While Clinton made mistakes, he generally believed in and listened to advisors who promoted a balanced budget, the only time it had been done for 3 or 4 decades, and sound fiscal management by protecting the value of the dollar ... Which is the ...

Anonymous coward signed Anonymous coward I helped vote Bush into office and now I am replacing him with Obama-Biden because I am not happy with the outcome of my foolish choice!         ...

Congress's Latest Pathetic Housing Bailout Plan Posted April 9, 2008 | 10:06 AM (EST) “ If you're going to use taxpayer money to bail people out (already a bad idea), at least bail out the people who ...

Bear was forced into a JPMorgan-led, government-backed bailout on Friday after investors lost their confidence in the firm ... But they might not have much choice, said Kenneth Froewiss, a professor of finance at NYU Stearn School of Business and ...

Critics contend it's akin to a government bailout. The Fed also Sunday agreed to let big investment houses get emergency loans directly from the central bank for the first ...

Of course it's each candidates choice of what to do with their time, but I'm sure you'll agree that Obama had the advantage on information regarding the $700 bailout Or do you think if McCain called Pelosi or Reid they would give him the same ...

P I'd say the split is a 5 to 3 Democrats to Republicans, with the conversation held together by one paste eating mouthbreather 155 vets giving McCain a "D" out of the hundreds of thousands of vets that have been sent to Iraq is ...

Paulson defended the government's role in coming to the aid of Bear Stearns, an action that has been criticized by some Democrats and others as akin to a federal bailout ... "The Federal Reserve acted promptly to resolve the Bear Stearns situation ...

White House spokesman Tony Fratto said the Bush administration would review the proposed legislation but was loath to support any bailout ... What started as isolated problems last year in a small but risky part of mortgage lending has snowballed ...

In his remarks Sunday, Obama urged Congress and the White House to protect taxpayers as they negotiate a proposed bailout for the financial industry. He reiterated his call for negotiators in Washington to seek a bipartisan agreement to resolve the ...

Some market observers have said that the bailout of an investment bank like Bear Stearns would come at a cost: more regulation ... Chamber of Commerce that any regular access to the Fed's discount window should come with the same type of ...

moreROVE says:   and it is not another sloppy fellation of Ron Paul  Typical of ROVE, he has been LYING blaming Libertarians and Free Market for Obama's advisor Robert Rubins and Democrat Bill Clinton actions in starting all ...

The low point came in 1998, when the ruble collapsed and Russia was forced to accept a humiliating bailout from the International Monetary Fund. After Putin was elected in March 2000, it was his job -- essentially -- to build a replacement for ...

Even though her proposals would involve tens of billions in government spending, Clinton moved to head off anticipated charges that such measures would constitute a bailout. "To those who object to our government helping middle-class and ...

  With it, I do not think the bank losses will be passed on to the responsible consumer (as KZ points out, the banks have good reason to formulate an industry-wide "bailout" plan) ...   Granted, anything that Bush puts his name on ...