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Burnett claims bailout recipient bonus tax “to some echo[es] the Russian and French Revolutions,” asks: "[I]s America starting to look like Venezuela?"

Written by Media Matters Staff

Published 03/23/09 3:35 PM EDT

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County Fair: CNBC's Francis channels Limbaugh on response to AIG bonuses: “This feels like mob rule”

County Fair: On CNBC, Business Week's Farzad says of Obama's directive to pursue every “legal avenue” to block AIG bonuses “What would Hugo Chavez do?”

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