Bill Maher Predicted Current Economic Crisis in 2005

He was spot on predicting the incoming financial crisis fueled by Republican controlled Congress and their lack of financial oversight and restraint.

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Retail Sales Drop by Largest Amount on Record

Retail sales plunged by the largest amount on record in October as the financial crisis and the slumping economy caused consumers to sharply cut back on their spending.

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The Young Turks - Wall St. Bailout Is In Need Of Oversight

It's very sad that 280 billion of the 700 billion dollar bailout fund has spent and Bush nor Congress has acted yet to produce oversight on how and why the money is being spent.
It's like we the taxpayers are being fleeced and no one on Congress seems to care.

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Paulson: Troubled Assets Will Not Be Purchased?

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says that the $700 billion government rescue program will not be used to purchase troubled assets as originally planned.

This again backs up my arguments that this whole $700 bailout is a joke and is a final going away present from the lame duck Bush White House to his financial friends on Wall Street.

GW basically sat on his hands and allowed this crisis to happen and then he decided to fleece taxpayers while giving away trillions to those who put him in power.

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60 MINUTES: CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS

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Steve Kroft examines the complicated financial instruments known as credit default swaps and the central role they are playing in the unfolding economic crisis.

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Steve Forbes: Federal Reserve - Intentionally Causing Economic Crisis!

It's nice to see the Federal Reserve is good for something, creating total economic chaos.

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Crisis as Catalyst for Latin America

Americas columnist Mary Anastasia O'Grady tells James Freeman the financial crisis could be a blessing in disguise for some Latin American countries.

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Ron Paul- 'We're going to all suffer and pay' for the bailout

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Gordon Brown On International Regulation For The Global Economy

Gordon Brown answers questions on the future of the economy, bankers bonuses and global co-operation

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Stocks Fall 733 Points on Economic Woes

Despair over the economy sent Wall Street plunging again Wednesday, propelling the Dow Jones industrials down 733 points to their second-largest point loss ever.

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Wall Street Bailout - "Fake Money-Palooza!"

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US Stocks Extend Huge Losses

Wall Street extended its devastating losses Friday, but prices swung sharply as investors scooped up shares decimated by more than a week of intense and panicked selling.

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Wall Street Bailout

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Rep. Brad Sherman Martial Law

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BAILOUT BILL SELLS US TO CHINA

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O'Reilly Blasts Barney Frank On Fannie Mae Mess

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Stimulus and Bailout

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Missing 401k

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401k Anxiety

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Economic Crisis

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