nom=de=plume wrote:
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On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:22:14 -0500, bpuharic wrote:

The TARP (and other handouts) cost twice that much in one tenth the
time.
and the TARP saved the banking system, created over 1M jobs and
prevented a great depression

We didn't even create any jobs. At least The Iraq war employed
lots of people for 10 years making
uh huh. according to a consensus of economists interviewed monday by
USAToday, the TARP created about 1.2M jobs

Surprising to see you praising a Bush policy decision with such vigor.
I still think it was a big gift to a lot of rich people.



The Bush "policy" decision was that he didn't want to be known as the
president who caused the world financial markets to collapse. He had to be
pushed into it by Paulson, et. al.

Correct. He had no choice. Always got pushed around by others.
But he redeemed himself by resisting Cheney's effort to have him pardon
Scooter. So he came out of his 8 years in fine shape, and so it will be
written when the history of his Presidency is scribed.
BTW, I apologize for calling you "toots." Didn't want to sound sexist.
Is honeybuns ok? Seems pretty neutral, but I'm not real sure.