Was It A Con Job to Prop Up the Stock Market

Remember, the Republi-Cons (more appropriate name for the GOP) wanted to put government money in the stock exchange - McCain supports Bush's idea of channeling at least some Social Security funds into "personal accounts" that individuals would invest on Wall Street. Some of that money would have been entrusted to firms such as Bear Stearns (failed), Lehman Brothers (failed) and Merrill Lynch (sold at a fire sale).

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