White House Considers Help For Car Makers

Under mounting pressure to act, the Bush administration said Friday it was ready to step in and prevent the U.S. auto industry from collapsing after the Senate refused to pass a rescue bill endorsed by the White House and congressional Democrats.
The Wall Street bailout fund was one of the few remaining options for GM and [...]

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Daschle Nominated to Head Health and Human Services

Tom Daschle is “known for speaking softly but acting boldly,” President-elect Barack Obama said today in announcing the former Senate Majority Leader as his choice for Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and Director of the new White House Office on Health Reform.
“Tom brings more than just great expertise to this task. [...]

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Bailout Borrowers Still Default

Here’s the first of many signs that show that the bailouts are not working: More than half of delinquent homeowners whose mortgages were modified earlier this year ended up re defaulting within six months.
Some 53% of borrowers with loans modified in the first three months of 2008 and 51% of those with loans modified [...]

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Obama Reveals Job-Creation Plan

President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday revealed in his radio address ways that he will save the economy:
That is why I have asked my economic team to develop an economic recovery plan for both Wall Street and Main Street that will help save or create at least two and a half million jobs, while rebuilding our [...]

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Foreclosures Soar 76% to Record High

A record 1.35 million homes were in foreclosure in the third quarter, driving the foreclosure rate up to 2.97%, the Mortgage Bankers Association said Friday. That’s a 76% increase from a year ago, according to the group’s National Delinquency Survey. At the same time, the number of homeowners falling behind on their mortgages [...]

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Most Jobs Loss in 34 Years – 533,000

The economy shed 533,000 jobs in November, according to a government report Friday – bringing the year’s total job losses to 1.9 million. November had the largest monthly job loss total since December 1974. The unemployment rate rose to 6.7% from 6.5% in October, the highest unemployment rate since October 1993.
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Stores Closing at Record Rates

There’s no doubt that the economy is facing hard economic times (as spewed forth by the liberal biased media). There are thousands of stores closing across the nation. What the media fails to mention is the growth and openings of new retailers. Yes, the economy may be undue pressure on certain retailers [...]

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Treasury Considers Plan for 4.5% Mortgage Rate

As if the recent $8 Trillion in bailouts is not enough to screw over the American people, the Treasury Department has the gall to consider a lobbied plan that would systematically have mortgage rates reduced to 4.5% or lower. ARE THEY INSANE???
Lobbyists are pushing the Treasury Department to consider a plan to purchase mortgage-backed [...]

GM, Ford, and Chrysler Whine About Bailout

The Big Three automakers (GM, Ford, and Chrysler) are whining to the government that they need money too, in the amount of $34 Billion. Heck, what’s a few billion here and there. It’s less than a penny when you look at the whole bailout package totaling nearly $8 TRILLION dollars. Can you [...]

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Recession Started December 2007 – NOT Likely

The liberal media ALWAYS has an excuse for bad times to try an make it NOT the Democrats fault. This time, they are trying the push the blame on President George W. Bush for not 1, but 2 recessions during his 8 years as president (neither of which actually happened).
Adding to the gloom, the [...]

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