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The open letter from economists include the mention of an agency: ''Neither the mission of the new agency nor its oversight are clear''. Is this an agency which the Paulson plan proposes to establish? __[[User:Meco|meco]] ([[User talk:Meco|talk]])
The open letter from economists include the mention of an agency: ''Neither the mission of the new agency nor its oversight are clear''. Is this an agency which the Paulson plan proposes to establish? __[[User:Meco|meco]] ([[User talk:Meco|talk]])


== Tenses in descriptions ==
== Treasury Asset Relief Program versus [[Troubled Assets Relief Program]] ==


It seems like this article was written in Fall/Winter 2008/2009 and it is rife with statements such as "recently" and "A key part of the proposal is". Shouldn't that be "was"? Also "The maximum cost of a $700 billion bailout would be".... seems to imply that the bailout has yet to happen. Shouldn't that also be "was"? Anywhere I can look for tips on how to clean this mess up? [[User:Audiodude|audiodude]] ([[User talk:Audiodude|talk]]) 07:41, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
The balance sheet at the bottom of the article currently lists [[Treasury Asset Relief Program]] which I think is a mistake (Treasury vs Troubled) but google returns several hits... is there some history I am unaware of here... Also I wikified [[Commercial Paper Funding Facility]] and am wondering if the other entries in the balance sheet require a sililar wikification. Are there articles on these other initiatives, such as the "[[Automotive industry crisis of 2008|proposed bailout of the automakers]]"??? Peace, [[User:MPS|MPS]] ([[User talk:MPS|talk]]) 06:32, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
:You can go to [[Help:Editing]]. [[User:BeenAroundAWhile|BeenAroundAWhile]] ([[User talk:BeenAroundAWhile|talk]]) 02:36, 9 September 2017 (UTC)


== Perhaps time to call it a "good article"? ==
== [[Saturn Corporation]] ==


What do u say? --[[User:Mats33|Mats33]] ([[User talk:Mats33|talk]]) 21:43, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
the article Saturn talk about the [[US Congressional hearings]]. Is it possible to have an article or some reference to what this is? Anyone game to make some correlation with the emergency funds... and the baillout? --[[User:CyclePat2|CyclePat2]] ([[User talk:CyclePat2|talk]]) 20:06, 15 December 2008 (UTC)


== External links modified ==
== This edit seems extremely unjustified ==


Hello fellow Wikipedians,
[http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Emergency_Economic_Stabilization_Act_of_2008&diff=268969579&oldid=268964826 This] edit erased a huge amount of stuff that I have added to the article. If you look at the edit history of the person who made this edit, they are stalking me and following me around and attacking many things that I wrote in many articles. This edit is completely unwarranted and I am undoing it. [[User:Grundle2600|Grundle2600]] ([[User talk:Grundle2600|talk]]) 22:29, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
:This article isn't your [[WP:SOAPBOX|soapbox]] to preach your point of view about issue. Given other edits you've made at [[Presidency of Barack Obama]] and [[Internal Revenue Service]], you are only here to push your agenda. '''[[User:Grsz11|<font color="black">Grsz</font>]]<sup>[[User talk:Grsz11|<b><font color="red">11</font></b>]]</sup>'''<sub>[[User:Grsz11/Review|<font color="black">'''Review'''</font>]]</sub> 00:08, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
::I am reporting the facts and citing reliable sources. The way the bailout money is being spent is extremely relevant to the bailout article. I asked you on your talk page to explain why the way the bailout money is being spent is not relevant to the bailout article, but you never answered. So I'll ask you again: why is the way the bailout money being spent not relevant to the bailout article? [[User:Grundle2600|Grundle2600]] ([[User talk:Grundle2600|talk]]) 01:03, 7 February 2009 (UTC)


