Fed Announces Another $800 Billion in Bailout Funding
The Bush administration and the Federal Reserve announced on November 25 almost $800 billion dollars in additional funds to help, bail out, or...
Economy
Bailout Bill Did Not Stop Stock-market Slide
The enactment of the now-notorious $700 billion bailout package did not stop the downward slide of the stock market, as its proponents had...
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Federal Reserve Loaned Nearly $2 Trillion
By now everyone knows that Congress and the White House approved an enormous $700-plus billion package a short time ago and that the...
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Showdown Looms Over Auto Bailout Plan
The pleading for a financial bailout of the U.S. auto industry is becoming more widespread and insistent. Governors from Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio, Delaware,...
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Auto Sales Drop; Detroit Faces “Carnage”
It's no surprise that U.S. automakers are in trouble. Facing massive costs for health insurance, falling demand for mainstay products like trucks and...
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White House to Banks: “Lend More Money”
On October 28, as the Treasury Department announced a series of steps to begin delivering infusions of a $250 billion government bank-recapitalization plan,...
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A.I.G. Burning Through Bailout Loan
The American International Group is burning through its $123 billion bailout loan quickly. According to Edward Liddy, the man brought in to restructure...
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Companies Line Up for Bailout Bucks
With the federal government doling out $700 billion of Americans' hard-earned money under the new bank bailout law, a sizeable list of companies...
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Fed Will Pump Another $540 Billion Into Economy
In its latest desperate move to head off the inevitable recession, the Federal Reserve announced Tuesday the creation of another new facility, the...
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Nationalization of Banks Begins
In what is unabashedly being called a "partial nationalization" of the U.S. banking industry, the Bush administration announced Tuesday morning that the federal...
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GM May Face Bankruptcy
Triple-digit losses on the Dow are becoming a commonplace, but there are now ominous signs that the financial crisis of 2008 is entering...
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“Bailout” Really About Nationalizing U.S. Financial Sector
As the financial crisis continues, the Bush administration, led by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, is moving ahead to enact the unconstitutional and socialistic...
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Fed to Buy Commercial Paper
Following a roller coaster day on Wall Street that saw the Dow close under 10,000 for the first time in years, the Federal...
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Power Brokers 1, Constituents 0 on Bailout
"Madame Speaker, only in Washington could a bill demonstrably worse than its predecessor be brought back for another vote and actually expect to...
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McCain & Obama Vs. Ron Paul on Bailout
Two days after the House rejected the mammoth $700 billion bailout bill, the Senate passed it. Not surprisingly for those who understand the...
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