This is an astounding statement from Paulson, made even more ludicrous by the fact that he has no clue what the American people care about since they have never been asked (and won't be asked in the future for anything but their checkbooks, thanks):

"Mr. Paulson, appearing on four Sunday news programs as the administration seeks to calm markets and reassure ordinary Americans, said that the $700 billion could be used to help not just American financial institutions but also, in a shift from the original proposal, financial institutions not based in the United States.

“The American people don’t care who owns the financial institution,” he told ABC’s “This Week.” “If the financial institution in this country has problems, it’ll have the same impact whether it’s U.S.- or foreign-owned.” The United States is also working with foreign governments to take actions of their own."


This means, friends, that the bailout funds will be appropriated and our wealth can thereafter be freely granted to any corporation, foreign or domestic, that our unelected leaders decide might be in the interests they divine are the nation's interests because they know these things. I am going to find this portion of the Constitution and will post here again when I find the authorization for that.

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