'Fundamental' agreement on bailout plan

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US lawmakers have reached a "fundamental agreement" on a $US700 billion plan to bailout US financial markets even before the White House meeting begins - which could now be passed by the time the markets re-open on Monday.

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Source: http://business.theage.com.au/business/fundamental-agreement…

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So, minimal social security, no centralised healthcase, but $700 billion bailout for the richest institutions in the country? Isn’t the ‘free market’ supposed to regulated this stuff from a Republican point of view?

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Yep, it’s all about small government, see? Oh yeah, and more tax cuts…

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