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	<title><![CDATA[The Failed Bailout: A Drop in the Bucket and Abusive to Renters]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shahid-buttar/the-failed-bailout-a-drop_b_130644.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>The last week has witnessed phenomenal political &amp; economic events. Observers, including every pundit under the sun and businesses around the planet, have stood transfixed by a dramatic series of negotiations over <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/28/bailout-legislation-full_n_130063.html">a plan that would transform America's economy</a>. </p>

<p>Henry Paulson, the Treasury Secretary and former Wall Street banker, initially proposed squandering <a href="http://www.chrismartenson.com/blog/what-latest-bailout-plan-means/5149">even more than $700 billion</a> of taxpayer money -- enough money to fund the Department of Education <a href="http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/budget09/09action.pdf">for the next 115 years</a> -- to buy...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Business]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-11-01T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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