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How dare George Bush continually lie to the citizens of the United States about how "we" got into the mess that "we" are in and oops, we must bail (pay additional taxes) out the white collar criminals.   While he continually spend our tax dollars, at least $60,000,000,000, that's BILLIONS monthly (or is that daily) in IRAQ, he lied to the public, to the world how great we were financially doing.  (What a LIAR!)  Many of us knew better.  Now, he is again using scare tactics, which now they are legitimate concerns right up in our faces, and there is no way for Bush or his crew to lie them away. 

Talk about Kwame going to jail?  Yes, he definitely deserves to go to jail.  But Bush?  He deserves to be charged with Treason, War Crimes, Larceny, and Extortion for harming and devastating the residents of our United States of America. 

(And what were those recent simulus checks all about?  How many of us were just so happy to get some extra dollars as opposed to looking deeper into the reason the snake was appearing to be so kind?)

The Magnitude and Meaning of the Proposed Bailout

 

The Magnitude and Meaning of the Proposed Bailout:
What $700 Billion for Wall Street means on Main Street 

NPP Provides Analysis of $700 Billion for Taxpayers

The plan proposed by President Bush and Secretary Paulson for a $700 billion bailout of Wall Street is difficult for most people to comprehend.  At NPP, we've been crunching the numbers and offer this analysis of what $700 billion means to taxpayers.

A healthy and productive economy requires substantial investment in affordable housing, health care, education and renewable energy.  Taxpayers in the United States will be required to pay $700 billion for the Wall Street bailout.  They should also know that for the same amount of money, they could secure the following:

• 51.6 million people with health care for four years OR

• 181.2 million homes with renewable electricity for four years OR

• 2.9 million elementary school teachers for four years OR

• 27 million four-year scholarships for university students

$700 billion is more than what is currently allocated for the U.S. war in Iraq.  This amount would allow us to repair all of our nations 77,000 deteriorated bridges and still have $519 billion to spend; or it would allow us to rebuild all of our nations 33,000 deteriorating schools and still have $664 billion to spend.  For more analysis and trade-offs at the State and Congressional District level, please visit National Priorities Project's Trade-offs page online (www.nationalpriorities.org/tradeoffs).p>

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Call the Congressional Switchboard at 202-224-3121

 

 For more information about organizing for change, please visit:

TrueMajority, a project of USAction:

http://www.truemajority.org/

The Backbone Campaign:

http://www.backbonecampaign.org/