Bail-out Free

A company has decided to use our patriotism to sell product. For a fee they'll stamp a product "Certified American Made."
I've started my own company along these lines. If your company didn't get any bailout money from our government, you're free to put the following stamp on your products:
Many companies that would qualify for the American stamp will not qualify for mine—which makes my stamp more exclusive.

Here's a list of banks that got bailout money. Can anyone find a list of other companies that got bailed out?

Of course with how big and complicated the system is, I probably have bailout money in my pocket.

Comments

  1. kathyMarch 17, 2009 at 8:28 PM

    If I had a store, I'd put the bailout-free sign in the window.

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  2. kathyMarch 17, 2009 at 8:36 PM

    As far as a list of companies that got bailed out, I found these. Don't know how helpful they'll be:

    http://bailoutsleuth.com/

    http://www.propublica.org/special/show-me-the-tarp-money#When:18:01:00Z

    http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/st_BANKMONEY_20081027.html

    Actually, in looking at them again, I think they may just be different ways of looking at the distribution of bank bailout $.

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  3. austinMarch 20, 2009 at 11:35 AM

    heres a short list of some of the things that money went for...
    http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/upload/porktable.html

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