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<IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Senate Fattens Up Bailout Package The House couldn’t swallow the $700-billion bailout proposal, so the Senate added about <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26953481/" title="$100 billion of incentives">$100 billion of incentives</a>—mostly in the form of tax cuts. The Senate will vote on the proposal tonight and the House could decide as early as Friday whether $700 billion is too much, but $800 billion is just about right. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20081001_senate_fattens_up_bailout_package/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20081001_senate_fattens_up_bailout_package/</a> Copyright © 2008 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com <IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Senate Fattens Up Bailout Package The House couldn’t swallow the $700-billion bailout proposal, so the Senate added about <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26953481/" title="$100 billion of incentives">$100 billion of incentives</a>—mostly in the form of tax cuts. The Senate will vote on the proposal tonight and the House could decide as early as Friday whether $700 billion is too much, but $800 billion is just about right. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20081001_senate_fattens_up_bailout_package/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20081001_senate_fattens_up_bailout_package/</a> Copyright © 2008 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com