$627.4 Billion on bailouts under Bushes
Submitted by JeanLR on Fri, 09/26/2008 - 9:19am.
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That's BEFORE the $700 BILLION more this Bush wants to add!!!
"I got to figure, we all got to figure. There's some way to stop this. It's not like lightening or earthquakes. We've got a bad thing made by men, and by God that's something we can change." Grapes of Wrath
http://www.propublica.org/special/government-bailouts
History of U.S. Gov't Bailouts
September 22, 2008 1:35 pm EDT
With the flurry of recent government bailouts--and a much larger one likely on the way--we decided to try to put them in perspective. The circles below represent the size of U.S. government bailout, calculated in 2008 dollars. They are also in chronological order: http://www.propublica.org/special/government-bailouts
Photos from today's NYC protests against Bush's bailout
Submitted by JeanLR on Fri, 09/26/2008 - 2:14pm.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/100370/breaking:_photos_from_the_wall_street_bail_out_protest/
Updated: These photos were sent to us by Jeremy Scahill who attended the protests against Bush's bailout in New York City:
Bailout Protesters Send a Strong Message from Wall Street
Posted by Jeremy Scahill, AlterNet at 2:37 PM on September 25, 2008.
click on link, my favorite sign is 3rd down, "JUMP! You F*ckers!" 
I Never Thought I'd Want To Take Part In A Protest
Submitted by tudorman on Fri, 09/26/2008 - 5:25pm.
But that is one in which I would have liked to attend. And I'd like to hang more than a few members of Congress and some CEO's, also, and not necessarily in effigy. Bastards.
Give regular Americans the same opportunity! :-)
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