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A View From the Fence show 14: American Auto bail out, the ecomony

Hello all, Here is show 14. Show Notes: The FED, American auto ask for bailout loan.  Is it the right thing, what are some of the conditions? The US economy, we are in a recession.  States doing bankrupt? Is raising taxes the best thing to do? Enjoy! Related items A View From the Fence Show [...]

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Second attempt at bailout bill passes both Senate and House, with added sweetners

Hello, As we all know the $700 Billion economic bailout bill failed to pass the House of Representatives, so the Senate took it’s turn in a similar bill and added $150 Billion worth of pork/earmarks to “sweeten” it. It passes in both the House and Senate and President Bush signed it into law (Public Law [...]

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Jon Stewart on Bush making a case for Iraq War vs Economic Bailout

Hello, This is a clip titled “Clusterf#@k to the Poor House – Dive of Death” from the September 25th, 2008 episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.  Jon makes a humorous yet startling comparison between 2003 Bush making a case for the Iraq War vs 2008 Bush making a case for the Economic Bailout. [...]

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Bailout bill fails to pass HR, stock market plunges

The House of Representatives vote down the proposed $700 Billion bailout package/bill this afternoon. The Dow closed over 700 points down after the vote was announced. President Bush plans a making a “head on” response to this situation. Here is how the HR voted. Roll call 674 (H.R 3997) (205-228, voted down) Here is a [...]

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A View From the Fence Show 9: Hurricane Ike, Economy and bailouts

Hello all, Here is show 9 Show notes: Intro by SKetkar Discussion one, Hurricane Ike – issues related to pre and post hurricane regarding the authority given the governing bodies (local, state and federal).  Responsibilities of citizen in time of crisis and/or disasters. Discussion two, Economy – specifically, what’s going on, on Wall St. and [...]

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