House Passes $700B Financial Bailout Bill

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Oct 4, 2008 | 09:46 AM

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Another little tidbit the mainstream media fails to mention;

Goldman Sachs Bribed Senate To Pass Bailout Bill

GOLDMAN SACHS CONTRIBUTIONS:

Obama, Barack (D-IL) $691,930

Clinton, Hillary (D-NY) $468,200

Romney, Mitt (R) $229,675

McCain, John (R-AZ) $208,395

Himes, Jim (D-CT) $114,748

Giuliani, Rudolph W (R) $111,750

Dodd, Christopher J (D-CT) $105,400

Edwards, John (D) $66,450

Specter, Arlen (R-PA) $47,600

Emanuel, Rahm (D-IL) $32,950

Reed, Jack (D-RI) $30,100

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek7zc0lJxbM

Oct 6, 2008 | 07:56 AM

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http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/06/news...ion=2008100609

More money being pumped...

oh, and bailout really working to keep those shareholders in line:
9,806.40 -518.98 (-5.03%) [as of 7:55am 10/06/08]

Oct 6, 2008 | 08:05 AM

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So our reps placed a bet that $700 billion donation of our hard earn money would reestablish investor confidence.

Awe shucks, that didn't work. Maybe we should throw more of our money at this.