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    ROMNEY STILL CLUELESS ABOUT THE GREAT RECESSION

    MAY 8, 2012 2:10PM

    By A Patriotic American


    Topics: bailout, recession, stimulus, jobs, romney, politics, economy

    • 1 Ratings
    • 270 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    What Maggie Murphy Got Wrong About Bloomington

    APRIL 13, 2012 3:33PM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: morning hoe, joe scarbourough, parade magazine, what people earn, total cereal, hardest working towns, columbia south carolina, hartford connecticut, norfolk virginia, bloomington indiana, tuscaloosa alabama, factory towns, rca thompson, otis elevator, mexico, general electric, cook company, boston scientific, medical devices, manufacturing, showers furniture factory, college towns, indiana university, bloomington hospital, ivy tech, macri's, university of south carolina, university of connecticut, hartford university, norfolk state university, old dominion, university of alabama, unemployment, poverty, reading pennsylvania, flint michigan, students, workers, economy, firefighters, goldman sachs, bonuses, bailout, mika brzezinski, bobby flay, donny deutch, maggie murphy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 31 Ratings
    • 1287 Views
    • 39 Comments
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    Warning: Moral Hazard

    MARCH 7, 2012 5:14PM

    By Nikki Stern


    Topics: self-righteousness, sanctimony, spendthrifts, laxy bums, mortgage default, bailout, economy, insurance, judgment, america, society, politics

    • 0 Ratings
    • 149 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Zero Interest Rate Policy = Backdoor Bank Bailout

    FEBRUARY 9, 2012 6:54PM

    By Wall Street Ranter


    Topics: business, savers, zirp, federal reserve, fed, bailout, banks, finance, investing, economy

    • 0 Ratings
    • 146 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Bill Clinton on Fiscal Irresponsibility Preceding Meltdown

    FEBRUARY 7, 2012 7:25PM

    By David Satterlee


    Topics: unemployment, time, technological research, stimulus, smart government, revenues, result, paygo rule, paygo, meltdown, medicaid expenditures, medicaid, irresponsibility, government, food stamp, fiscal irresponsibility, fiscal discipline, financial meltdown, federal, economy, downturn, debt, clinton, climate change, bill, bailout, antigovernment

    • 2 Ratings
    • 382 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Fictional Davos Discussion Between Tim Geithner & China Rep

    FEBRUARY 2, 2012 3:29PM

    By Howard Steven Friedman


    Topics: world news, wall street bailout, trade imbalance, quantitative easing, manufacturing jobs, manufacturing, free trade, currency manipulation, cheap labor, capitalism, american manufacturing, united states, tim geithner, thomas friedman, the world is flat, state capitalism, jeff immelt, general electric, freddie mac, fannie mae, china currency, davos 2012, davos, citigroup, china, bailout, aig, world economic forum, bear stearns, bank of america

    • 0 Ratings
    • 431 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Give A Man A Bank

    DECEMBER 1, 2011 4:41PM

    By Surazeus


    Topics: song, folk song, ballad, poem, poetry, surazeus, financial collapse, credit default swap, mortage, fraud, bailout, bail out, bank

    • 0 Ratings
    • 268 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Deregulation=License to Lie, Cheat and Steal...And I Can Pro

    NOVEMBER 29, 2011 8:56AM

    By HGold


    Topics: economy, deregulation, regulation, bailout

    • 2 Ratings
    • 361 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    And the Biggest, Brassiest, Balls Award Goes to.....

    NOVEMBER 23, 2011 3:47PM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: balls, tarp, christopher dodd, eliot spitzer, sec, fraud, barclays, bank of america, usb, citibank, duetsche bank, merrill lynch, goldman sachs, housing bubble, jp morgan, credit default swaps, starr international, cv starr co, lawsuit, bailout, aig, maurice goldberg

    • 1 Ratings
    • 261 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Wall Street rips off taxpayers’ trillions

    OCTOBER 9, 2011 5:56PM

    By StoneScribe


    Topics: bailout, business, economy, federal reserve, fraud, politics

    • 3 Ratings
    • 329 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Surprise, Surprise - IMF May Need Billions in Extra Funds!

