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We Hate Bailouts More Than Ever: Study

By The Huffington Post Apr 10th 2012 - 03:53PM

Americans have always kind of hated bank bailouts, but that hatred seems to be getting hotter with time -- which is a headache for President Obama, who gets blamed for them, fairly or not.

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Here's Your Predictable Attempt At A 'George Soros Is Behind Occupy Wall Street' Article

By Jason Linkins Oct 13th 2011 - 04:21PM

It was only natural that someone would come along at some point, size up the ongoing Occupy Wall Street demonstrations, and commence a paranoiac aria titled, "OMG! GEORGE SOROS!""

bank bailouts News From the Web

  • 05/30/12 Eurozone bank bailouts proposed Source: New Zealand City The European Commission has proposed bailing out ailing banks directly rather than helping governments.
  • 04/10/12 We Hate Bailouts More Than Ever: Study Source: The Huffington Post - Business Americans have always kind of hated bank bailouts, but that hatred seems to be getting hotter with time -- which is a headache for President Obama, who gets blamed for them, fairly or not.
  • 11/11/11 Can the world afford another round of bank bailouts? Source: Forbes Everyone following closely the unfolding sovereign debt crisis on both sides of the Atlantic cannot help but be concerned about the prospect of another round of bank bailouts.

Background on bank bailouts

In economics, a bailout is an act of loaning or giving capital to an entity (a company, a country, or an individual) that is in danger of failing, in an attempt to save it from bankruptcy, insolvency, or total liquidation and ruin; or to allow a failing entity to fail gracefully without spreading contagion.

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