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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner went to Capitol Hill yesterday to announce his plan to rescue the country’s economy. Geithner talked about flooding the financial system with $2.5 trillion dollars, with much of that money expected to come from China. Stephen Labaton, reporter for the New York Times, wrote a front-page article about the bailout plan and Geithner’s vision and he joins us now.

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