Monday, September 29, 2008

"Journalist William Greider on the Financial Turmoil and Bailout Plan"

BREAKING--Howie P.S.: It has just been announced that the bailout plan bill has failed to pass the House.KUOW.org (audio):
Congress struggled with the proposed $700 billion bailout plan last week. The cost per taxpayer – about $2500. William Greider, political journalist and National Affairs Correspondent for The Nation, says Paulson's proposal is a "historic swindle." Why? Greider writes that tax payers "are the naked investors in this drama, asked to put up many billions to rescue Wall Street firms with nothing more than a vague promise it will save the Republic." Today we look at the financial turmoil with Greider.

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