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Now [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Emergency_Economic_Stabilization_Act_of_2008&diff=prev&oldid=269039202 this edit] is also extremely unjustified. The way the bailout money is being spent is extremely relevant to the article. Or did you think we should just believe everything the government says about this law, and ignore what actually happens in the real world after the law is passed? Everything I put here was cited by national media sources. All of this stuff received extensive media coverage. These things are facts, not opinions. I am not pushing a point of view. The things I added to the article are verifiable facts. [[User:Grundle2600|Grundle2600]] ([[User talk:Grundle2600|talk]]) 01:56, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
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:Again, wikipedia isn't a forum for you to air your opinions. It doesn't matter whether your criticisms of the bill are valid or your opinions correct, [[WP:SOAP|Wikipedia is not a soapbox.]] Further, not only did the added material stray quite far from [[WP:NPOV]], but it violated the basic writing style of wikipedia. You can't state opinion as fact, and certainly not as a whole series of separate sections with subject headers like "Bank of America throws $10 million Super Bowl party" (which has absolutely nothing to do with the subject of this article anyway). Instead of violating [[WP:3RR]], why don't you try to get consensus before adding the material. --[[User:Loonymonkey|Loonymonkey]] ([[User talk:Loonymonkey|talk]]) 02:00, 7 February 2009 (UTC)


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::How can you say the $10 million Super Bowl party has nothing to do with the bailout? They threw the party right after they received bailout money. Here and on your talk page, I have repeatedly asked how you can say the way the bailout money is being spent has nothing to do with the bailout, but you keep refusng to answer. And now I see you have placed a warning on my talk page threatening to ban me. You keep saying that I am pushing POV. You are mistaken. People who read the article about the bailout are going to want to know how the bailout money is being spent. And this has received extensive news coverage in the national media. Everything that I posted was accurate and verified by reliable sources. Why do you think the way the bailout money is being spent has nothing to do with the bailout? And why do you keep refusing to answer that question? Why do you think we should just believe everything the government says about the bailout, instead of looking at what is actually happening in the real world? [[User:Grundle2600|Grundle2600]] ([[User talk:Grundle2600|talk]]) 13:52, 7 February 2009 (UTC)


Cheers.—[[User:Cyberbot II|<sup style="color:green;font-family:Courier;">cyberbot II</sup>]]<small><sub style="margin-left:-14.9ex;color:green;font-family:Comic Sans MS;">[[User talk:Cyberbot II|<span style="color:green;">Talk to my owner</span>]]:Online</sub></small> 10:24, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
I'm with Grundle2600. The criticisms seem appropriate and notable. [[User:ImperfectlyInformed|<span style="font-family: Times">II</span>]] | ([[User_talk:ImperfectlyInformed|t]] - [[Special:Contributions/ImperfectlyInformed|c]]) 02:05, 7 February 2009 (UTC)


== External links modified ==
:Thank you! [[User:Grundle2600|Grundle2600]] ([[User talk:Grundle2600|talk]]) 13:52, 7 February 2009 (UTC)


Hello fellow Wikipedians,
To those of you who disagree with me on this: Why do you think the way the bailout money is being spent is not relevant to the article on the bailout? Why do you continue to refuse to answer this question? Every source that I cited talked about the bailout, so how can you say it's not relevant to the bailout? [[User:Grundle2600|Grundle2600]] ([[User talk:Grundle2600|talk]]) 14:21, 7 February 2009 (UTC)


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Now another person, [[User:The Magnificent Clean-keeper]], has erased it, without answering my question: Why do you think the way the bailout money is being spent is not relevant to the article on the bailout? Why do you continue to refuse to answer this question? Every source that I cited talked about the bailout, so how can you say it's not relevant to the bailout? [[User:Grundle2600|Grundle2600]] ([[User talk:Grundle2600|talk]]) 15:46, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
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Funny how you people keep threatening to ban me over the "3R" rule instead of answering a simple question: Why do you think the way the bailout money is being spent is not relevant to the article on the bailout? Every source that I cited talked about the bailout, so how can you say it's not relevant to the bailout? [[User:Grundle2600|Grundle2600]] ([[User talk:Grundle2600|talk]]) 15:48, 7 February 2009 (UTC)


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Every source that I cited has mentioned the bailout, so how can you people say my sources are not relevant to the bailout? [[User:Grundle2600|Grundle2600]] ([[User talk:Grundle2600|talk]]) 15:50, 7 February 2009 (UTC)


