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I prefer pancetta to panaceas …

Looks like Paulson has taken at least one stance with which the A-Train shouldn’t have too many problems (if any), and while in many ways I disagree with the Train about how to fix the problem, in this particular situation I think we’re probably both on the same page.

Bloomberg.com: Paulson Warns TARP Isn’t ‘Panacea’ [...]

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 the [...]

Buffett says bailout may cost taxpayer nothing

Buffett Right, U.S. Bank Plan May Cost Nothing

Sept. 25 (Bloomberg) — President George W. Bush, billionaire Warren Buffett and BlackRock Inc.’s Laurence Fink are “absolutely” right to say a $700 billion U.S. plan to buy assets from financial firms may cost taxpayers nothing even with purchases at above-market prices, a top-rated analyst said.

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