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Bread and circuses

From this morning’s Wall Street Journal:

‘No’ Votes Came From All Directions

The fatal “no” votes to the financial rescue package came from a strange-bedfellows coalition of lawmakers, from the most conservative to the most liberal members of the House, with a large number of representatives from low-income districts angry that Wall Street seems [...]

At what cost, “NO”?

Without a Bailout Plan, What Will the Cost Be? – TIME

By voting down the proposed $700 billion financial bailout package — and causing a spectacular stock market rout — a majority of members in the House of Representatives made a clear statement that they didn’t want to put taxpayers on the hook for [...]