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Bailout firms have program recipients among their clients
USA Today 01/27/09 All six of the law and accounting firms hired by the Treasury Department to help manage the $700 billion financial bailout have clients who received the federal money, contracting... ...
Bank Bailout Could Cost $4 Trillion
money.cnn.com — The cost of the bank bailout is likely to be much higher than $700 billion. While the Obama administration hasn't asked Congress for more money yet, some experts warn that government spending... ...
Stimulus for who?
Freedom's Phoenix by US Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) 01/26/09 This week the House is expected to pass an $825 billion economic stimulus package. In reality, this bill is just an escalation of a government-created... ...
Prosecute George W. Bush for illegal acts
AntiWar.Com by Ivan Eland 01/24/09 The Obama administration is reluctant to turn over too many rocks in the Bush administration’s conduct in the War on Terror. Obama has pledged to reach a post-partisan... ...
US lobbying spending tops $3 billion in ‘08
USA Today 01/26/09 Despite the sharp economic downturn, lobbying spending in the nation’s capital surged past $3 billion last year as industries and special-interest groups wooed Congress and federal... ...
Jobless claims surge and housing starts tumble
The worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s is forcing companies to slash jobs, creating a vicious cycle for an economy mired in a year-long recession. http://www.reu ters.com/article/topNews/i dUSN2252816420090122... ...
The reversals of market wisdom
Reason by Jacob Sullum Remember when Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson warned us, back in September, that the economy was about to collapse unless Congress immediately authorized him to spend $700 billion... ...
Inauguration Perks Go To the Rich
http://abcnews.go.com/Blot ter/MoneyTrail/story?id=66 80531&page=1 Despite Crisis, Wall Street Gets Red Carpet from Obama http://www.abcnews.g o.com/Blotter/Inauguration /story?id=6681555&page=1 Wall... ...
The great inauguration bailout
Examiner by Garry Reed 01/19/09 After warning in a recent speech that government (meaning the taxpaying public) is likely to be left with ‘trillion-dollar deficits for years to come’ you’d think the... ...
What Obama Left Out of the Economic Recovery Plan
Higher Wages and Debt Relief By Mike Whitney Barak Obama and Co. are planning to launch their own version of economic "shock and awe" in the opening weeks of the new administration. Aside from the... ...