Notable and Quotable (I)

“I’m a dirt farmer,” said Senator Jon Tester, the Montana Democrat who still lives on his family homestead. “Why do we have one week to determine that $700 billion has to be appropriated or this country’s financial system goes down the pipes?”

From Tim Egan in the NY Times

Posted in * Economics, Politics, Economy, Politics in General, The September 2008 Proposed Henry Paulson 700 Billion Bailout Package

5 comments on “Notable and Quotable (I)

  1. Irenaeus says:

    Well put!

  2. lmk says:

    Ummm, okay, I’ll play this game.

    Because you had decades to prevent this from happening in the first place?

  3. Bob Lee says:

    Because if you don’t do the deal in one week, you will not have any dirt to farm.

  4. Branford says:

    Yea, that’s what they said last week and we’re all still here.

  5. Irenaeus says:

    “Because you had decades to prevent this from happening in the first place?” —LMK [#2]

    And so did you.