OPINION: Bailouts for Liars, Illegal Aliens and Unjust Bonuses

By Competitive Enterprise Institute , From Economy to Ecology - 16 Hours Ago


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The Senate voted down an amendment that would have kept federal bailout money from being used to hire illegal aliens, resulting in up to 300,000 jobs being filled by illegal aliens that otherwise might have gone to citizens and legal immigrants.

In an unrecorded voice vote, the House of Representatives voted down a proposed amendment to keep people who lied on their loan applications from receiving federal bailout money.

The vote was unrecorded so that liberal lawmakers in conservative districts (who camouflage themselves as supposedly-conservative “Blue Dogâ€