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Friday, December 19, 2008

Treasury Sued Over Bailout Records

Fox Business Network sued the U.S. Treasury Department under the Freedom of Information Act to obtain records relating to the bailouts.

Your money. But you can't know how it's being spent (or given away). The bailouts are a deal between Treasury and giant corporations--you aren't part of it. So quit asking to see how your money is being spent. Who do you think you are?

Thanks to Jason Mercier at the Washington Policy Center for sending this along to og-blog.