…explain the decision to require that the fund managers in their bank bailout plan must be headquartered in the United States. I can’t wait to see the outraged and condescending…

…the money is tiny compared to the cost of the bailout and not worth the bother (this is not at all Scheiber’s argument). The sense is that this would be…

…Democratic members of the Financial Services Committee helped lead the charge for a massive government bailout of the student loan industry last spring– far beyond what was needed to ensure…

…Financial Armageddon, and no Baker. Our own posts would get a boost, but I am not sure in what way. Thoughts? Update 2: I like the Bailout linkfest at TPM…

…Samwick’s tepid endorsement: Congress and the Obama Administration should be very discriminating in what they will spend money on. Bailout money for banks and large firms should go. Every piece…

…[Restoring confidence] may be President Obama’s most important bailout task: to educate the country that there is no easy escape here, except taking our medicine, getting our fundamentals right again…

I am reliably informed (though I cannot find it on the web) that Forbes yesterday and MSNBC today are both referring to the next kleptocratic maneuverbank bailout bill as the…

…the cost of the war? The cost of the bailout? The cost of the stimulus package? Nope apparently those are just short term problems. Instead as always the first stop…

…mile wide waste water lake at “reclamation” work in the Athabasca Oil sands area of north east Alberta, just outside Fort McMurray. Update: And guess who gets some bailout money?…

…to be stupid the day the U.S. elected a non-Republican president: “If I had my druthers, the word ’stimulus’ would be expunged from public discussion, along with ‘bailout’ and ‘rescue.’…