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‘Obama’s spending to result in mass protests’

Published: 16 April, 2009, 00:53
Edited: 28 September, 2009, 22:01

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Obama's economic policies – specifically propping up the big banks - are unlikely to bring positive results, says James Pinkerton from the New America Foundation.

He said there’ll be a massive upsurge against these policies because American people do not believe the federal government is dong a good job spending the money.

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If I remember correctly, bailing out the big banks was an idea concocted under the watch of George W. Bush/Hank Paulsen.