Saturday, October 04, 2008


Isn't this duckie?
Here's one person's estimate of what Pelosi and her gang have wrought:$1.8 trillion of pork

Bailout type Cost to taxpayers (Source: Reuters)
Financial bailout package approved this week up to or more than $700 billion
Bear Stearns financing $29 billion
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac nationalization $200 billion
AIG loan and nationalization $85 billion
Federal Housing Administration housing rescue bill $300 billion
Mortgage community grants $4 billion
JPMorgan Chase repayments $87 billion
Loans to banks via Fed's Term Auction Facility $200 billion+
Loans from Depression-era Exchange Stabilization Fund $50 billion
Purchases of mortgage securities by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac $144 billion
POSSIBLE TOTAL $1.8 trillion+
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS PER U.S. CENSUS 105,480,101
POSSIBLE COST PER HOUSEHOLD $17,064+

"We will not Christmas Tree this bill", our protector Chuck Schumer vowed last week. "Everyone wants something but they'll have to wait. This matter is too urgent."

Thank God for Senator Schumer. Our wallets would have been emptied by his peers otherwise.

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