Economic free fall?
The Nation
by William Greider
Washington can act with breathtaking urgency when the right people want something done. In this case, the people are Wall Street’s titans, who are scared witless at the prospect of their historic implosion. Congress quickly agreed to enact a gargantuan bailout, with more to come, to calm the anxieties and halt the deflation of Wall Street giants. Put aside partisan bickering, no time for hearings, no need to think through the deeper implications. We haven’t seen ‘bipartisan cooperation’ like this since Washington decided to invade Iraq...
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080818/greider
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=bipartisan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=bailout
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=William+Greider
by William Greider
Washington can act with breathtaking urgency when the right people want something done. In this case, the people are Wall Street’s titans, who are scared witless at the prospect of their historic implosion. Congress quickly agreed to enact a gargantuan bailout, with more to come, to calm the anxieties and halt the deflation of Wall Street giants. Put aside partisan bickering, no time for hearings, no need to think through the deeper implications. We haven’t seen ‘bipartisan cooperation’ like this since Washington decided to invade Iraq...
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080818/greider
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=bipartisan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=bailout
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=William+Greider
rudkla - 1. Aug, 11:00
