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Purveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 11:41 PM Original message |
Paulson, Bernanke Push Plan to Cleanse Balance Sheets |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. Cleanse or just the same old laundering function? |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 08:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
28. RTC Redux |
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Nictuku (907 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. Privatize the Profit, Socialize the Risk |
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Drum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 11:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Exactly, succinctly put. |
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DaLittle Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. THIS TERM Should Be The New MANTRA Going Forward! |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:35 AM Response to Reply #2 |
19. republiconomics 101. |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 08:22 AM Response to Reply #19 |
30. They don't take time to educate themselves about anything important |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
3. in real world talk..that would be MONEY LAUNDERING... |
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Hestia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
4. They really are going to fuck us over before they leave aren't they? I cannot belive this |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
6. creative accounting for $518 billion, please Alex. |
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Hestia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
7. I've got a great idea - since they get all their money back for all the mortgages that they |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 01:47 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Now you've nailed the gist if the whole thing - really...and not a bad idea at all... |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 06:45 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Yeah move the debt on to it's own ledger sheet over here |
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Hestia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. Exactly - I figure there is going to some creative financing way for them |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:28 AM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Yes imagine if we had used the $900B to clear up mortgages and THAT cleared the banks' books |
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CitizenPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
8. the great irony here is that they accuse us of being |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 01:52 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. The USA has indeed become a tinpot Fascist State, |
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CitizenPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:36 AM Response to Reply #10 |
23. exactly. Our media is testimony to that fact. nt |
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stubtoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:55 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Isn't that the truth! |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
11. Rinse, lather, repeat. Throw these BUMS OUT!! |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:22 AM Response to Original message |
12. You can't move a vacuum anywhere safe. It still sucks. |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:31 AM Response to Original message |
13. I think I am going to withdraw all my money from the bank and spend it |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 06:18 AM Response to Original message |
15. So when do these financial firms, or Wall Street gamblers, |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
17. Fine. Forgive all student loans while they're at it. |
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lelgt60 (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
18. Bush & Co abandon free market capitalism...institute old soviet style planning |
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gizmo1979 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
20. So we own some banks and an insurance co. |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
22. Ooooh joy! let these wipes refigure accounting |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
25. Now we just need to use this to force the Rich to accept tax increases |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
26. Ya gotta ask yerself: How badly will this end up ripping off the average American taxpayer? |
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4dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
29. Imagine if a liberal democratic president did this?? |
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