This morning the Bush administration asked Congress to grant the Treasury Secretary freedom to buy as much as $700 billion in
mortgage-related assets in order to save Wall Street from its current financial crisis.
The power granted is almost beyond challenge and by law will not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency, but the Treasury Secretary would report to Congress on how he is properly using the authority. If this is allowed the
government debt will be raised to $11.3 trillion, up from $10.6 trillion. It will also save an immeasurable amount of companies, jobs, and families nationwide.