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stopbush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 03:03 PM
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Is The Bailout The Last Shot At Profit-Taking Before The Rs Exit Politics?
Seems to me these robber barons have just about drained the US Treasury as well as America's businesses. There's no money left anywhere. Ergo, this final bailout may well be their last stab at profit taking before the Ceo/businessman political types exit politics for good and head off to spend the rest of their lives on their private tropical islands.

The rats that fleeced the USA are planning on fleeing the USA, including the politics that helped get them their loot. What they're leaving in their wake is a neutered Republican Party (consigned to permanent minority status) and a Democratic Party that will spend decades trying to repair the damage.

Sounds like the USA after the Depression.

But for the robber barons, it's a life of luxury, insulated from reality by their piles of cash and their ability to buy things and people at or below the going rate.
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JHB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 03:03 PM
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1. One last Smash & Grab on the Treasury before leaving office. n/t
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DainBramaged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 03:04 PM
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2. OMG I WAS JUST going to post this exact same type of thread
it was like a lightening bolt, I realized these fuckers are dipping into the trough for one last payoff.
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vanderBeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 03:05 PM
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3. I guess Bush wanted to go out with a bang.
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billyoc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 03:06 PM
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4. No, they'll get in one more "emergency" defense contractor all-you-can-eat buffet before they leave.
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onethatcares Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 03:09 PM
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6. I'm seeing it the same way, they couldn't get the privatization of
Social Security going, so they thought up another "how do we rape the taxpayer" scenario. It's probably the reason Paulson wants to get this thing over with in such a hurry, before anyone thinks or has a chance to question it.

Hopefully our representatives will finally do the correct thing. Not that I'm banking on it, but come on, just once would be nice.:think:
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 03:12 PM
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7. I hope they move operations to China
Not that I really hate China, but they deserve to get robbed by these criminals too.

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ladjf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 03:17 PM
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8. Yes. We shouldn't fall for it.
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 03:21 PM
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9. Of course! Most of the guys that run these companies are the ones who put Stupid Jackass in charge.
Payback is a bitch, and well, it's gonna suck.
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EC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 03:40 PM
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10. Yes,
and stunting the future of the Government to get money back into our hands...they are cleaning the bones and moving on...watch a hell of a lot more residences of Americans pop up in Dubi...
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Porschenut1066 Donating Member (348 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 03:50 PM
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11. Halliburton move HQ to Dubai
Chaney's company has moved its corporate HQ to Dubai. No Tax in Dubai. No extradition agreement with the USA. The directors will all
move their official residence to Dubai and so will not have to answer any court/legal action taken against them for over charging the Federal Government. They use a different currency so when the US Dollar fails their money will be ok.
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