Cheers.—[[User:InternetArchiveBot|'''<span style="color:darkgrey;font-family:monospace">InternetArchiveBot</span>''']] <span style="color:green;font-family:Rockwell">([[User talk:InternetArchiveBot|Report bug]])</span> 13:43, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
Still no answers to my question. Just more censorship to the article, and more threats to ban me. [[User:Grundle2600|Grundle2600]] ([[User talk:Grundle2600|talk]]) 15:51, 7 February 2009 (UTC)


== External links modified ==
I just got another threat to be banned, and another request to take this discussion to the article's talk page. Well, I have taken it to the talk page - many times. I have asked the question on the talk page many, many times, but no one has answered it. They just keep threatening to ban me instead. Why do you think the way the bailout money is being spent is not relevant to the article on the bailout? Every source that I cited talked about the bailout, so how can you say it's not relevant to the bailout? [[User:Grundle2600|Grundle2600]] ([[User talk:Grundle2600|talk]]) 16:31, 7 February 2009 (UTC)


Hello fellow Wikipedians,
:It is not about censorship and your repeated accusations (here and on other talk pages) about "''threats to ban me''" are out of line, wrong and can be seen itself as a serious offence since they have no merit at all. A courtesy notice of [[wp:3rr]] is a standard rule that can and mostly is given to any editor who disobeys it (and might not be aware of it). The result can be a temporary block which in comparison to a ban is timely restricted.--[[User:The Magnificent Clean-keeper|The Magnificent Clean-keeper]] ([[User talk:The Magnificent Clean-keeper|talk]]) 16:34, 7 February 2009 (UTC)


I have just modified 9 external links on [[Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008]]. Please take a moment to review [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=788845843 my edit]. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit [[User:Cyberpower678/FaQs#InternetArchiveBot|this simple FaQ]] for additional information. I made the following changes:
::Every person who erased my entries told me to take it to the talk page. But when I took it to the talk page, they repeatedly refused to answer my questions. Why do you think the way the bailout money is being spent is not relevant to the article on the bailout? Every source that I cited talked about the bailout, so how can you say it's not relevant to the bailout? [[User:Grundle2600|Grundle2600]] ([[User talk:Grundle2600|talk]]) 16:50, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
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::Why answer my questions, when they can give me a "temporary block" instead? Why do the very people who told me to take it to the talk page, refuse to answer my questions on the very talk page they told me to ask the questions on? [[User:Grundle2600|Grundle2600]] ([[User talk:Grundle2600|talk]]) 16:52, 7 February 2009 (UTC)


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:: Threatening a temporary block instead of answering my questions is not a "courtesy." If they wanted to be "courteous," they would answer my questions instead of threatening to block me. Why do you think the way the bailout money is being spent is not relevant to the article on the bailout? Every source that I cited talked about the bailout, so how can you say it's not relevant to the bailout? [[User:Grundle2600|Grundle2600]] ([[User talk:Grundle2600|talk]]) 16:57, 7 February 2009 (UTC)


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:::You're not listening [just repeating yourself] and therefore I give you one last link:[[WP:AGF|assume good faith]]. Please start reading ALL the links I provided you (here and on my talk page) before you keep on like this.--[[User:The Magnificent Clean-keeper|The Magnificent Clean-keeper]] ([[User talk:The Magnificent Clean-keeper|talk]]) 17:00, 7 February 2009 (UTC)


== $29 trillion estimate a cost? ==
===Please explain how these deleted entries are not relevant to the bailout===
All of you who erased my entires told me to take it to the article's talk page. So here I am on the article's talk page. Please explain to me how this has nothing to do with the bailout:


The opening section says "Estimates for the total cost of the bailout to the government are as much as $29 trillion." I read the abstract of the paper, and it sounds like $29 trillion was the bailout commitment. But does a commitment to extend loans mean a loss? I don't think so, but I didn't want to delete this sentence unilaterally. Any thoughts? <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Tedsanders|Tedsanders]] ([[User talk:Tedsanders#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Tedsanders|contribs]]) 04:40, 10 December 2019 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
Government officials overseeing bailout don't know how it's being spent


