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While the U.S. government’s plan to invest $250 billion into U.S. financial institutions has been billed as a strategy that will bolster the health of the banking system and also jump-start lending, the recapitalization plan is likely to have a secondary effect – one that whipsawed U.S. taxpayers likely won’t be very happy to learn about. Those billions are a virtual lock to set off a merger tsunami in which the biggest banks use taxpayer money to get bigger – admittedly removing the smaller,

After all, Graham is a Republican in his first re-election bid who has bucked the conservative wing of his party in several ways, from his fervent opposition to torture to his strong support of bipartisan immigration reform.