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The Administration and Congress mobilize to bail out giant financial institutions, but no rescue for the hungry

by jeol Berg

When social services advocates like me hear that the cost of the federal bailout of the finance sector might top a trillion dollars, we’re not quite sure how to process such a massive figure.

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