On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:43:33 -0500, I am Tosk
wrote:

In article ,
says...

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 idea that it "saved or created" any jobs has been pretty much
debunked.

really? the american enterprise institute, an archconservative 'think
tank' (there's an oxymoron) says it created jobs

and i just referenced 50 economists who said it make 1.2M jobs

oh. you're a right winger. you don't read

sorry. i forgot