A December 31, 2008 Associated Press article stated, "Government officials overseeing a $700 billion bailout have acknowledged difficulties tracking the money and assessing the program's effectiveness." [198]


yeah, my response is anything over $1 trillion is a joke and based on multiple cases of triple, quadruple counting. If I have $5 to loan and I loan out that $5 ten times, have I loaned out $50??? Nope. Still just $5. [[User:Oscardoggy|Oscardoggy]] ([[User talk:Oscardoggy|talk]]) 19:58, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
A January 29, 2009 article from bloomberg.com stated, "Bloomberg News asked the Treasury Department Jan. 26 to disclose what securities it backed over the past two months in a second round of actions to prop up Bank of America Corp. and Citigroup Inc. Department spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter said Jan. 27 she would seek an answer. None had been provided by the close of business yesterday." [199]


Yes, you have loaned out $50, at least from the perspective of the people getting the loans. You could frame it as $5 or $50 depending on what point you're trying to make. <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/74.140.199.156|74.140.199.156]] ([[User talk:74.140.199.156#top|talk]]) 18:03, 29 August 2020 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
Banks won't say how they are spending bailout money


== Dead link for actions taken ==
A December 22, 2008 Associated Press article stated, "The Associated Press contacted 21 banks that received at least $1 billion in government money and asked four questions: How much has been spent? What was it spent on? How much is being held in savings, and what's the plan for the rest? None of the banks provided specific answers... Some banks said they simply didn't know where the money was going." [200]


The link at:
A review of investor presentations and conference calls by executives of some two dozen US-based banks by the New York Times found that "few [banks] cited lending as a priority. An overwhelming majority saw the bailout program as a no-strings-attached windfall that could be used to pay down debt, acquire other businesses or invest for the future." [201]


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Economic_Stabilization_Act_of_2008#cite_note-160
Federal government paid $254 billion for assets that were worth only $176 billion

On February 5, 2009, Elizabeth Warren, chairperson of the Congressional Oversight Panel, told the Senate Banking Committee that during 2008, the federal government paid $254 billion for assets that were worth only $176 billion. [202]

Bailout recipients spent $114 million on lobbying and campaign contributions in 2008

On February 4, 2009, it was reported that during 2008, the companies that received bailout money had spent $114 million on lobbying and campaign contributions. These companies received $295 billion in bailout money. Sheila Krumholz, executive director of The Center for Responsive Politics, said of this information, "Even in the best economic times, you won't find an investment with a greater payoff than what these companies have been getting." [203]

Bank of America throws $10 million Super Bowl party

A February 2, 2009 ABC News article titled, "Bailed Out Bank of America Sponsors Super Bowl Fun Fest" stated that Bank of America sponsored a Super Bowl event at a five star resort in Palm Beach, which was described as "... a five day carnival-like affair... 850,000 square feet of sports games and interactive entertainment attractions for football fans..." Although the bank refused to answer ABC News' questions about the cost of the event, a confidential source told ABC that the cost was approximately $10 million. [204]

$1.6 billion in salaries and bonuses for executives

A December 21, 2008 Associated Press article stated, "Banks that are getting taxpayer bailouts awarded their top executives nearly $1.6 billion in salaries, bonuses, and other benefits last year, an Associated Press analysis reveals. The rewards came even at banks where poor results last year foretold the economic crisis that sent them to Washington for a government rescue... Benefits included cash bonuses, stock options, personal use of company jets and chauffeurs, home security, country club memberships and professional money management, the AP review of federal securities documents found. The total amount given to nearly 600 executives would cover bailout costs for many of the 116 banks that have so far accepted tax dollars to boost their bottom lines." [205]

[[User:Grundle2600|Grundle2600]] ([[User talk:Grundle2600|talk]]) 17:30, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

*How about adding an "other" section in "Views from the public, politicians, financiers, economists, and journalists" to include some of the (short-living?) trivia? Just a thought (to put this to rest).--[[User:The Magnificent Clean-keeper|The Magnificent Clean-keeper]] ([[User talk:The Magnificent Clean-keeper|talk]]) 18:07, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
:Or creating a sub article (even so I'm not sure if it would survive an [[wp:afd|AFD]]) and link it in the "see also" section"?--[[User:The Magnificent Clean-keeper|The Magnificent Clean-keeper]] ([[User talk:The Magnificent Clean-keeper|talk]]) 18:13, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

