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Too Little Too Late? The Money Party In Action

February 19, 2009

Too Little Too Late?

The Money Party at Work

By Michael Collins
Wash. DC, Feb. 19 — President Obama announced a $75 billion assistance package to address home foreclosures yesterday.  He also promised a $200 billion infusion into Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the nation’s underlying lenders.  That’s exactly $275 billion more dollars than the previous administration [...]

M. Collins: “Us versus Them” The Money Party (5)

March 26, 2008

M.Collins: The Money Party (5)
“Us versus Them”
Michael Collins
“Scoop” Independent News
Washington, D.C.
We have been warned again and again that seeing the world as an “us versus them” proposition is a fatal error. It’s polarizing. It leads to “class warfare.” It absolves “us” of the collective responsibility we all have [...]