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	Presidential Shackles

Maureen Farrell

9-19-2008 9:20 AM

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Maureen Farrell says:

Good, if depressing assessment, of the next President's options. Over the next two months, it will be important for the media and the public to remember the handcuffs that this economic crisis and the ensuing bailouts have placed on the US government and judge the Presidential proposals accordingly.

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