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Bailout Secrecy

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

Two months after the government unfolded the TARP, it and the other federal programs related to the bailout are looking more like a blanket of secrecy.
The Troubled Asset Relief Program, as the $700 billion bailout program approved by Congress is known, was supposed to be conducted with transparency and oversight.
The TARP and other provisions of [...]

Economic Picture

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

I am telling you, everything I have seen and heard on TV today, plus the local newspaper, and what I have found on the internet leads me to really believe that no one understands the true economic picture of the USA or how the so-called bailout (or as many are calling it, the great giveaway) [...]

The Diaries

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

Excerpts from a Dog’s Diary……

8:00 am - Dog food!  My favorite thing!
9:30 am - A car ride!  My favorite thing!
9:40 am - A walk in the park!  My favorite thing!
10:30 am - Got rubbed and petted!  My favorite thing!
12:00 PM - Lunch!  My favorite thing!
1:00 PM - Played in the yard! My [...]

Waste of Money

Friday, November 14th, 2008

First there was our government bailing out AIG. Then just in the past week, they changed the details of the bailout and gave AIG even more money.
Then came the big bailout of what was to be $700 billion (BILLION) but ended up actually at or about $850billion after it was passed. So why does everyone [...]