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Could the 700 Billion Bailout = No Change in the Housing Market?
The general arguments concerning the bailout have gone something along the lines of
Anti Bailout : “The taxpayers should not have to foot a 700 billion dollar bill to bail out Wall Street”
Pro Bailout : “But if taxpayers do not bail out Wall Street the economy will fall apart and those same taxpayers will be hurt”
If [...]
National Bank: How to Fix the Housing Crisis for Less than 700 Billion
Recently the news has been dominated by developments with the 700 billion dollar bailout package, and rightfully so. 700 billion is an astronomical sum of money. The first problem is that the 700 billion dollar bailout adds a huge amount of money to the national debt. Not only that, some have hinted [...]