1.0 link 131780 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gerald-mcentee/a-few-reforms-are-simply_b_131780.html With the passage of financial rescue legislation today, Congress took an important step to pull us away from the brink of disaster. The final bill is not the blank check the Bush administration demanded two weeks ago. Rather than protecting Wall Street profits, it now protects the taxpayers and adds some needed oversight. Congress also included significant provisions AFSCME has fought for: restrictions on the immoral and excessive pay of corporate CEOs, and important new help for families facing...

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