Give Us a Bailout that Helps Everyone
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.
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.
David Bromwich | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics
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.
Jeff Chang | Posted 09.24.2008 | Politics
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.
Peter Dreier | Posted 09.23.2008 | Home
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."
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...
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...
Danny Schechter | Posted 09.20.2008 | Media
The financial issues and choices we face are still not being discussed clearly.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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Gerald McEntee | Posted 09.25.2008 | Business