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Obama Orders Executive Pay Cuts at Bailed-Out Banks

“The Obama administration slammed Wall Street by ordering pay cuts of an average of 50 percent and caps on benefits for top executives at companies owing the government billions of dollars from taxpayer-funded bailouts.” (Bloomberg, Thursday)

We should want the people mad enough to demand no more bailouts.

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“Bailing Out Statism” by Sheldon Richman

Sheldon Richman is the editor of The Freeman and "In brief." He is a contributor to The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics.