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Rescue Plan

Home Rescue Plan Delaying, Not Solving Crisis

Reuters | Nick Carey & Al Yoon | Posted 10.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Rescue Plan, Home Rescue Plan, Housing, Home Rescue, Making Home Affordable Program, Home Affordable Modification, Housing Crisis, Recession, Business News

Within weeks of taking office, U.S. President Barack Obama rode to the rescue of homeowners resigned to financial ruin. Obama, grappling with the wor...

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Rescued by the House No One Wanted

Tina Traster | Posted 09.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Rescue, Old House, Suburbia, Burb Appeal, Rescue Plan, Abandoned Pets, Pets, Home Prices, Home Sales, House Renovation, Adopting Pets, Happiness, Adoption, Living News
Tina Traster

I have a thing for rescue. Put in certain circumstances I act before I think, especially when crises involve animals. It's a reflex.

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The World's Smartest Money Man on the Crisis

Diane Francis | Posted 04.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Sub-Prime, Mortgage Crisis Bailout, President Obama, Credit Meltdown, Trillion-Dollar Stimulus, Credit Default Swaps, Obama, Stimulus, Rescue Plan, Canadian, Prem Watsa, Fairfax Financial, Rescue, Financial Crisis, Crisis, Wall Street, Budget Deficits, Business News
Diane Francis

The year 2008 will go down as one of history's worst, but it was the best year in the history of Canada's Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited.

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Coming Soon to a Neighborhood Near You

Michael J. Panzner | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Federal Bailout, Debt, U.S. Economy, Violence, Federal Reserve, Borrowing, Rescue Plan, National Debt, Federal Budget Deficit, Conflict, Bailout, Financial Rescue, Economic Rescue Package, Spending, Protest, Washington, Protests, Protestors, Politics News
Michael J. Panzner

After almost four decades of relative calm and complacency, there are signs that the social mood is beginning to sour.

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President Obama: Sign New Emancipation Proclamation to Free Us From Debt Slavery and Free-up the Economy

Ronald B. Robinson | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rescue Plan, Treasury Department, Credit Crisis, President Obama, Banks, Fico, Economy, Federal Reserve Board, Comptroller of the Currency, Stimulus, Business, Bailout, Housing Crisis, Politics News, Paulson, Credit Card Industry, Credit Scores, Housing, Financial Crisis, Foreclosure Crisis, Just Price Solutions, Bonuses, Politics, Economic Crisis, Breaking News, Bignews, Mortgage Crisis, Reform, Wealth, Banking Industry, Freddie Mac, Ponzi Scheme, Emancipation Proclamation, Debt Slavery, Republicans, Fanie Mae, Tax Cuts, Politics News
Ronald B. Robinson

Mr. President, help us create "a more perfect Union" from the "bottom-up." You can be the Lincoln of our times and free us from the greed and "top-down" bondage that has brought us here.

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Obama Admin To Unveil New Rescue Plan For Banks

New York Times | STEPHEN LABATON | Posted 03.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Rescue Plan, Financial Industry, Banks, Obama Administration, Bank Rescue Plan, Timothy Geithner, Business News

After weeks of internal debate, the Obama administration has settled on a plan to inject billions of dollars in fresh capital into banks and entice in...

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Change FICO Credit Scoring to Stimulate Economy and Address Housing and Banking Crisis

Ronald B. Robinson | Posted 03.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Treasury Department, President Obama, Economic Crisis, Federal Reserve Board, Economy, Fico, Ponzi Scheme, Credit Crisis, Stimulus, Banking Industry, Mortgage Crisis, Politics, Wealth, Credit Card Industry, Tax Cuts, Credit Scores, Banks, Republicans, Bonuses, Comptroller of the Currency, Business, Financial Crisis, Bignews, Paulson, Housing, Reform, Foreclosure Crisis, Housing Crisis, Rescue Plan, Bailout, Bailout Outrage, Business News
Ronald B. Robinson

Republicans are proposing a 4% home mortgage Ponzi scheme that's the modern day version of "40 acres and a mule." It's every bit the false promise that dashed the hopes of ex-slaves after the Civil War.

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Lessons from the Losers -- How Not to Cave

Matt Stewart | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Capitol Hill, House of Representatives, President Obama, Politicians, John Boehner, Washington, Iraq, Congress, Obama, Dc, Survival, Barack Obama, Rescue Plan, Politics, Bailout, Federal Government, Economists, Stimulus Plan, Senate, Republicans, Economy, Demcrats, Politics News
Matt Stewart

It's essential to draw a distinction between rigidly opposing a terrible idea and opposing good one. The Iraq War is a terrible idea based on a lie. By turn, the stimulus package is a pretty good one.

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The Gathering Credit Card Storm

Sen. Robert Menendez | Posted 12.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Rescue Plan, Congress, Bailout, Bob Menendez, Economy, Economic Crisis, Banks, Banking Crisis, Credit Cards, Robert Menendez, Business News
Sen. Robert Menendez

We can't afford to watch consumers' finances dragged down by unfair credit card practices. It wouldn't be fair in any situation, but at a time of such national financial turmoil, it's an even bigger threat to our economy.

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My Conversation with Henry Paulson

Charlie Rose | Posted 11.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Rescue Plan, Congress, Charlie Rose, Bailout, Finance, Economy, Henry Pualson, Banking, Hank Paulson, Wall Street, Business News
Charlie Rose

2008-10-22-rosepaulson.jpgI spoke with Paulson about whether the rescue plan was necessary to build confidence in the economic system.

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ASBL's Lloyd Chapman Discusses Senator Obama's Small Business Plan on CNN

Chris Gunn | Posted 11.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Rescue Plan, Small Business, Bailout, Barack Obama, Cnn, Economy, American Morning, Middle Class, Asbl, American Small Business, Business News
Chris Gunn

The following clip ran on CNN's American Morning and features American Small Business League (ASBL) president Lloyd Chapman speaking out about Senato...

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New Obama Small Business Rescue Plan Ignores Abuses In Government Contracting Programs

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 11.13.2008 | Business

Read More: Rescue Plan, Small Business Administration, Small Business, Economy, Middle Class, American Small Business League, Barack Obama, American Small Business, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Senator Barack Obama's new small business emergency rescue plan is being criticized for ignoring a series of federal investigations that found the gov...

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House Bailout Vote Could Still Hold Surprises

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 11.02.2008 | Business

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WASHINGTON — A wave of House converts jumped aboard the $700 billion financial industry bailout Thursday on the eve of a make-or-break second vo...

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Is The Rage Against The Bailout Plan Reasonable?

Wall Street Journal | James Stewart | Posted 11.01.2008 | Business

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They're angry and they're not going to take it anymore. That's the message opponents of the proposed financial rescue, now widely derided as a bailou...

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Like A Clearance Sale: What Does Wall Street Think Of The Failout?

Wallstrip | Posted 11.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Rescue Plan, Senate Vote, House Vote, Bailout, Finance, Economy, Bailout Plan, Personal Finance, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Business News

Wallstrip's Julie Alexandria hit the street to see what people in New York think of the bailout plan -- and its failure in the House of Representative...

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