http://betsydevine.com/blog/2008/10/25/fooled-again-your-bailout-billions-at-work/ Making trouble today for a better tomorrow... Mon, 05 Mar 2012 04:05:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://betsydevine.com/blog/2008/10/25/fooled-again-your-bailout-billions-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-1362 Betsy Devine Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:41:30 +0000 http://betsydevine.com/blog/2008/10/25/fooled-again-your-bailout-billions-at-work/#comment-1362 An unintended effect -- I guess that would make the difference between murder and manslaughter. But with all the hype about how Paulson was the financial messiah whose brilliance would save us all, my first inclination is not to shrug off this huge boo boo. An unintended effect — I guess that would make the difference between murder and manslaughter. But with all the hype about how Paulson was the financial messiah whose brilliance would save us all, my first inclination is not to shrug off this huge boo boo.

]]> http://betsydevine.com/blog/2008/10/25/fooled-again-your-bailout-billions-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-1361 TA Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:24:24 +0000 http://betsydevine.com/blog/2008/10/25/fooled-again-your-bailout-billions-at-work/#comment-1361 Ah, but it's just an <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aAlL4MNH7M8Q" rel="nofollow">unintended effect</a>. ;) Ah, but it’s just an unintended effect. ;)

]]> http://betsydevine.com/blog/2008/10/25/fooled-again-your-bailout-billions-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-1360 Betsy Devine Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:56:14 +0000 http://betsydevine.com/blog/2008/10/25/fooled-again-your-bailout-billions-at-work/#comment-1360 And the New York Times agrees with me--after taking four days to figure out exactly the same point: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/opinion/29wed1.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink And the New York Times agrees with me–after taking four days to figure out exactly the same point: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/opinion/29wed1.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

]]> http://betsydevine.com/blog/2008/10/25/fooled-again-your-bailout-billions-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-1359 TA Sun, 26 Oct 2008 12:54:15 +0000 http://betsydevine.com/blog/2008/10/25/fooled-again-your-bailout-billions-at-work/#comment-1359 5 * $25 billion in perspective: <a href="http://benbittrolff.blogspot.com/2008/10/really-scary-fed-charts-oct-now-crazy.html" rel="nofollow"> Crazy Scary Fed Charts</a>. Sounds like a fun new kind of Halloween costume. 5 * $25 billion in perspective:
Crazy Scary Fed Charts. Sounds like a fun new kind of Halloween costume.

]]> http://betsydevine.com/blog/2008/10/25/fooled-again-your-bailout-billions-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-1357 Fooled again: Your bailout billions at work : $700 Billion Bailout Plan Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:20:44 +0000 http://betsydevine.com/blog/2008/10/25/fooled-again-your-bailout-billions-at-work/#comment-1357 [...] Read the rest of this great post here [...] [...] Read the rest of this great post here [...]

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