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Article: Waiting for our bailout
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- March 31, 2008
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PAM LOBLEY
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
03-31-2008
Waiting for our bailout
PAM LOBLEY
Date: 03-31-2008, Monday
Section: OPINION
Edtion: All Editions
DEAR Mr. Bernanke: I am writing to ask you to bail me out. I've read extensively about your bailout of Bear Stearns, and it seems like such a helpful idea. I promise you that I have been every bit as irresponsible with my money as Bear Stearns has been with theirs, so I thought perhaps you could throw a few hundred grand my way.
As a housewife in an upscale Bergen County town, I have faced tremendous financial pressures. Everyone around me is blowing out the back of their houses and putting in great rooms with home theater systems. They're driving ...