This might seem a bad time to ask Uncle Sam for money. The government is feeling a tad tapped-out after launching multibillion-dollar rescues of mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae and drafting plans to spend $85 billion to save global insurer American International Group from default. -
Not a Bailout, but $25 Billion for Oil Independence
This might seem a bad time to ask Uncle Sam for money. The government is feeling a tad tapped-out after launching multibillion-dollar rescues of mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae and drafting plans to spend $85 billion to save global insurer American International Group from default.-
By Warren Brown