    SEPTEMBER 26, 2011 12:20AM

    By John Galt


    Topics: christine lagarde, imf, new world order, federal reserve, bailout, greg palast, joseph stiglitz, tim geithner, hank paulson, larry summers, alan greenspan

    • 5 Ratings
    • 876 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Dear Mr. President: We Need A New Emancipation Proclamation

    APRIL 13, 2011 12:55PM

    By Ron Robinson


    Topics: bailout, banking industry, fico, credit card industry, credit crisis, credit scores, economic crisis, deficit crisis, debt crisis, paul ryan, path to prosperity, economy, federal reserve board, fico, financial crisis, foreclosure crisis, housing, housing crisis, mortgage crisis, barack obama, republicans, stimulus, bush tax cuts, jefferson davis, confederacy, emancipation proclamation, 150th anniversary of civil war, rachel maddow, just price solutions, belief/religion, environment, politics, news

    • 0 Ratings
    • 693 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Iceland Says No To Banker Bailout

    APRIL 10, 2011 4:57AM

    By Ernest Fuentes


    Topics: banksters, bailout, iceland

    • 0 Ratings
    • 284 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    No More Ritalin and Reality TV for Our ADD Nation

    JANUARY 31, 2011 8:37PM

    By Howard Steven Friedman


    Topics: politics, politics news, times square bomb, times square, tarp, state of the union, sarah palin blood libel, roman empire, ritalin, reality tv, obama state of the union, obama, middle class, manufacturing, iraq war, iraq, investment banks, immigration, i-bankers, health care reform, health care, harry truman, halliburton, gulf oil spill, fraud, franklin roosevelt, fdr, environment, energy policy, education reform, education, economy, economic crisis, democracy, british petroleum, bread, blood libel, best practices, barack obama, banks, bank bailout, bailout, arizona shooting, airport security, afghanistan war, afghanistan

    • 13 Ratings
    • 846 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    Dear Mr. President: I Don't Love You Anymore!

    DECEMBER 9, 2010 11:37AM

    By SpiritManSF


    Topics: open call, obama, tax compromise, republicans, democrats, banks, bailout, foreclosure, gay/lesbian, politics

    • 0 Ratings
    • 147 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    The Irish People and The Bailout - Straight Talk,

    DECEMBER 8, 2010 7:22PM

    By another steve s


    Topics: deficit, bailout, debt, europe, ireland, economy

    • 0 Ratings
    • 173 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Eye on the Bailout/ List

    DECEMBER 4, 2010 3:40PM

    By SusanThur


    Topics: bailout, politics, economy, business

    • 7 Ratings
    • 834 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Remember to Vote

    NOVEMBER 2, 2010 9:19AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: politics, remember, memory, where we were, where we are now, rolling back, roll back, revert, progress, progressive, liberal, conservative, plan, agenda, economy, jobs, health care, medical care, veterans, homes, housing, crash, mortgages, lending, loans, education, katrina, war, trillion dollars, deficit, spending, bailout, abortion, food supply, death tax, estate tax, pollution, climate, global warming, medicare, social security, banking, consumer lending, reform, election, 2010, vote, voting, turnout, midterm, mid-term, pew, rachel maddow

    • 0 Ratings
    • 244 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    The Party of Hate: Tea and No Sympathy

    OCTOBER 20, 2010 9:25AM

    By Monika Mitchell


    Topics: wall street, tea party, sustainable capitalism, social security, sharron angle, rand paul, public education, nj tea party patriots, mortgage markets, medicare, libertarian, joseph stiglitz, glenn beck, financial crisis, federal reserve, economic crisis, dick armey, capitalism, bailout, al gore, adam smith

    • 0 Ratings
    • 270 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Will Obama Save Homeowners from Wall Street Fraud Scheme?

    OCTOBER 12, 2010 10:58AM

    By The Media Consortium


    Topics: zach carter, wall street, the washington monthly, the washington independent, tarp, steve benen, obama, mother jones, laura flanders, grittv, foreclosures, foreclosure fraud, foreclosure crisis, economy, danny schechter, bailout, axelrod, annie lowrey, andy kroll, alternet

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