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Gomer Pyle AIG Outlook

Today, we have the financial odd couple of current US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and former US Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson testifying in front of Congress on the AIG bailout. At 10:00 am, they will testify before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and discuss in detail the steps the government took to rescue AIG and how the consequences of AIG failing at that time, in those circumstances, would have been catastrophic for our economy and for American families and businesses” according to the US Treasury.

The FT says that Republicans on the House oversight committee are accusing … …READ MORE

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WGN Radio Clips From Saturday

Here are the two clips from my Saturday interview on WGB radio in Chicago.

Jerry Agar and I talked about job losses in the United States, job gains in Canada, and why I was joking when I said the Bush years weren’t really that bad compared to now.

Clip One: http://www.illinoispolicy.org/uploads/media/mulitmedia/jerry/Andy%20Busch%20clip%201.mp3

In next section, we also compared today to the 1930′s and talked about the amount of power the unelected chairman of the Fed has. In the second section, you will hear which nation I blame for the world-wide recession.

Clip Two

http://www.illinoispolicy.org/uploads/media/mulitmedia/jerry/Andy%20Busch%20clip%202.mp3… …READ MORE

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