Caro
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Fri Jul-25-08 12:49 PM
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Bailing out stockholders is like paying ransom to kidnappers. - Today’s Headlines 7/258/0 |
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Top StoryHousing rescue on track to pass Senate by Saturday WASHINGTON - The Senate has cleared the last hurdle to passing a massive housing rescue bill. An 80-13 test vote showed broad support for the package and put it on track to pass the Senate by Saturday. The White House says President Bush will sign it. Bailing out stockholders is like paying ransom to kidnappers.—Caro Matt DaviesFor more headlines, visit MakeThemAccountable.com.Carolyn Kay MakeThemAccountable.com
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Fri Jul-25-08 12:53 PM
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1. But we have to! They're so big! But here's the thing: What's to keep them from doing it again? |
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Nothing. And more than that, bailing them out makes doing it again a winning proposition (for them).
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Fri Jul-25-08 12:56 PM
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2. Privatize profits and socialize losses. See? Socialism is good when it benefits |
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our masters.
All sheep share the same destiny.
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Union Thug
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Fri Jul-25-08 12:57 PM
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3. Bingo! If you're wealthy in this country, you're ass is kissed... |
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but if you're a working stiff, you're labelled irresponsible, need to pull yourself up by the bootstraps, and in many cases cannot even file for bankruptcy anymore.
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FiveGoodMen
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Fri Jul-25-08 01:05 PM
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4. Be that way until the working stiffs stop listening to Fox, Clear Channel, and their preachers... |
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And start voting in their own interests.
For starters, we shouldn't let anyone frame a presidential vote based on "Who would you like to have a beer with?"
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Fri Jul-25-08 01:12 PM
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It's more than ransom, though. It's Tribute.
We are paying TRIBUTE to an imperial master for the right to exist in their world.
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