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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-25-10 02:11 PM
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3. TARP committed a total of $598,274,417,298. $545,122,508,408 was disbursed...
If the total committed was divided among 310,000,000 Americans, we each would have received $1,930.

I don't know about you but that $1,930 would have gone a long way in my household to pay down some debt and purchasing much needed items (i.e., kitchen appliances). This would have helped the economy much more than giving these billions to failed capitalists who in turn gave themselves bonuses...
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