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for what you need in business. and in life. regions. regions. it s time to expect more. first, outgoing senator judd gregg the new hampshire republican on hardball repeating that old feel-good story that the t.a.r.p. bank bailout made you money. the american taxpayer had actually made money off the money that we put into the system to try to stabilize it. we ve made about $17 billion off of t.a.r.p. we ve gotten almost all the money back that we put into the financial system. we haven t gotten it back from the auto industry. we haven t gotten it back from aig, but we ve gotten almost all the money back that we put into the banking system. we expect to get it all back, and the american people are going to make money. wow. according to senator gregg we are getting rich off his savvy investing with his tax dollars. that just solved the deficit
re-election run. and he suggested the sin city is an example of unnecessary spending and people should not go there and blow their money. gerri willis has more. good morning. new help and new hope for struggling homeowners. president obama today will announce a new assistance program for the states hardest hit by the housing crisis. under the initiative, $1.5 billion will go to state housing agencies to help homeowners unemployed or under water. they will focus on areas where prices have fell from their peak. the money for the program will come from the t.a.r.p. bank bailout and will be dispersed by treasury. among the sorts of help the administration wants states to consider helping folks that lost
get back to you on that, right after he finishes courting coal miners in eastern ohio. but why the awkward attempt to distance himself from his running mate? is it because democrats are painting ryan as an entitlement slashing extremist? even as ryan railed against the stimulus, he was writing to the energy secretary to request millions of dollars or is it because ryan cast controversial votes supporting the t.a.r.p. bank bailout, the auto bailout, even penalty taxes on ceos? that s a no-no. or is it because ryan s family built its fortune on government funded public works projects or as politico reports today, is it that quote there is an unmistakable con sense ses romney has taken a risk with ryan that has a huge chance of going horribly wrong. ouch. let s get right to our panel. with us from washington, msnbc
for big. that s how big this is, because it s $858 billion. that s more than the t.a.r.p. bank bailout. that s more than the obama stimulus package. and the highest estimate i found on jobs is that it will create 2.2 million jobs. we need every one of them. that s $390,000 a job, though, glor gloria. should he have held out longer? of course. he had until december 31st at least. i have more faith in barack obama than barack obama does. if he went out and campaigned for his ideas and making those of us who are blessed pay a little more he could have won the fight. i m not sure he should have held out longer. he might have started earlier on dealing with the tax issues before even the fall, maybe he should have started last spring or whatever. when you look at the additional things that the president got in this bill, when you talk about the earned investment tax credit, tuition tax credit, all kinds of things, the 2% payroll