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Bailout - Devil is in the details
By Michael on October 3rd, 2008 | 84 Comments

RestoreTheRepublic.com - 10-3-08 - By Michael Lemieux | I find it interesting that among all the talk today about the bailouts that most people think we have no choice in the matter. That without th...
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Wells Fargo agrees to buy Wachovia, Citi objects
By Mike Vonasten on October 3rd, 2008 | No Comments

Wells Fargo to acquire Wachovia for $15.1B, but Citi demands that Wachovia call the deal off AP By Sara Lepro NEW YORK (AP) — Wachovia says it agreed to be acquired by San Francisco-based Wells ...
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Goldman Sachs Bribed Senate To Pass Bailout Bill
By Gary on October 3rd, 2008 | 2 Comments

How much bribe money does it take to transfer $700 Billion taxpayer dollars to Wall Street’s elite? How much money did your Representative get from Big Bankers to look the other way and pass a ...
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Bailout Bill Passes the Senate
By Mike Vonasten on October 1st, 2008 | 68 Comments

With All Of Its Little Sweeteners to Seal The Deal RestoreTheRepublic.com by Michael Vonasten The United States Senate passed the ‘New and Improved’ bailout bill this evening (Oct. 1, 2008). Wit...
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The (Near) Death of the State
By Mike Vonasten on September 29th, 2008 | No Comments

LewRockwell.com by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. I’m fully aware that Paulson and Bernanke have some nefarious scheme in mind to reverse the thrilling defeat of their criminal bailout package, a pa...
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Citigroup to buy Wachovia banking operations
By Mike Vonasten on September 29th, 2008 | 2 Comments

AP By Sara Lepro Citigroup will buy Wachovia’s banking operations; FDIC says Wachovia did not fail NEW YORK (AP) — In the latest byproduct of the widening global financial crisis, Citigrou...
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Wachovia stock sinks on WaMu news
By Mike Vonasten on September 27th, 2008 | No Comments

East Bay Business Times Wachovia Corp. stock, which has been experiencing huge swings throughout the credit crisis, was down big again Friday as a potential bank bailout deal fizzled and Washington Mu...
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Government Seizes WaMu and Sells Some Assets
By Gary on September 25th, 2008 | 1 Comment

The New York Times By ERIC DASH and ANDREW ROSS SORKIN Published: September 26, 2008 Washington Mutual, the giant lender that came to symbolize the excesses of the mortgage boom, was seized by federal...
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The Idiocy of Wall Street: Applauding Its Own Demise
By Mike Vonasten on September 24th, 2008 | 3 Comments

Mises.org by Don A. Rich The vertigo factor in the last two weeks of the stock market has been high: down 400 points, down 400 points, up 400 points, down 400 points, up… Which is it, one wants to ...
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Dr. Paul grills Bernanke yet again!
By Mike Vonasten on September 24th, 2008 | 2 Comments

Ole’ Helicopter Ben tried to get out of Dr. Paul’s assault on the constitutionality of the Federal Reserve yet again today. Here is the YouTube if you want to be able to embed it yourself...
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