Once again, 'follow the money'

According to The Washington Post, the specific language in the TARP law that forbade such payouts was changed at the last minute, with a small but significant one-sentence edit made by the Bush administration. The Post reported, "The change stipulated that the penalty would apply only to firms that received bailout funds by selling troubled assets to the government in an auction."

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Jack Dinkmeyer
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by Jack Dinkmeyer - Dec. 21, 2008

This excellent article packs more information into a short story than Congress got in any summary it failed to read. This kind of journalism gives the reader lots of information without attempting to influence with its own peculiar bias,

Bushies cute little legal tricks show their disdain for the crass, ignorant peasants populating American who deserve only their elitist oligarchy rule and social inequality treatment. Because the recent election--won by traitorous liberals and bad old Democrats--deprived them of their God-given right to eternal governance, they will never miss an opportunity to denounce, distort, obfuscate, disrupt, and sabotage any benefit Obama’s administration will have for the country.

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