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The Mind-Boggling Trillion Dollar Bailout: A Q&A With Finance Writer Max Wolff

They are missing the size and profundity of what is happening. We are selecting our national priorities and committing our tax dollars -- for years -- right now. What is on offer to distressed homeowners, struggling college students, unemployed Americans, pension and 401K accounts hammered by what has already happened? What is being done to address the core mismatch that created this problem? People can't substitute loans for wages and savings! They still can't after this deal goes through! Until and unless we fix that problem, all solutions are temporary and we fix one problem by creating the next problem. By the way, the US Dollar is now the world's first currency backed by home mortgages!

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