::Why do you think the way the bailout money is being spent constitutes "trivia"? [[User:Grundle2600|Grundle2600]] ([[User talk:Grundle2600|talk]]) 18:27, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

:::Please try to restrain yourself from your own point of view (as I try to do when I edit WP). Compared to the overall money spent a "few millions" get lost in trivia. It's like if you'd have 100 $ and lost a nickel; you wouldn't pay much attention to that, or would you?
:::Besides you didn't respond to my two proposals above yet complaining quite a while "for not getting a response" about one of several questions of yours. Are your questions and your input more important than those of other editors? I'll take away the answer from and say: No.
:::And here another question that only you can answer: Is a potential compromise even an option from your side? I'm not going to comment further till some other editors respond to this thread. At the end this is not just between you and me but the whole WP community. I see it as a time waster and kind of forum soaping going on like this.--[[User:The Magnificent Clean-keeper|The Magnificent Clean-keeper]] ([[User talk:The Magnificent Clean-keeper|talk]]) 19:55, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

::::The Super Bowl party is relevant because it proves they aren't as poor as they claim. The other things were about much bigger amounts of money. Neither the politicians who supported the bailout, nor the corporations that received the bailout money, have been willing to tell reporters how the bailout money is being spent. That's $350 billion. How is that not relevant to the article on the bailout? How is that "trivial"? [[User:Grundle2600|Grundle2600]] ([[User talk:Grundle2600|talk]]) 00:27, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
:::::Well, for starters, the first of your statements there is [[WP:SYNTH|Original synthesis]]. You can't put A and B together to conclude C. '''[[User:Grsz11|<font color="black">Grsz</font>]]<sup>[[User talk:Grsz11|<b><font color="red">11</font></b>]]</sup>'''<sub>[[User:Grsz11/Review|<font color="black">'''Review'''</font>]]</sub> 00:35, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

::::::Then perhaps someone should change the wording to make it better, instead of erasing it. The government gave $350 billion to the banks. The politicians and banks are not willing to tell reporters how the banks are spending the money. How is that "not relevant" to the article? How is that "trivia"? [[User:Grundle2600|Grundle2600]] ([[User talk:Grundle2600|talk]]) 00:43, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

:::::::Grundle. You got more questions than answers which is basically not a bad thing but if you agree with my observation you should stop asking questions for the moment and digest responses. After that you might have some smarter questions if it all. Besides that, you could propose different wording by yourself.--[[User:The Magnificent Clean-keeper|The Magnificent Clean-keeper]] ([[User talk:The Magnificent Clean-keeper|talk]]) 02:14, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

===Why are my entries "not relevant" and "trivial"?===
The government gave $350 billion to the banks. The politicians and banks are not willing to tell reporters how the banks are spending that money. How is that "not relevant" to the article? How is that "trivia"? [[User:Grundle2600|Grundle2600]] ([[User talk:Grundle2600|talk]]) 11:49, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

I've made thousands of edits here at wikipedia, and I've never erased anything that was well sourced and relevant to the article that it was in. I want these articles to have as much well sourced, relevant information as possible. Wikipedia is supposed to be about openness and transparency. This article has lots of information about the intent of the bailout bill, and that's a good thing. But it should also have lots of information about the actual real world results of the bailout, too. It is extremely relevant that the banks who got the $350 billion are not willing to tell the media how they are spending it. It is also extremely relevant that the politicians who oversaw the bailout are also not willing to tell the media how this money is being spent. This information has been well publicized by many reliable, mainstream news sources. For you people to say that it's "not relevant" and "trivial," and then for you to refuse to answer my questions about why it is "not relevant" and "trivial," and for you to threaten to give me a temporary suspension, is a complete insult to the very principles of openness and transparency that wikipedia is supposed to be about. [[User:Grundle2600|Grundle2600]] ([[User talk:Grundle2600|talk]]) 13:02, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

