U.S. Taxpayers Risk $9.7 Trillion on Bailout Programs

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akuma587 said:

So...why is this news now and wasn't news for the last 8 years?

Conservatives have somehow woken up from their graves and been born again. NOW they are fiscal conservatives. Those last eight years (when they actually had the power to BE fiscally conservative), those were just the "Bush" years. Republicans will certainly remain fiscally conservative like they have always claimed to be if we elect them back into power. They promise THIS time.

Republicans needed this slap on the face to be fiscally conservatives again. 

Whether it's Republicans' fault or Democrats', the amount of money being spent is amazing.