{"id":715,"date":"2009-02-24T10:10:19","date_gmt":"2009-02-24T15:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=715"},"modified":"2009-02-24T10:10:19","modified_gmt":"2009-02-24T15:10:19","slug":"bipartisan-destruction-of-free-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/24\/bipartisan-destruction-of-free-markets\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipartisan Destruction of Free Markets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Obama administration proposals to nationalize banks are appalling.<\/p>\n<p>The Bush administration&#8217;s &#8220;don&#8217;t ask, don&#8217;t tell&#8221; TARP bailout of Wall Street was obscene.<\/p>\n<p>Once the feds started bankrolling the banks and other financial institutions, it was only a question of time until politicians claimed the right to control what they subsidize.<\/p>\n<p>It would have been far better for the nation to allow the deadbeat banks and Wall Street entities to go belly-up.\u00a0 Instead, they have been propped up at taxpayers&#8217; expense, with wave after wave of handouts that are justified solely by the amount of money and favors Wall Street entities have lavished on politicians.<\/p>\n<p>Every additional bailout simply compounds both the financial damage and the peril to American freedom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Obama administration proposals to nationalize banks are appalling. The Bush administration&#8217;s &#8220;don&#8217;t ask, don&#8217;t tell&#8221; TARP bailout of Wall Street was obscene. Once the feds started bankrolling the banks and other financial institutions, it was only a question of time until politicians claimed the right to control what they subsidize. 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