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freedomworks.org - 9/29/2008
Why I Oppose the Wall Street Bailout -
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READER COMMENTS (4 total) ptkane from Sauk Centre, MN 2008-09-30 BB from Eureka -- So, are you against ideas like tax-increment financing? Those "loop-holes" that not only help corporations but also small, struggling communities that need industry for jobs. And are you against the 95% of the ...
canadiancapitalist.com - 10/4/2008
Why Bailout Wall Street?
— canadiancapitalist.com — There is a lot of public anger on the $700 billion dollar bailout that is being proposed... by the Bush Administration. The typical reaction is why bail out well-paid fat cats on Wall Street, who are responsible for the current mess anyway. While it is ... (more) Why Bailout Wall Street?
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qando.net - 9/29/2008
Why I Oppose the Bailout
— qando.net — T here are a number of reasons to oppose the bailout. Here are my top ones. It... isn’t necessary. As University of Chicago economist Casey Mulligan points out , if there is no bailout, it’s Wall Street, not Main Street that will take the ... (more) Why I Oppose the Bailout
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macro-man.blogspot.com - 9/29/2008
Main Street > Wall Street
— macro-man.blogspot.com — Clearly there are more voters on Main Street than Wall Street, and we all know that the... first job of a Congressman in October is to make sure that he is a Congressman in January. Regardless of whether "the package" was a good idea or not, it doesn't ... (more) Main Street > Wall Street
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QandO:  Let’s be honest about why we’re in the shape we’re in

Club for Growth:  Monday's Daily News

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Let’s be honest about why we’re in the shape we’re in
QandO — Dick Armey takes time in his denunciation of the present bailout proposal to make a very important point. This isn’t a "market failure" as many who are now voting us into perpetual debt are saying: Indeed, many proponents of the bailout have tried to put the blame for this massive government intervention squarely on the market, asserting that free market capitalism has somehow failed and the only solution is more government intervention. Yet markets do not operate in a vacuum. In fact, government institutions can have a strong – and too often corrupting – influence on markets. In the specific predicament ...

Monday's Daily News
Club for Growth — THE DAILY NEWS Obama, McCain Give Measured Support for Bailout - Tom Raum, Townhall.com A Paulson-Cantor Plan Is a Win-Win - Larry Kudlow, Money Politics Frank's Fingerprints All Over the Financial Fiasco - Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe Why I Oppose the Wall Street Bailout - Dick Armey, FreedomWorks Why the Bailout is a Terrible Idea - Steve Chapman, Reason Credit Markets and the Real Economy - Michael Darda, WSJ GOP Leaders on Board; Will ...

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