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How Do You Pull $85 Billion Out Of A Hat?

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Published September 19, 2008 at 10:00 AM MST

The federal government announced this week it would bail out insurance giant AIG. So where does the government get a spare $85 billion? Slate.com's Samantha Henig has the answer.

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