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Bailouts Revisited: Who Got Rescued and Who Got Screwed?
(www.alternet.org)
Bank of America got bailed out, but Lehman Brothers was allowed to fail. The insurance company American International Group (AIG) was rescued, but in July federal authorities refused to bail out a... More
Submitted 6 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
Why Would States Withold Stimulus Funds?
(www.thenation.com)
In a report published on Tuesday, Pro Publica revealed that many states have failed to take advantage of stimulus funding because they claim that they can't afford to put up the 20 percent in matching... More
Submitted 6 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
DENOUNCE FEDERAL SPENDING, BUT CASH THE CHECK
(www.jimhightower.com)
One thing Republican Congressional leaders are clear on is that they don't want no stinking government health care plan. Well... except, of course, for the government paid health plan that they get.... More
Submitted 6 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
NM Teachers Back Gov's Stimulus for Schools Plan
(www.publicnewsservice.org)
There's stimulus for schools in a budget proposal from Governor Bill Richardson, and the state's educators say it's help that's desperately needed. As the governor prepares to call a special... More
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Stimulus Could Create 4000 Jobs in Fremont, California
(www.laborradio.org)
Fremont, California, recently hit with the news that Toyota would be shuttering a plant that employs 5,400 workers received some sunshine on Friday. Fremont based Solyndra will officially receive a... More
Submitted 6 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
Vice-President Biden Says Economic Recovery Act Is Working, Jobless Are Being Helped
(www.laborradio.org)
Vice President Joe Biden chose the state of Pennsylvania to make his Labor Day speech. Jesse Russell has more: On a rainy Labor Day Vice President Joe Biden rolled into Pittsburgh for the city’s... More
Submitted 6 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
The Gulf Coast is America's Lower 9th Ward.
(www.prospect.org)
Four years after Katrina, government bodies are still shuffling about trying to figure out what is the best future policy for a sustainable, prosperous New Orleans. The challenges facing the Gulf... More
Submitted 6 months ago by saramediaconsortium | 0 Comments |
Uncloaking the Fed's Bailout
(www.motherjones.com)
In a major victory for the business press and anyone who longs for more transparency at the Federal Reserve, a federal judge in New York ruled on Tuesday that the Fed must fork over financial rescue... More
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Six months of stimulus: Follow the money, if you can
(coloradoindependent.com)
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act celebrated its six-month anniversary this week. ProPublica looks back at six months of stimulus coverage and finds a mixed record on one key aspect of the... More
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Talking with Earl Devaney, Stimulus watchdog
(coloradoindependent.com)
Earl Devaney: At least half of the mission is creating a historic Web site that purports to show all Americans, or for that matter anyone in the world, how the government is spending this $787... More
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