While the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are stationed at 737 bases, in 130 nations around the world, defending “all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world,” Republican (fascist/socialist) President George W. Bush—ostensibly an advocate of the free-market and the rule of law—declares that he is not bound by section 102 of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (a.k.a. The “Billionaire Bailout (and left taxpayers the) Bill”), which he signed eleven weeks previous.  Bush orders the release of 25,000,000,000 “dollars” in loans to the nation’s “Big Three” domestic automobile manufacturers (General Motors, Ford and Chrysler) from the Troubled (worth less) Asset Relief Program.  “I’ve abandoned free-market principles to save the free-market system.”

       [added 8/28/2021]

Subsequent Events:

12/24/2008                   12/30/2008                  1/15/2009

References:

Troubled Asset Relief Program – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troubled_Asset_Relief_Program

“I’ve abandoned free-market principles to save the free-market system” -hit & Run – Reason Magazine
www.reason.com/blog/show/1306/06/.html

George W. Bush : Remarks on the American Auto Industry
www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=85276/&st=&st1
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The TARP Is Dead, Long Live the TARP
mises.org/library/tarp-dead-long-live-tarp

Troubled Assets Relief Program – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TARP#Timeline_of_changes_to_the_initial_program

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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