In Typical Politician weasel-speak.. here it is! Paulsen ADMITS that $700B is just the beginning. Its going to collapse anyway.... don't give these bastards a DIME!
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SCHIEFFER: You said last week that you thought this would cost $500 billion, that--or that
could be how much you wanted the authority to buy. Now you're saying 700.
Mr. PAULSON: I never...
SCHIEFFER: Is there a chance it could go higher?
Mr. PAULSON: I never said anything about 500. When I talked to Congress, I talked about...
SCHIEFFER: Well, that was the number that was going around.
Mr. PAULSON: Well, it may have been reported. But when I talked to the congressional
leaders I said we're talking about hundreds of billions of dollars that is needed, and we will ask
for authorities up to a limit. And if that limit is $700 billion,
that doesn't mean we'll go all the
way there or it doesn't mean that it--that it will stop there and We won't ask for more....http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/FTN_092108.pdf