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- noun A rescue from financial difficulties.
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- noun a
rescue , especially afinancial rescue - noun a
backup supply ofair inscuba diving
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The Biggest Heist in History yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'The Biggest Heist in History'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: Bush\'s bailout of cronies has not worked; only banks not needing a \'bailout\' have gotten one; the confidence in the economy and stocks have been shattered!
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Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell used the term bailout 'eleven times in one floor speech.
Dave Helfert: For Most People, the Message Is the Policy Dave Helfert 2010
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Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell used the term bailout 'eleven times in one floor speech.
Dave Helfert: For Most People, the Message Is the Policy Dave Helfert 2010
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Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell used the term bailout' eleven times in one floor speech.
Dave Helfert: For Most People, the Message Is the Policy Dave Helfert 2010
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Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell used the term bailout 'eleven times in one floor speech.
Dave Helfert: For Most People, the Message Is the Policy Dave Helfert 2010
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While I respect concern about diluting the term bailout– I think the government intervention in the labor markets a far more egregious problem than the a squabble over the use of the term.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Conservatives for Rent — “Brown Bailout” Edition: 2009
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ROMNEY: Well, the term bailout has been applied to a number of different things.
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ROMNEY: Well, the term bailout has been applied to a number of different things.
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To use the term bailout to describe this issue is misleading andwrong.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Conservatives for Rent — “Brown Bailout” Edition: 2009
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They do not mention it in the letter, or suggest anything to the effect of: ‘we agree with you on substance but are concerned about your tactical use of the term bailout and think a straightforward effort to engage grassroots conservatives would be more honest and effective in opposing this legislation’, then their participation in a letter decrying that strategy would be quite natural, but no hint of this appears in the letter.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Conservatives for Rent — “Brown Bailout” Edition: 2009
mollusque commented on the word bailout
Just waiting for "bailouter" to appear in print so I can add it to panvocalics.
September 30, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word bailout
I have a printer at home, moll.
September 30, 2008
bilby commented on the word bailout
There's an eye chart in an optometrist in Wall St that reads:
B A I L
O U T
E R
September 30, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word bailout
I think this says it all.
October 9, 2008
reesetee commented on the word bailout
Oh, but don't forget: It's not a bailout. It's an effort to fix the problem of a frozen asset class.
*sigh*
October 9, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word bailout
Oh yeah. I forgot. <---deadpan.
Stephen Colbert called it ... what was it... a steaming-hot pile of slapping assets? (I could look for the clip on ComedyCentral.com, but for heaven's sake, I'm at work!)
October 9, 2008
bilby commented on the word bailout
I keep hearing toxic. As in toxic assets, "the government has decided to shore up toxic loans", etc.
October 10, 2008