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Dude, where's my $700 billion?

Congress handed Wall Street a huge wad of cash to jump-start the economy. It didn't work -- so where did all that money go?
By Mike Madden

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  • Wednesday, December 17, 2008 08:17 PM

    for so long I thought i was alone...

    It's heartening to finally read a few letters from folks sick to death of wanna-be-beatniks like be-bop-o and good-celery! Can't you take your sorry rants down to your local coffeeshop open-mike night and quit littering the letter pages with your self-important gibberish? Pretty please?

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