looks like the photo op today also yielded a bold new plan by John McCain: KATIE COURIC: And, Bob, I understand that John McCain actually floated an alternative plan. What can you tell us about that? BOB ORR We're told at the White House Senator McCain offered an alternative plan that would include fewer regulations and more corporate tax ...

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