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Crash Test

Amy Ephron | Posted 12.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Gmac, Chrysler, Union Shop, Cerberus Capital Management, General Motors, Hybrid, Bail-Out, Nancy Pelosi, John Snow, Financial Crisis, Harry Reid, Henry Paulson, Auto Industry Bailout, Green News
Amy Ephron

I know that 600,000 jobs hang in the balance over the auto industry bailout, but wait, I have a solution. Why don't we convert the factories to alternative energy sector plants?

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The Negotiated Rate: 35% on a Merrick Bank Credit Card

Alex Geana | Posted 12.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Credit Crisis, Bail Out, Credit Card Debt, Housing Crisis, Business News
Alex Geana

What will jump start the economy is my ability to find opportunity and spend again (along with millions of others). Now I'll be maintaining debt, instead of contributing to the next retail quarter.

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Why October 6th Felt Like September 11th

Jeannie Ralston | Posted 11.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Ecomomic Meltdown, Job Losses, Bail Out, Self-Sufficiency, Wall Street, Economy, Recession Fears, Financial Crisis, Anxiety, Cutting Back, September 11th, Living News
Jeannie Ralston

Today, I'm not sure who to be angry at, exactly who to blame, but after years of inattention and living like we had a right to a free lunch, my suspicion is that this time the culprit is all of us.

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You Can Fool all of the People all of the Time

Brian Oxman | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bail Out, Politcal Economy, Economy, Economic Crisis, Politics News
Brian Oxman

Why am I not surprised that the $700 billion .... No, the $850 billion .... No, try again ... the $1.8 trillion bailout giveaway passed through Cong...

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Bailout Bill Gives Tax Break to Wooden Arrow Manufacturers While Small Business Get the Shaft

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 11.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Congress, Small Business Administration, Wall Street Crisis, Bail Out, Middle Class Economy, Wooden Arrows, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

If anyone was concerned that President Bush, Treasury Secretary Paulson and Congress were not up to the task of passing a serious economic recovery bi...

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Our National Sue Simmons Moment

Joe Cutbirth | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Recession, Hank Paulson, Stock Market Crash, David Gergen, Bail Out, Joe Cutbirth, John Boehner, Sue Simmons, George W. Bush, Nancy Pelosi, John McCain Wall Street Crisis, What the F..., Bush Depression, Politics News
Joe Cutbirth

I am a liberal, and damn it, I want the government to act. I'm not opposed to a huge, sweeping bill, but the way this went down on Monday was bullshit.

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The Last Supper on Wall Street: Sushi, Stocks, and Who is Picking Up the Check?

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 10.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Bail Out, Stocks, Economy, Oversight, Aig, Bankers, Expat, Us Treasury, Goldman Sachs, Paying Bills, Paulson, Wall Street Crisis, Lehman, Sushi, Financial, Wall Street, Business News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

Denial was overtly present during a three hour dinner at an expensive sushi restaurant. Bankers threw stock prices into the conversation between the dishes of sashimi and cucumber martinis.

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Cowardly New World

Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 10.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Dregulation Crisis, Wall Street Crisis, Hank Paulson, Bail-Out, Fiscal Stimulus, Dollar Value, Crisis, Treasury Secretary, Recession, Business News
Max Fraad Wolff

Are we rallying based on the idea that strings attached help and that heavy regulation will triumph over global recession and a public no better able to pay its bills?

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Friday Talking Points [48] -- Throwing Out The Rulebook

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Back in Volume 36 of this Friday Talking Points column, I pointed out what seemed to me to be an obvious observation -- that the media was going a lot...

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