If we don’t give the banks everything they want, they are going to mess us up!
Like this:
“A protection racket is an extortion scheme whereby a powerful entity or individual coerces other less powerful entities or individuals to pay protection money which allegedly serves to purchase “protection” services against various external threats.”
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You all are probably way out ahead of me on this, but I just realized that the 700 Billion Dollar Plan makes a great October Surprise (albeit in late September) - it has all the fear necessary to push voters’ buttons, with the plausible deniability of “We’d never play politics with something so serious.”
And, it [...]
From Roll Call this morning:
The White House today is drumming up extraordinary pressure on Congress to approve its plan to enact a $700 billion mortgage bailout fund, suggesting the markets cannot wait much longer and dispatching Vice President Cheney and other top officials up Pennsylvania Avenue to jawbone lawmakers.
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But Bush himself continues to do little [...]
that Henry Paulson gave up his position at Goldman Sachs in order to be in the position to take the economic reigns at precisely this moment in history, to be able to bail out the system - at taxpayer expense - that he helped bankrupt?
Why would the man known as “The Hammer” give up CEO [...]
[ September 23, 2008; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Planned Parenthood and the Healthy Washington Coalition invite you to attend:
The Washington Health Care Reform Caucus
Tuesday, September 23rd 2008
6:30 - 8:30 PM
Clark PUD Building, 1200 Ft. Vancouver Way
The Washington Health Care Reform Caucus is a town hall meeting to get feedback from citizens about the important values to include in a health care reform plan. [...]
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