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Financial Crisis

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  1. 2011-08-05 August 5-6, 2011: Economist Blasts Standard & Poor’s Downgrade of US Credit, Blames Congressional Republicans
  2. 2011-08-05 August 5, 2011: Standard & Poor’s Reduces US Credit Rating
  3. 2011-08-06 August 6-9, 2011: Republicans Blame Obama Administration for Credit Downgrade Triggered by Debt Ceiling Legislation
  4. 2011-08-11 August 11, 2011: GOP Presidential Candidate: Credit Downgrade Proves Her Resistance to Raising Debt Ceiling Was Right
  5. 2011-08-11 August 11, 2011: Credit Firm Says Willingness of Some US Lawmakers to Send US into Default Triggered Credit Downgrade
  6. 2011-08-12 August 12, 2011: Financial Leaders, Economists Lambast Republicans’ Economic Policies
  7. 2011-08-12 August 12, 2011: New Republic Editor Insists on Citing House Republicans as Cause of Credit Downgrade
  8. 2011-08-12 August 12, 2011: Business Publication Blames Republican ‘Tea Party’ Legislators for US Credit Downgrade
  9. 2011-09-14 September 14, 2011: Lawmaker Rushes to Introduce Two-Page ‘American Jobs Act’ before Obama, Democrats Can Submit 155-Page Bill with Identical Title; Bill Would Eliminate All Corporate Taxes
  10. 2011-11-18 November 18, 2011 and After: Republican Presidential Candidate: Schools Should Fire Union Janitors, Have Kids Perform Maintenance Tasks
  11. 2011-12-01 December 1-2, 2011: Presidential Candidate Modifies Recommendation that Poor Schoolchildren Perform Maintenance, Custodial Tasks instead of Union Janitors, Says Poor Kids Have No Work Habits ‘Unless It’s Illegal’
  12. 2011-12-02 November 30 - December 2, 2011: Gingrich Claims ‘Food Stamp’ Recipients ‘Millionaires’ Who Vacation ‘in Hawaii’; Claims Proven False
  13. 2012-01-09 January 9, 2012: SNAP ‘Food Stamp’ Program Effective in Shielding Americans from Effects of Recession, according to Nonpartisan Organization
  14. 2012-01-17 January 17, 2012: FactCheck Disproves Gingrich Claim that Obama Presiding over Largest Rise in Food Stamp Recipients; Other Media Outlets Agree
  15. 2012-01-29 January 29, 2012 and After: Alabama Legislator: Lawmakers Need Pay Raises to Combat Corruption, but Raising Teachers’ Pay Would Contradict Biblical Teachings
  16. 2012-04-13 April 13, 2012: Federal Green Jobs Program Slower to Produce Jobs than Anticipated
  17. January-March 2008: AIG Makes Second Straight Quarterly Loss
  18. February 2009: Federal Government Invests $90 Billion in Clean Energy Projects
  19. February 2009: Paulson: My Lack of Knowledge of Regulation Exacerbated Recession
  20. February 2009: Economists Trace Economic Crisis to Bush Re-Election Policies, Lack of Regulation
  21. October-December 2007: AIG Makes Largest Ever Quarterly Loss
  22. March 2003: Bush Administration Withdraws Reports of Federal Allocations of Monies to States; Decision Impairs States’ Ability to Track Damage from Budget Cuts
  23. April-June 2008: AIG Makes Third Successive Quarterly Loss
  24. July-September 2008: AIG Makes Record Quarterly Loss
  25. April-June 2007: AIG Makes Large Profit for Second Quarter
  26. September-November 2004: ACORN Successfully Drives Minimum Wage Referendum in Florida Election, Weathers Voter Fraud Allegations
  27. October-November 2008: AIG Makes Largest Loss Ever in Corporate History
  28. July-September 2007: AIG’s Profit Falls Sharply
  29. 1930: Wealthy Financier Tells Congress that Taxing the Wealthy Will ‘Destroy Civilization’
  30. 1985: US Banker Praises Unregulated Financial Policies of Venezuelan Dictator
  31. Early 2002: Bush Takes Part in Travel Industry Marketing Campaign
  32. Late February 2009: Reporter Disproves ‘Disneyland to Las Vegas’ Train Claim by Lawmaker
  33. Mid-September 2007: Bank of England Tries to Find Buyer for Troubled Mortgage Giant Northern Rock
  34. (early 1981): Don Dixon Seeks to Buy Vernon Savings and Loan
  35. (February 1981): Don Dixon Buys Vernon Savings and Loan for $5.8 Million Cash
  36. (early 1980s): Tough Interest Rate Environment for Thrifts Persists
  37. March, 2008: US Federal Reserve Forms Maiden Lane, a Delaware Limited Liability Company, to Facilitate Bear Stearns-JP Morgan Merger
  38. May 2009: International Labor Organization Revises Prior Unemployment Numbers, Says Jobless Levels Will Worsen
  39. April 1980: First Pennsylvania Bank Gets Aid from Federal Regulators
  40. May 2008: Jobless Rate Rises in 48 States
  41. September 1993: John Meriwether Starts to Form Team for Long-Term Capital Management Hedge Fund Group
  42. June 2008: Royal Bank of Scotland Warns of Global Stock and Credit Crash
  43. August 2009: Unemployment Climbs in 27 US States; California and Nevada at Record Levels
  44. July 2009: British Unemployment Rivals 1995 Level, 2.47 Million Seeking Jobs
  45. August 2009: Orders for Durable Goods Fall in US
  46. Around September 2009: Latin American Economies Begin Improving
  47. Late 1978-Summer 1979: Farmers Flood Washington to Protest High Interest Rates
  48. 1967: Texas Approves Major Liberalization of S&L Powers
  49. 1966-1979: Market Interest Rates Fluctuate with Increasing Intensity; S&Ls Experience Difficulty with Each Interest Rate Rise
  50. January 2009: New Home Sales Plunge in US