09/30/2008
from the Kennebec Journal
Finding shelter for those who serve their nation
Immigrant recalls her special greeting
State gains $85M in Homeland Security funds
Man arrested after swerve toward cop
School unit in limbo
Rain? What rain?
LEE LATCHES ON WITH THOMAS
Modern camping equipment takes it to the extreme
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from the Morning Sentinel
Civil War-era flag finds honored position
Residents wonder if the rain will ever go away
FAIRFIELD Sewage plant rejection irks man
Winslow's fireworks guy doesn't mind the obscurity
At holiday derby, the fun is catching
Vets' champion 'very passionate' about her work
Hersom deals with change
Sandals work for outdoor types
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from the Morning Sentinel
Bush will leave with a budget deficit of more than $400 billion and a national debt of more than $9 trillion.
Reality: Republicans have given us a war we cannot end easily, bank failures, massive deficits, poisoned toys (pet food and pharmaceuticals), housing crisis, foreclosures, high energy costs, inflation, torture and more. I forgot the Katrina-failure-to-act.
Reality: Republican mantra is low taxes on the rich and no regulatory oversight. Now they want corporate welfare for the rich.
Wall Street's adventures in fraud and financial manipulations started by making bad mortgages. Then packaging them into exotic financial instruments with AAA ratings. They then diced, sliced, repackaged and resold these bad instruments multiple times, producing $46 trillion in bad debt.
Reality: Republican administration wants to bail out Wall Street to the tune of $700 billion. Treasury Secretary Paulson (ex-Goldman Sachs) wanted the authority to carry out the bailout without limitation or accountability to anyone. We need accountability, justice and reclaim those stolen money.
Economist Paul Krugman in a N.Y. Times Op-Ed called the bail out "cash for trash."
Ike never could have guessed that the military-industrial complex he warned us about would have gotten control of our government.
Allan Fuller
Benton




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