===I have removed it from this article, and put it in another article instead===
I have removed the stuff from this article, and put it in [[Troubled Assets Relief Program]] instead. [[User:Grundle2600|Grundle2600]] ([[User talk:Grundle2600|talk]]) 10:57, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

===I have removed the neutrality tag from the article===
I have removed everything that you people claimed was "not relevant" and "trivial," and I am now done editing this article, so I removed the neutrality tag. Please quit stalking me and erasing my stuff at other articles. Good bye. [[User:Grundle2600|Grundle2600]] ([[User talk:Grundle2600|talk]]) 11:06, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

:For what it's worth, I think your information was reasonable, just worded in a slightly non-encyclopedic way. I will try to put it back paraphrased later. [[User:GetLinkPrimitiveParams|GetLinkPrimitiveParams]] ([[User talk:GetLinkPrimitiveParams|talk]]) 15:58, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

::Thanks. I've been rewording it for the other article, but the same people have followed me there and they keep erasing it. [[User:Grundle2600|Grundle2600]] ([[User talk:Grundle2600|talk]]) 16:07, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

== no mention of the IRS changes ==

We received a notice that financial institutions are not required to send their 1099 forms until February 17 due to this law. There should at least be mention of this. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/76.191.142.8|76.191.142.8]] ([[User talk:76.191.142.8|talk]]) 21:22, 15 February 2009 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

== rollcall vote ==

Thanks for a great article. The link for the roll call votes in the house goes to the official house website, which is not very usefull - just an alphabetical list of yeas and nays.
is their a better list (eg, broken down by state and party /) the link to the senate vote is an example.
I would be willing to enter data if somoene call help me set up the table(s) - I don't know enough about the wiki markup language to do this[[User:Cinnamon colbert|Cinnamon colbert]] ([[User talk:Cinnamon colbert|talk]]) 16:49, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

== Interest on bank reserves ==

"China’s central bank moved late Friday to reduce lending to companies and individuals by requiring large commercial banks to increase the amount of cash they park with the central bank. The move, which came earlier than most economists had expected, was meant to slow China’s breakneck economy and inflation." - Bradsher, K. (February 12, 2010) [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/13/business/global/13yuan.html "China’s Central Bank Hits Brake on Hot Economy"] ''New York Times''

If China increases excess reserves to slow their economy, does that mean that Paulson, Bernanke, and Geithner were all wrong about the wisdom of interest on reserves? Why can't [[Sheila Bair]] call them on it? Is she not pressing [http://articles.latimes.com/2008/nov/18/business/fi-bair18 her $24B asset detoxification plan] because she believes her party's assertions that Obama is a bad leader? Please discuss at [[Talk:Excess reserves#China]]. [[Special:Contributions/99.27.200.196|99.27.200.196]] ([[User talk:99.27.200.196|talk]]) 21:53, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

== Tenses in descriptions ==

It seems like this article was written in Fall/Winter 2008/2009 and it is rife with statements such as "recently" and "A key part of the proposal is". Shouldn't that be "was"? Also "The maximum cost of a $700 billion bailout would be".... seems to imply that the bailout has yet to happen. Shouldn't that also be "was"? Anywhere I can look for tips on how to clean this mess up? [[User:Audiodude|audiodude]] ([[User talk:Audiodude|talk]]) 07:41, 26 May 2010 (UTC)


Is dead and even the Wayback Machine (going back to 2011) doesn't appear to have a copy of it. Searching for the title and author on Google, I find no copies of the content. I think we need a whole new citation, here, sadly.
== Video deleted ==


[[User:Miskaton|Miskaton]] ([[User talk:Miskaton|talk]]) 13:34, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
Was [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Emergency_Economic_Stabilization_Act_of_2008&diff=455755204&oldid=prev this deletion] a good idea? I don't have time to watch it right now, and I'm not sure how good the Khan Academy is with statistics. [[User:Dualus|Dualus]] ([[User talk:Dualus|talk]]) 23:59, 18 October 2011 (UTC)


==Large scope for shortening and rewriting the whole article==
== Summarizing views in the lead ==
The whole article is quite confused and confusing. I was an economist in the markets at the time, and I remember events fairly well. This article however is at certain points a hotchpotch of writing that might have made sense at the time, but no longer does.


