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To: Nachum

Thats not all you know the $25 Billion they supposedly paid back well not true.

Citi doesn’t have to “pay back” the remaining $25 billion. The government converted $25 billion of preferred stock into Citi common at a little over $3/share for the common (when it was trading at less than half that). The government now intends to sell its Citi shares over the next 6-12 months. It may come to more or less than $25 billion but Citi isn’t on the hook for a shortfall if there is one.

Sweet deal were stuck with their toxic crap and they get huge bonus’s and

http://www.businessinsider.com/even-without-tarp-banks-are-still-heavily-subsized-2009-12


6 posted on 12/15/2009 7:43:49 PM PST by FromLori (FromLori)
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To: FromLori
The government now intends to sell its Citi shares over the next 6-12 months. It may come to more or less than $25 billion but Citi isn’t on the hook for a shortfall if there is one.

And even if they did get $25B for it, it would remain as part of the TARP/Dem slush fund until they decide what to do with it.

16 posted on 12/15/2009 10:40:58 PM PST by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Joe Wilson said "You lie!" in a room full of 500 politicians. Who was he talking about?)
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