bill moyers: was the financial bailout just a slick,friendly takeover of the federal government?


	bill moyers: was the financial bailout just a slick,friendly takeover of the federal government?

doodleicious

10-21-2009 10:45 AM

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doodleicious says:

yep...........just redistributing the wealth-finding new loop holes- and tying up the less stable ones..........

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			Moyers interviews Rep. Marcy Kaptur, a hero of Michael Moore's latest documentary, and former IMF head Simon Johnson on Wall Street's purchase of our democracy.
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