In particular the timeplot and description of events in Sep-October 2008 is confused and incomplete. The tenses are often wrong, using the present, future or conditional tenses when the past tense would be apprporiate.
How can we get a more accurate summary than [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Emergency_Economic_Stabilization_Act_of_2008&diff=499503578&oldid=499484538 this one]? [[Special:Contributions/71.212.226.91|71.212.226.91]] ([[User talk:71.212.226.91|talk]]) 21:21, 26 June 2012 (UTC)


So there is large scope for deleting a fair amount of the article and rewriting the rest. This is a fine example of how piecemeal editing by different people at different times with differing levels of understanding has failedto do an adequate job, in contrast to most other Wikipedia articles, with easier to understand subject matter. Rewriting the article however would be a mammoth job and would need to be done by a person or people that have a certain understanding of finance.
:How in particular are [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Emergency_Economic_Stabilization_Act_of_2008&diff=499637980&oldid=499637146 these views] not representative of all of the views expressed on the bill? [[Special:Contributions/75.166.192.187|75.166.192.187]] ([[User talk:75.166.192.187|talk]]) 20:08, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
[[User:TGcoa|TGcoa]] ([[User talk:TGcoa|talk]]) 17:10, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

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Tautological sentence

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The second sentence on the introduction is tautological. "The bailed-out banks are mostly U.S. or foreign banks (...)" Author of the article, please correct.

What agency?

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The open letter from economists include the mention of an agency: Neither the mission of the new agency nor its oversight are clear. Is this an agency which the Paulson plan proposes to establish? __meco (talk)

Tenses in descriptions

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It seems like this article was written in Fall/Winter 2008/2009 and it is rife with statements such as "recently" and "A key part of the proposal is". Shouldn't that be "was"? Also "The maximum cost of a $700 billion bailout would be".... seems to imply that the bailout has yet to happen. Shouldn't that also be "was"? Anywhere I can look for tips on how to clean this mess up? audiodude (talk) 07:41, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You can go to Help:Editing. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 02:36, 9 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps time to call it a "good article"?

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What do u say? --Mats33 (talk) 21:43, 18 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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$29 trillion estimate a cost?

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The opening section says "Estimates for the total cost of the bailout to the government are as much as $29 trillion." I read the abstract of the paper, and it sounds like $29 trillion was the bailout commitment. But does a commitment to extend loans mean a loss? I don't think so, but I didn't want to delete this sentence unilaterally. Any thoughts? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tedsanders (talk • contribs) 04:40, 10 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]


yeah, my response is anything over $1 trillion is a joke and based on multiple cases of triple, quadruple counting. If I have $5 to loan and I loan out that $5 ten times, have I loaned out $50??? Nope. Still just $5. Oscardoggy (talk) 19:58, 3 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, you have loaned out $50, at least from the perspective of the people getting the loans. You could frame it as $5 or $50 depending on what point you're trying to make. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.140.199.156 (talk) 18:03, 29 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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The link at:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Economic_Stabilization_Act_of_2008#cite_note-160

Is dead and even the Wayback Machine (going back to 2011) doesn't appear to have a copy of it. Searching for the title and author on Google, I find no copies of the content. I think we need a whole new citation, here, sadly.

Miskaton (talk) 13:34, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Large scope for shortening and rewriting the whole article

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The whole article is quite confused and confusing. I was an economist in the markets at the time, and I remember events fairly well. This article however is at certain points a hotchpotch of writing that might have made sense at the time, but no longer does.

In particular the timeplot and description of events in Sep-October 2008 is confused and incomplete. The tenses are often wrong, using the present, future or conditional tenses when the past tense would be apprporiate.

So there is large scope for deleting a fair amount of the article and rewriting the rest. This is a fine example of how piecemeal editing by different people at different times with differing levels of understanding has failedto do an adequate job, in contrast to most other Wikipedia articles, with easier to understand subject matter. Rewriting the article however would be a mammoth job and would need to be done by a person or people that have a certain understanding of finance. TGcoa (talk) 17:10, 26 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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