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...fair to ask whether America's lawmakers could do it again. The bursting of the debt-fueled property bubble and the crippling losses suffered by banks, together with the political dithering of recent days, have set in motion a chain reaction that, in the worst-case scenario, could lead to something like a 21st century version of the Depression - even if a bailout package does eventually get approved...
...gotta ask, Why do women keep taking on such a downhill battle...
...crisis has gripped the American economy, with equity markets roiling and credit markets seizing up, Washington went to the well once more, as a lame-duck President joined Democratic and Republican congressional leaders to ask Americans to trust them with a $700 billion Wall Street rescue package. But the well of trust had long run dry. Outraged calls overwhelmed Capitol Hill switchboards, and on Sept. 29 the bailout failed in the House, panicking the markets anew. Washington is still likely to find a fix for the credit crisis, but after a series of corruption scandals and a longer series...
...News site this week, she wrote: "The news lately appears to be written by Chicken Little. 'The Sky is Falling! The Dow is Falling! Our Profits are Falling!' It's enough to make you swear off poultry. However, few things can prepare you for the day when your children ask about the headline 'Worst Financial Crisis Since the Great Depression...
California "If I ask, Should we bail out Wall Street?, you won't get 1 in 50 of my constituents to say yes," says Pete Stark, the Democratic Congressman from the Fremont area. "They don't want their tax money to pay for this." And so he voted against the measure. "Fremont has one of the highest foreclosure rates in California, and unemployment is high. I think their feeling is, Why should you be bailing out Wall Street when we know people who can't afford junior college tuition? They see the Wall Street giants as extremely rich people very...