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Mar 23 2009

Chicken soup for the wallet

Published by jefairweather at 6:20 pm under Current Headlines, Who's in Charge Edit This

Obama, Geithner & Bernanke - ReutersPresident Obama’s is offering to take “toxic assets” off the hands of the hands of banks who are apparently sinking under their weight. These toxic assets, totaling some $1 trillion dollars are seen as the catalyst that plunged the world into its current economic crisis.  The U.S. Treasury will start a new program using $75 to $100 billion already allocated for other rescue operations setup to help the market get moving again.  (Is this like killing a healthy chicken to make chicken soup for a sick chicken?)

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