Main Street gets government help too

Courtesy Marketplace  Mon, 10/06/2008 - 12:38

Bailout supporters took a lot of heat for handing that cash over to Wall Street. But commentator and economist Andrew Samwick argues it's actually Main Street that's usually on the receiving end of government help.


 

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