In for a penny, in for $2.98 trillion
The Nation
by Robert Scheer
04/01/09
The good news on the government’s ‘No Banker Left Behind’ program is that according to the special inspector general’s report on Tuesday, the total handout to date is still less than 3 trillion dollars. It’s only 2.98 trillion to be precise, an amount six times greater than will be spent by federal, state and local governments this year on educating the fifty million American children in elementary and secondary schools. The bad news is that even greater amounts of money are to be thrown down what has to be the world record for rat holes...
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090413/scheer
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Scheer
by Robert Scheer
04/01/09
The good news on the government’s ‘No Banker Left Behind’ program is that according to the special inspector general’s report on Tuesday, the total handout to date is still less than 3 trillion dollars. It’s only 2.98 trillion to be precise, an amount six times greater than will be spent by federal, state and local governments this year on educating the fifty million American children in elementary and secondary schools. The bad news is that even greater amounts of money are to be thrown down what has to be the world record for rat holes...
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090413/scheer
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Scheer
rudkla - 2. Apr, 09:09
