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    Geithner's Plan; Social Safety Net; Europe on the Stimulus; Afghan Initiative

    Geithner's bank plan: Will it work? Who bears the greatest risk? Spectrum of economists divided;  Plus, with tent cities cropping up and 14,000 people a day losing their health insurance, is our social safety net adequate? It's Europe versus the US on stimulus. Plus, will Obama's Afghan Initiative be his Vietnam?

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    By Tony Blankley • Mar 27, 2009 • 30m Listen

    Geithner's bank plan: Will it work? Who bears the greatest risk? Spectrum of economists divided; Plus, with tent cities cropping up and 14,000 people a day losing their health insurance, is our social safety net adequate? It's Europe versus the US on stimulus. Plus, will Obama's Afghan Initiative be his Vietnam?


    Banner image: Key economic staff members confer during a budget session in the White House on February 6, 2009. Gene Sperling (L), advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury, confers with OMB Director Peter Orszag and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner talks with Lawrence Summers (R), head of the National Economic Council. White House photo: Pete Souza

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      Tony Blankley

      Co-host, 'Left, Right & Center'

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      Matt Miller

      Co-host, 'Left, Right & Center'

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      Robert Scheer

      Host, 'Scheer Intelligence'

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