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And you don’t figure this out until the day before you re
Dear Secretary Paulson: I've looked over the fact sheet on the proposal to give the Treasury the authority to purchase "troubled assets," and although I have some doubts about th
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Me too, Secretary Paulson!
Dear Secretary Paulson: I've looked over the fact sheet on the proposal to give the Treasury the authority to purchase "troubled assets," and although I have some doubts about th
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Security is an illusion. Freedom is real.
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