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132 It spent $18.3 billion: Ibid.
133 “We started…each other standing”: Varadarajan, “‘Nationalize’ the Banks.”
134 “three or four regional”: Ibid.
135 “framework of internationally”: “RAW DATA: G-20 Communique Statement,” FoxNews.com, April 2, 2009, www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/04/02/raw-data-g-communique-statement/.
136 In the name of: Ibid.
137 “provide early warning…all firms”: Ibid.
3. OBAMA’S MORTGAGE PLAN THAT WON’T HELP YOU
138 “up to 5 million”: Phil Mintz, “Obama Sets $75 Billion Mortgage Rescue Plan,” YahooNews.com, February 19, 2009, http://news.yahoo.com/s/bw/20090219/bs_bw/feb2009db20090218582414.
139 “assist up to”: Ibid.
140 About 27 percent: Associated Press, “Obama Unveils $75B Mortgage Relief Plan,” CBSNews.com, February 18, 2009, www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/18/politics/100days/economy/main4808886.shtml.
141 Obama wouldn’t be: Ibid.
142 His plan allows: Alan Zibel, “Housing Plan Aims to Help 9M, but Leaves Out Many,” YahooNews.com, March 4, 2009, http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Obama-administration-launches-apf-14540623.html.
143 “owe so much more”: Marilyn Lewis, “Help for on the Brink Homeowners,” MSNMoney. com, March 5, 2009, http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Banking/HomeFinancing/help-for-on-the-brink-homeowners.aspx.
144 “You can modify”: Associated Press, “Obama Unveils $75B Mortgage Relief Plan.”
145 “provide their most recent”: Zibel, “Housing Plan Aims to Help 9M, but Leaves Out Many.”
146 “only homeowners in good”: J. W. Elphinstone, “Meltdown 101: Will Obama’s Housing Plan Help Me?,” March 4, 2009, www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ipZa-UuiRALM9rXphRa2IN0Fs_ywD96NGUT00.
147 “at risk of imminent”: Ibid.
148 “Fannie and Freddie”: Peter Barnes, “Obama’s Foreclosure-Prevention Plan Faces Hurdles,” FOXBusiness.com, March 4, 2009, www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/obamas-foreclosure-prevention-plan-faces-hurdles/.
149 “as much as $1,000”: Dawn Kopecki, “Obama Rescue Plan Said to Be Limited to Homeowners Most in Need,” Bloomberg.com, March 4, 2009, www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=aN4NFR0MfE4w&refer=home.
150 Homeowners themselves: Ibid.
151 “mortgage lenders and investors”: Barnes, “Obama’s Foreclosure-Prevention Plan Faces Hurdles.”
152 “will not save”: Mintz, “Obama Sets $75 Billion Mortgage Rescue Plan.”
4. OBAMA’S HEALTH CARE CATASTROPHE
153 “President Obama pledged”: David Martin, “Obama Calls for Health-Care Reform in 2009,” CNN.com, March 20, 2009, http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/20/obama.health.care/.
154 “focus only on extending”: “Three Big Problems with Obama’s Health-Care Plan,” Wall Street Journal, December 21, 2008, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122990539802425297.html.
155 The nurse population: “Nursing Shortage Fact Sheet,” American Association of College of Nursing; www.aha.org/aha/trendwatch/chartbook/2008/08appendix2.pdf.
156 All told, 70 percent: Jackie Calmes and Robert Pear, “Administration Is Open to Taxing Health Benefits,” New York Times, March 14, 2009. www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/us/politics/15health.html?hp.
157 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/health/policy/27care.html?_r=3&em
158 “A study by the Rand”: Ibid.
159 “Barack Obama will accelerate”: Ibid.
160 “Most medical records are”: Barack Obama, “Barack Obama and Joe Biden’s Plan to Lower Health Care Costs and Ensure Affordable, Accessible Health Coverage for All,” Barack Obama.com, www.barackobama.com/pdf/issues/HealthCareFullPlan.pdf.
161 “Canadian patients…are”: Brett J. Skinner, “The Trouble with Canadian Healthcare,” The American, December 6, 2008, www.american.com/archive/2008/december-12-08/the-trouble-with-canadian-healthcare.
162 “while Americans spend 55 percent”: Ibid.
163 327 percent more: Ibid.
164 Doctors in the United States: Ibid.
165 And there are 14 percent: Ibid.
166 the average waiting…seventy-seven days: Ibid.
167 6.7 per 100,000: Colon Cancer Canada, www.coloncancercanada.ca/.
168 4.8 per 100,000: National Cancer Institute, www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/colon-and-rectal.