|
Economic/Mortgage Crisis Bailout (2008) Automobile Industry Bailout
|
|
Copyright © 1998-2009 Roger A. Lee and History Guy Media; Last Modified: 02.16.09 |
As the economic crisis in the United States and throughout the world deepened after the U.S. presidential election in 2008, the initial willingness of Congress and the White House (under Bush), to bailout the financial industry with the $700 Billion TARP program, led many in other affected industries to also seek out financial aid to avoid financial ruin and bankruptcy. The Unites States automobile industry, specificially the "Big Three" of General Motors, Ford, and Chevrolet, to plead their case to Congress for a part of the bailout money. |
Presidents
of the United
States--A
listing of American Presidents, with links to
biographical
information.--New President
Gerald R. Ford--the
38th President of the United
States--*Updated* Barack
Obama*New*- Dennis
Kucinich*New*- Congressman
Dave Reichert (R-WA-8th) Maria
Shriver--Former
award-winning television journalist, best-selling
author, current First Lady of California, niece to
President John F. Kennedy, and daughter of
Vice-Presidential candidate Sargent
Shriver. L.
Paul Bremer--American
diplomat who served as head of the head of the
Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq from 2003
to 2004. Thomas
Nast-American
political cartoonist. Lorenzo
de Zavala--First
Vice-President of the Republic of Texas. William
Howard Taft-President
of the United States and later Chief Justice of the
U.S. Supreme Court. John
D. Negroponte--American
diplomat chosen to serve as the first National
Intelligence Director. Dr.
Benjamin Rush--
Signer of the Declaration of Independence, member
of the Constitutional Convention, noted physician
and ardent supporter for the abolition of
slavery. |
