Bailout Bailout
Oct 6th, 2008 by ian
I’m glad we gave away $700 billion to Wall Street to stop the bleeding…

Via Openleft…
Last Monday’s Headlines:
House Rejects Bailout Package, 228-205; Stocks Plunge,
New York TimesBailout bill slapped aside; record stock plunge, AP
Markets plunge after House rejects financial rescue bill, LA Times
Stocks plunge as House votes down bailout plan; Dow drops 778, USA Today
Today.
Credit Crisis Drives Stocks Down Sharply, New York Times
Dow plunges 800 points amid global sell-off , AP
Stocks plunge as credit crisis goes global, LA Times
Credit crisis pushes Dow below 10,000, USA Today
What a joke. It’s almost as if reporters (and Congress) were getting played by the fancy men in business suits…
October 6th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
it’s like gary shandling said last friday… “we should have sold America 10 years ago.”
October 7th, 2008 at 7:07 am
it was $850 billion..and still counting.