The Fed's Bank Bailout

Thursday, March 13, 2008

The Federal Reserve announced that they would be setting up a $200 billion program to assist struggling banks. What do you think?

Bingham Irving,
Computer Programmer
"They say that you can judge the heart of a country by its treatment of its banks."

Joe Pullman,
Construction Worker
"They should give it all to my branch—they have really crappy lollipops."

Lynn Fitzpatrick,
Florist
"Giving money to institutions that failed at their only job, which was to have money, may not be the best strategy."

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