Tag: cronyism
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September 25, 2008 07:04 PM EDT --
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Republican Sen. Richard Shelby emerged from President Bush's economic bailout meeting Thursday afternoon saying, "We will not have a deal."
Shelby, a senator from Alabama, . . . more
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September 24, 2008 10:14 AM EDT --
WASHINGTON--Having spent part of my life in the developing world, I know that the nationalization of an industry or an institution is an act of robbery perpetrated under the pretense of altruism--sort . . . more
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September 24, 2008 10:42 AM EDT --
As far as I am concerned the bailout should not happen under any circumstances.
Congress is acting prudently by not quickly authorizing the administration's $700 billion bailout plan. . . . more
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September 24, 2008 03:22 PM EDT --
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October 07, 2008 12:21 PM EDT --
Poll finds 6 of 10 believe a depression is somewhat or very likely - seeing 25% unemployed and millions homeless and hungry
Nearly six out of ten Americans believe another economic depression . . . more
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October 08, 2008 01:54 PM EDT --
Americans have lost as much as $2 trillion in pension savings over the past months.
Public and private pension funds and employees' private retirement savings accounts have lost some 20 percent . . . more
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September 25, 2008 11:57 AM EDT --
After a nerve-rattling week in which the U.S. financial system was shaken to the core, here's a simple question: Why on Earth would anyone want to be president right now?
Even . . . more
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October 06, 2008 03:26 PM EDT --
Environmentalists Challenge More Bush Administration Political Interference in Endangered Species Decisions Increased Protection Sought for Six Species in Seven Western States
The Center for Biological . . . more
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May 21, 2007 05:32 PM EDT --
Like his former boss at the so-called Department of "Defense," Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz had expressions of full support from George W. Bush until he resigned. Bush has a longer relationship . . . more
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October 09, 2008 04:13 PM EDT --
The passing of the $850-billion bailout pulled the plug on the New Deal. The Great Society is now gasping for air, mortally wounded, coughing up blood. It will not recover. It was . . . more
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October 10, 2008 04:29 PM EDT --
Paulson seems to have started the down turn in the world markets with his announcement of the 700 billion bailout. Was this planned? Paulson is also guilty of conflict of intereat after bringing in his . . . more
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September 25, 2008 12:03 PM EDT --
A recent letter writer noted that the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee (our Sen. Dodd) stated that he was going to get to the root of the cause of the current national financial debacle. Wow, such . . . more
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September 30, 2008 06:45 AM EDT --
Stephen Starkey poses in 2004 in front of his childhood home, which his mother says she is losing Wednesday.
Congress is scrambling to approve a bailout plan to save a financial system . . . more
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September 30, 2008 12:15 PM EDT --
Free Lunch: How The Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expenses and Stick You with the Bill.
Whether you favor the $700 billion bailout or not, the House vote today should make . . . more
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October 01, 2008 07:43 AM EDT --
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has directed nearly $100,000 from her political action committee to her husband's real estate and investment firm over the past decade, a practice of paying a spouse with . . . more
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October 09, 2008 01:13 PM EDT --
These have been terrifying days--and not just because of the spectacle of the nation's financial infrastructure crumbling before our eyes. Our political elites were warned of the immediate . . . more
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October 10, 2008 11:49 AM EDT --
The outragreous behavior ofinsurance giant AIG to spend lavishly on perks after taking billions in a taxpayer buyout underscores the corporate arrogance that has helped land America in its current . . . more
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October 10, 2008 12:36 PM EDT --
I applaud Rep. Joe Courtney for having the courage to vote against the bailout bill. The federal government should protect our rights and borders, and enforce the laws of this great country - not purchase . . . more
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September 25, 2008 11:11 AM EDT --
This is all the bailout is about.
As you may have heard, John McCain just announced he's suspending his campaign--and asking to postpone Friday's debate--so that he can return to Washington . . . more
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May 03, 2006 09:20 AM EDT --
Bush might be the worst president ever, but some Republican governors are giving him a run for his money.
Stateside Dispatch
5.03.06- The story of American democracy is one of heroes and disappointments. . . . more
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