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What about TARP?

From your link:


The other two-thirds of the deficit increases reflect higher government spending to stabilize the financial system with the $700 billion bailout program and the $787 billion stimulus program that Congress passed in February 2009.


Which "bailout"? The projected $700 billion dollar Bush [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/07/AR2010100705081.html?hpid=topnews
.|TARP bailout] that ended up costing $50 billion and staved off the next depression?

You know, if people pay attention to the pissing constests you and TB get into they just might learn something- despite what you write.

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