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Is our govt using “national security” as the excuse to use taxpayers money to bailout the banks?

Question by 3rd eye from the son: Is our govt using “national security” as the excuse to use taxpayers money to bailout the banks?
Out govt has used “national security” time and time again to betray the American people, like they used it for the cold war and terrorism.

Best answer:

Answer by dewdrop
No, our government has made it very plain that the bank bailout was a measure to prevent economic collapse. Of course that would have a bearing on national security but national security was never mentioned as the reason for the bailout.

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Current govt will ensure new statute within stipulated deadline: Dr Bhattarai

Current govt will ensure new statute within stipulated deadline: Dr Bhattarai
UCPN (Maoist) Vice Chairman Dr Baburam Bhattarai on Sunday claimed that the current Jhala Nath Khanal-led government will ensure promulgation of new constitution within the stipulated deadline – May 28, 2011. He further said it will cease to exist if it can’t work towards ensuring much-anticipated new constitution.
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Bill Moyers: In Search of the Constitution
Highly Recommended Review: One wonders what the founding fathers would think of the state of the country today. There are countless issues that have cropped up as society has become more complex, but issues like the further commercialization of political speech (Huffington Post and its recent sale to AOL, among other such popular online political sites) and the divisiveness (I don’t care whether …
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Article 370 recognises special position of J&K, says Baig
JAMMU: Discounting the possibility of scrapping Article 370 of the Constitution in relation to Jammu and Kashmir, the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday asserted that the constitutional scheme itself was a safeguard against such attempts.
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If Rand Paul says the Federal govt should adhere strictly to US Constitution, why’s he against 14th Amendment?

Look at this:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/28/AR2010052802231.html

I can understand being against “anchor babies”.

However, how can one claim to be a strict Constitutionalist, and then contradict something explicit in the US Constitution?