The Bailout Dies
It's not often we get to report breaking news on Hot Property, but I see the bailout seems to have died on the floor of Congress. The final vote was 205 for it and 228 against. A surprisingly large number of Republicans voted against it.
The Dow Jones average is down some 700 points so far today, 400 of that in the last ten minutes as vote was being tallied. It seems this bailout is toxic, much like the mortgages Treasury Secreatary Paulson hoped to buy with the money.