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Strategies & Market Trends : The coming US dollar crisis -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: DebtBomb who wrote (23110)9/25/2009 12:28:30 PM
From: John McCarthy  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71475
 
by Dec-09

Through the end of the year, it would protect more than 1 million people

google.com

by Jul-10

as many as 2.5 million jobless workers will exhaust benefits by next summer, sharply increasing the cost of further extensions

latimes.com

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On December 14, 2008 the New York Times published an article[57] on Schumer's role in the Wall Street meltdown. The article stated that Schumer "embraced the industry’s free-market, deregulatory agenda more than any other Democrat in Congress, even backing measures now blamed for contributing to the financial crisis...

Schumer took steps to protect industry players from government oversight and tougher rules, a review of his record shows.

Over the years, he has also helped save financial institutions billions of dollars in higher taxes or fees.

He succeeded in limiting efforts to regulate credit-rating agencies."

This article also charged that Schumer blocked ratings agencies reforms proposed by the Bush Administration and the Cox SEC.

en.wikipedia.org