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...reassuring: Don't panic - your money is safe. Most European nations have some sort of deposit insurance that would reimburse account holders, at least up to a point, in the event of a default - although by their rescue actions the authorities sought to make it clear that it wouldn't come to that...
...Sins of Our Fathers In response to the Sept. 22 article "Bailout Nation," wouldn't it be helpful to just call a pig a pig? In the article, no mention is made of the fundamental reason for this huge bailout of the mortgage industry: The failed mission of the Republican Party from Reagan through McCain to deregulate America and to let the "market" prevail. It is now very clear that when the "markets" are allowed to operate willy-nilly, the self-interest of politicians indebted to lobbyists will prevail. It also does nothing to reassure the middle-class taxpayers that...
...even there's nuance even there. The amount you can expect from a top-yielding certificate of deposit has fallen from about 5.5% to 4.25% over the past year, according to Bankrate.com. On the surface that seems to indicate banks aren't that worried - if they really needed cash, wouldn't they up their rates to attract more money? Well, over the same period of time, the federal funds rate has been cut from 5.25% to 2% - a much wider margin. "Banks are hungry for deposits, and that's why yields haven't fallen all that much," says Bankrate...
...book, you recount a conversation you had with Jon Stewart during a commercial break on the Daily Show in which you both agreed the campaign wouldn't get "disgusting." Were you right? These men are really good men. They are not low, creepy, dark, gut players. You look at Obama and you realize he took down a machine without raising his voice. And you look at McCain and he's been the victim of dirty playing in the past. But I also think that in a brute contest in a 50-50 nation with so much power at stake...
...even some Republicans remarked that their leaders didn't seem to be trying too hard to get the votes. There wasn't "some of the bursting of arms that I've seen in some votes over the past 12 years," said Representative Chip Pickering, a Mississippi Republican. Why wouldn't there be a harder push on such a crucial bill? "The leaders knew people have deeply held convictions on this," Pickering said. "Everyone knew what the stakes were...