despair.com - 7/27/2009
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AIG, Citigroup, Bank of America, JP Morgan GM, Chrysler, & GMAC Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac Several hundred other recipients of taxpayer welfare Disaffected college students WISH this was about them. And in a way it is. Since they're the ones who are going to be paying these bills for the ...
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