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Give Us a Bailout that Helps Everyone

Gerald McEntee | Posted 09.25.2008 | Business


Gerald McEntee

Bush and McCain have turned a blind eye to those who are struggling to keep their homes. Back then they were talking about "market correction." Only now are they talking about government intervention.

Cheney Components of the Paulson Plan

David Bromwich | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics


David Bromwich

The banking crisis, in the manner of its management, now looks like the October surprise one week early and with one week longer to turn it to advantage.

Days Of Dancing For Dollars Long Gone

Jeff Chang | Posted 09.24.2008 | Politics


Jeff Chang

In the Bronx in the '70s, slumlords bought up apartment buildings, then hired arsonists to burn them down so that they could pocket the insurance money. Who was left homeless? As with this bailout, not the slumlords.

The Bush Bail-Out -- We Have Been Here Before

Peter Dreier | Posted 09.23.2008 | Home


Peter Dreier

Democrats should not cave to Wall Street and its Republican allies and support just any rescue plan. They should learn from the S&L bailout of the 1980s, otherwise known as "the greatest-ever bank robbery."

Jason Linkins

Dodd On Paulson Plan: "Not Just Our Economy At Risk...Our Constitution As Well"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.23.2008 | Politics


Senator Christopher Dodd opened today's Senate Banking Committee hearing by offering deep concern over the bailout package proposal that's been put fo...

Jason Linkins

Dirty Secret Of The Bailout: Thirty-Two Words That None Dare Utter

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics


A critical - and radical - component of the bailout package proposed by the Bush administration has thus far failed to garner the serious attention of...

Where is the Outrage? Where is the Debate?

Danny Schechter | Posted 09.20.2008 | Media


Danny Schechter

The financial issues and choices we face are still not being discussed clearly.

Paulson To Urge Fed To Police Wall Street

Washington Post | Neil Irwin | Posted 06.18.2008 | Business


Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. plans to call today for the Federal Reserve to be given new, explicit powers to intervene in the workings of W...

Hank Paulson: 2008 To Be A Difficult Year

Thomson Financial | Posted 04.12.2008 | Business


US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson today warned that the US economy is not yet out of trouble, and said the combination of the housing correction, fi...

Paulson's Financial Markets Reform Will Do Little For Current Crisis

McClatchy Newspapers | Kevin G. Hall | Posted 03.30.2008 | Business


Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson makes public on Monday a new blueprint for regulation of the turbulent financial markets, one that has plenty to do w...

Bush Administration To Unveil Broadest Overhaul Of Wall Street Regulation Since Great Depression

New York Times | By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ and FLOYD NORRIS | Posted 03.29.2008 | Business


The Bush administration is proposing the broadest overhaul of Wall Street regulation since the Great Depression. But the plan, to be unveiled on Monda...