<![CDATA[While Paulson Waffles, the White House Dawdles, and Congress Dithers, the Economy Continues to Burn.]]>

1.0 link 143666 <![CDATA[While Paulson Waffles, the White House Dawdles, and Congress Dithers, the Economy Continues to Burn.]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/while-paulson-waffles-the_b_143666.html So, $290 billion into his bailout plan, Hank Paulson is calling for a do-over. Now there is a confidence booster.

Providing "I-told-you-so" talking points to the what's-the-rush crowd, the Secretary of the Treasury announced yesterday that the government is no longer going to use any of the $700 billion Congress allocated to the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to buy, well, Troubled Assets from financial institutions -- the original centerpiece of the plan.

Instead, Paulson is looking to fortify the...

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