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Obama Administration Sending Draft Legislation to Hill to Give Treasury More Power
ABC News ^ | 3/25/09 | Jake Tapper

Posted on 03/25/2009 7:47:25 AM PDT by elc

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1 posted on 03/25/2009 7:47:25 AM PDT by elc
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For those of you that read the Constitution noting all legislation must originate in the congress - u outta luck.


2 posted on 03/25/2009 7:50:11 AM PDT by edcoil (Saliva will kill you but only if taken in small amounts over a long period of time.)
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This chit needs to be brought to a stop. It is like we are living in a dictatorship.


3 posted on 03/25/2009 7:50:31 AM PDT by Piquaboy (22 year military veteran of Navy, Air Force, and Army.)
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To: elc

THIS MUST BE STOPPED!

It is time to march on Washington.


4 posted on 03/25/2009 7:51:54 AM PDT by KansasGirl
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To: elc; celtic gal; oswegodeee; freekitty; Candor7; BonRad; LucyT; justiceseeker93; ZULU; flat; ...

Start calling to protest this dictatorship:

202-225-3121

Spread the word.


5 posted on 03/25/2009 7:52:38 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: KansasGirl
Is there anybody out there who would trust Giggles Hussein Teleprompter and his sidekick, Geithner, to be able to run anything????
6 posted on 03/25/2009 7:54:08 AM PDT by lakertaker (Libertarian Party since 1998)
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To: elc

Lord, please help us.


7 posted on 03/25/2009 7:54:26 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Obama dozed.....people froze.)
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8 posted on 03/25/2009 7:54:46 AM PDT by unixfox (The 13th Amendment Abolished Slavery, The 16th Amendment Reinstated It !)
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To: Piquaboy

It’s fast approaching a dictatorship. Obama and crew is nationalizing the banks and the next industry I see coming is the Oil Companys. Control the money supply and the oil and it’s a done deal. Oil companys need to start gearing up for one hell of a fight.


9 posted on 03/25/2009 7:55:31 AM PDT by RC2 (http://www.youtube.com/user/Funbobbasso)
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To: elc

Every dictatorship starts with a flurry of legislation consolidating power.


10 posted on 03/25/2009 7:55:36 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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Wow, I can see people lining up to buy stock in companies that can be taken over by the government.

Plus, I can see highly educated people lining up to be CEO’s to have the government snatch thier pay at the last minute.

Nice.

So I ask again, are they stupid or intentionally bringing down this country?


11 posted on 03/25/2009 7:56:42 AM PDT by autumnraine (Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose- Kris Kristoferrson VIVA LA REVOLUTION!)
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To: elc

Here is abumper sticker I saw the other day..

Barack Obama is loud and makes you feel good, but is just hot air..

Much Like A Fart!!


12 posted on 03/25/2009 7:56:54 AM PDT by PLD
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Study Hitler and his sweeping reforms in government.

It’s like he’s using Hitler as a game plan or something.


13 posted on 03/25/2009 7:57:18 AM PDT by autumnraine (Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose- Kris Kristoferrson VIVA LA REVOLUTION!)
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To: elc

Judge Napolitano said on Fox yesterday that this is not Constitutional and that Congress does not have the power to legislate this.

May be true...but Congress no longer considers the Constitution has any import.


14 posted on 03/25/2009 7:59:23 AM PDT by dforest
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After Oil/Energy then it’s on to the Healthcare sector-the evil money making doctors and the hospitals too big to fail...


15 posted on 03/25/2009 7:59:38 AM PDT by homegroan (Proud to be a Palinite!)
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To: elc

If a company is “in trouble”, it is in general the creditors, not the Federal government, that have a stake and the right to take action. An exception is when the Federal government represening the creditors. For example, if a bank is insolvent, the FDIC can intervene, because it is responsible for making depositors whole (up to FDIC limits).

Life and property insurance companies are regulated by the states, and if a state regulator finds a company insolvent, it can intervene and put the company in “run-off mode” and prohibit it from issuing new policies.

AIG’s credit default swaps were not federally insured, although for some reason they have been made a responsibility of the Federal government. When AIG could not make payments on these swaps, its counterparties had the right to force bankruptcy.

I don’t see why a general, vague right to seize “troubled” companies is needed, except for the frightening prospect that Obama wants the power to expropriate investors.

There is a well-established process called bankruptcy for dealing with insolvent companies, but I guess for the Dems that process leaves too much power with relatively apolitical judges.


16 posted on 03/25/2009 8:00:55 AM PDT by reaganaut1
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To: autumnraine

I feel this is entirely calculated.


17 posted on 03/25/2009 8:01:11 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Obama dozed.....people froze.)
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To: ExTexasRedhead
Start calling to protest this dictatorship: 202-225-3121

Ok. Call the capitol and say what to whom?

18 posted on 03/25/2009 8:02:39 AM PDT by sam_paine (X .................................)
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Federal government siezes corporations in night time raid, Herr Obama calls for new era of federal corporatism


19 posted on 03/25/2009 8:04:09 AM PDT by GeronL (http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
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How’s everyone enjoying the ride on America’s Ship of Fools?


20 posted on 03/25/2009 8:06:20 AM PDT by sarasota
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