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Should the US bailout AIG again? (9 quotes)

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Michelle Malkin Columnist

No, this is a waste of taxpayer's money (6 quotes)

The first $85 billion didn’t work. The next $38 billion work. So let’s throw more bad money after bad! Who needs Obama? Like I’ve said repeatedly over the last year, statism and socialism are here and now. Read the Article

Quoted by johncapello on Nov. 10th, 2008

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Was the Treasury bailout of AIG a mistake? (11 quotes)

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Carol D. Leonnig Journalist

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Early this year, investors had begun privately demanding that AIG pay off its billion-dollar guarantees...In the first weeks of its federal rescue, AIG has used the loan money to post collateral demanded by these firms, sources close to those deals say. Read the Article

Quoted by brownlu on Nov. 2nd, 2008

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Should the Fed have bailed out AIG? (29 quotes)

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Wall Street Journal Editorial Board

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Meanwhile, the details of the Fed's AIG decision will have to be inspected, not least for what it does to the Fed's own balance sheet. We've been worried about the Fed's willingness to take on increasingly shaky assets as collateral. Read the Article

Quoted by Alex_Loomis on Sept. 17th, 2008

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