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Struggling to Avoid a Neck Injury in the Whiplash of Democracy

Michealene Cristini Risley | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

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Michealene Cristini Risley

All of us know what a lie is, and hopefully we believe it is wrong. So why when politicians and elected officials lie or tell half-truths it is acceptable to voters?

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Dear John McCain -- Stay Away From References to Technology and Jell-O

Jessica Olien | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

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Jessica Olien

My friend, you don't want to be talking Jell-O. Jell-O conjures up images of nursing homes and Bill Cosby.

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Republican's View: Not McCain's Night

Christopher Ingram | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

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Christopher Ingram

Simply put, McCain left his "A" game at the office. In failing to land the needed body-blow, Obama gets the win. And while Obama's was a technical win, he did not perform poorly.

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Of Wannabe Sith Lords and Maverick Politicians

Steven Denlinger | Posted 10.01.2008 | Politics

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Steven Denlinger

A FRIEND recently sent me an email that expressed his frustration with the bailout plan: "I was talking with a businessman on Sunday (Ventura way),...

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Hank Paulson Needs A Sales Lesson

Vince Farrell | Posted 09.30.2008 | Business

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Vince Farrell

Hank Paulson needs to go to some kind of sales seminar to learn how to sell a program and not try to ram it down people's throats.

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A Forward Looking 5-Point Plan to End the Economic Crisis

Shafqat Khan | Posted 09.26.2008 | Home

Read More: Taxes, Treasury Department, White House, Investment Bankers, Economy, George W. Bush, Federal Reserve, Credit Crisis, Bankers, Housing Crisis, Wall Street Crisis, FInancial Markets, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Treasury, Banks, Financial Crisis, Henry Paulson, Treasury Secretary, Home News
Shafqat Khan

For too long the Democrats have surrendered the ground on taxes and free markets to the Republicans. Now is their chance to seize the initiative in these two areas with a simple 5-point plan.

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"Banksters" On Parade

Jackson Williams | Posted 09.23.2008 | Business

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Jackson Williams

There once were usury laws in this country to limit such shamelessness. I wonder where they went?

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Paulson's Bazooka May Miss

Fortune | Colin Barr | Posted 09.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Finance, Dollar, Economy, Bailouts, Henry Paulson, Federal Reserve, Banks, Bailout Plan, Ben Bernanke, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Treasury Secretary, Business News

NEW YORK (Fortune) -- Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson fired his bazooka again, but the target remains elusive. Paulson has proposed using $700 billi...

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Why Should We Pay for All the Bad Loans of All the Banks in the World?

Cenk Uygur | Posted 09.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Treasury Secretary, Henry Paulson, Financial Bailout, Executive Compensation, Wall Street, Lobbyists, Business News
Cenk Uygur

The lobbyists have already gotten their claws into this and the bill has been expanded from bad mortgage assets to all of their bad loans. That's insane.

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Read 'Em and Weep

Bob Ostertag | Posted 09.23.2008 | Business

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Bob Ostertag

No one, not Bernanke, not Paulson, not anybody, knows if the bailout will work. It isn't that the details of the plan are wrong. It's that there are no details.

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The Bailout Plan: Welcome to Economic Shock and Awe

Arianna Huffington | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Henry Paulson, Government Bailout, Economic Shock and Awe, Economy, Barney Frank, The Authorization to Use Financial Force, Financial Crisis, Chris Dodd, Free Market, Wall Street Crisis, Treasury Secretary, Politics News
Arianna Huffington

In the battle over the proper role of government, the high priests of the church of the Free Market -- including Bush, Paulson, and the Masters of Wall Street -- have suffered a monumental defeat. So why are we allowing them to dictate the terms of their surrender?

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Paulson Reveals Election Will be Stolen by Republicans

Jane Smiley | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics

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Jane Smiley

Was Paulson planning to cede that power to a Democrat in his job? I don't think so.

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Amnesty for Wall Street and Questioning Paulson's Motives

Cenk Uygur | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Federal Bailout, Henry Paulson, Wall Street, Goldman Sachs, Hurricane Katrina, Lehman Brothers, Amnesty, Global Economic Collapse, Treasury Secretary, Financial Meltdown, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

The response to this situation has been as horrible as the Hurricane Katrina response. It's just that it's about finance, so not as many people easily understand it.

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Cowardly New World

Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 09.22.2008 | Business

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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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Financial Bailout = Patriot Act Redux: Under Cover of Crisis, the Republic is Lost

Pete Cenedella | Posted 09.22.2008 | Business

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Pete Cenedella

Forgive me if I smell a similar attempt by the Republicans to ram a lopsided, ready-made and offensive prescription down the throats of the American people under the cover of crisis.

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Neither Fair Nor Effective

David M. Abromowitz | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics

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David M. Abromowitz

Without addressing stability at the neighborhood level, our national (and now international) economic troubles will only worsen. That's why Congress needs to make some sensible additions to the Paulson plan.

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Financial Crisis: Time for a Citizens' Plan?

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 09.21.2008 | Business

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Robert L. Borosage

These demands will be met with howls of outrage, a renting of pinstripes. It will require a Congress, lathered with Wall Street contributions, to insist on a deal that makes sense.

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Treasury Bailout Proposal: Zero Pain for the Perpetrators, Toxic to Taxpayers

Paul Abrams | Posted 09.21.2008 | Business

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Paul Abrams

True to its pedigree, the Bush administration's proposal to bailout the financial system contains not a single element of shared pain by Wall Street.

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This Federal Bailout Proposal is a Disaster

Cenk Uygur | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Treasury Secretary, Henry Paulson, Barack Obama, Financial Meltdown, Bailout, George W. Bush, Financial Crisis, Toxic Assets, Wall Street, John McCain, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

I am so mad about this proposed federal bailout of Wall Street, I can't see straight. Do you understand what they're going to do? They are about to st...

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Do Paulson and Bernanke Doom McCain's November Chances?

Kevin Phillips | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

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Kevin Phillips

By promoting the mother of all financial bail-outs, Hank Paulson has all but mocked McCain's recent anti-bailout rhetoric and heightened a growing awareness of the disastrous Republican policies on Wall Street.

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Paulson Bailout Plan Could Cost $1 Trillion

Politico | Posted 09.19.2008 | Business

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Congressional leaders said after meeting Thursday evening with Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that as much...

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Treasury To Guarantee Money Market Mutual Funds

AP | MARK JEWELL AND MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 09.19.2008 | Business

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WASHINGTON — The federal government on Friday stepped in to bolster the teetering $3 trillion money-market mutual fund industry and stem a wave ...

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Paulson Sees The End Of Trouble... In A Few Years (VIDEO)

CNBC | Posted 09.15.2008 | Business

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Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson took some time today to talk to journalists and attempt to calm the nation during a tumultuous Monday for Wall Street...

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Paulson: Bush Right On "Wall Street Hangover" Joke (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 08.10.2008 | Business

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Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, a former investment firm executive, says "absolutely there's a lot of truth" to President Bush's comment that Wall S...

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About Paulson's Statement

David Kotok | Posted 07.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Fannie Mae, Henry Paulson, Freddie Mac, Bailout, Treasury Secretary, Business News
David Kotok

Okay, taxpayer, you are about to become a shareholder in Freddie and Fannie with your voting rights in the hands of the Bush Administration.

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