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"Whoever heard of a hundred thousand animals rushing together to butcher each other, as men do everywhere [during war]?"-- Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch humanist, 1466-1536

 

House passes bailout

"I applaud the action taken by the Congress," said Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. "The legislation is a critical step toward stabilizing our financial markets and ensuring an uninterrupted flow of credit to households and businesses."

Webmaster's Commentary: 

They are taking $700 billion away from you and giving it to the banks to loan back to you at interest.

But if nobody borrows it ...

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House passes bailout

poorrichard

Somebody said today that the bailout has expanded to $850 billion because of the pork bribes to the congress/senate critters. To get them to pass it..It takes some slush funds.

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