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Old 09-29-2008, 02:43 PM   #689
digamma
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Originally Posted by albionmoonlight View Post
One theory I read somewhere is that because the bill is polling at toxic levels, no one wants to own it. And, because no one wants to own it, no one is stepping up to spin it (by, for instance, calling it a "recovery plan" instead of a "bailout")

In fact, because most pols want to get milage out of opposing it, you have a lot of people spinning the bill negative and no one spinning it up.

Unwillingness to spin or inability to explain? There is an easy story to tell if you oppose the bill...$700B cost to tax payers. It is harder to explain why the bill is a good thing. You quickly devolve into a discussion of credit markets and liquidity that almost no one can follow.
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