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A $1.8 Trillion Bailout: Where the Money's Going
Reuters (via CNBC) ^ | 21 Sep 2008 | Reuters

Posted on 09/22/2008 12:41:06 AM PDT by ARCADIA

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Unbelievable!!
1 posted on 09/22/2008 12:41:06 AM PDT by ARCADIA
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To: ARCADIA

The United Socialist States of America


2 posted on 09/22/2008 12:44:59 AM PDT by trumandogz
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To: trumandogz

Where is the money going to come from?


3 posted on 09/22/2008 12:47:46 AM PDT by ARCADIA (Abuse of power comes as no surprise)
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To: ARCADIA

I’m speechless, except to say this is a crock of sh!t.


4 posted on 09/22/2008 12:49:24 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (HM2 USN M/3/3 Marines RVN 66/67)
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To: ARCADIA

You, your children, your grand children, your great grand children and their great grand children.

Or in five to ten years we enter into an era of hyper inflation after which you will need $500.00 to buy a loaf of bread.

Pick your poison.


5 posted on 09/22/2008 12:51:13 AM PDT by trumandogz
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To: trumandogz
That's a hand-made sign I have taped to the back of my van ...

McCain=USA
Obama=USSA
You don't see this?

6 posted on 09/22/2008 12:51:22 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: knarf

In the last week the Federal Government has Nationalized a major corporation, taken over banks, dumped billions of tax dollars into the Stock Market, restricted short selling and will this week hand the Security of the Treasury powers that cannot be reviewed by any court in the land.

We are now a Socialist State

You don’t see this?


7 posted on 09/22/2008 12:57:00 AM PDT by trumandogz
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To: ARCADIA

8 posted on 09/22/2008 12:57:00 AM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free
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To: ARCADIA

Deposit banking requires that there is enough cash to cover assets (real property, other tangible properties, etc.) in order to avoid hoarding and other problems. In other words, they’re trying ways to get more investor trust and more money circulating. The big securities schemes are done along with crazy leverage and giant bonuses.


9 posted on 09/22/2008 1:01:27 AM PDT by familyop (cbt. engr. (cbt), NG, '89-'96, Duncan Hunter or no-vote)
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To: ARCADIA

The real question is, IMO, when would we be ready to enter the deflationary panic period? Could that be avoided in other ways?


10 posted on 09/22/2008 1:12:51 AM PDT by familyop (cbt. engr. (cbt), NG, '89-'96, Duncan Hunter or no-vote)
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Uncle Sam is buying low. He can afford to be long all this debt and sell high if the opportunity presents itself down the line.

He will own 79.9% of AIG, which has income, and will be paid nearly 10% on the loans

yitbosyitbos

11 posted on 09/22/2008 1:15:15 AM PDT by bruinbirdman ("Those who control language control minds." - Ayn Rand)
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Yes ... through angry tears ... I do.


12 posted on 09/22/2008 1:17:39 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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Asia up this morning, Europe down.


13 posted on 09/22/2008 1:18:06 AM PDT by bruinbirdman ("Those who control language control minds." - Ayn Rand)
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To: knarf

That should be the reaction of every person who calls themselves a Conservative.


14 posted on 09/22/2008 1:24:51 AM PDT by trumandogz
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To: ARCADIA

“where’s the money going?”...

You can bet it’s not back to the people who have just gotten screwed with the bill.


15 posted on 09/22/2008 1:57:53 AM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
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To: ARCADIA

“Where is the money going to come from?”

You. Your children. Your grandchildren.

This is a naked wealth transfer from your pocket to Wall Street. Socialism is socialism whether it has a “D” or an “R” after it.


16 posted on 09/22/2008 2:14:28 AM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner!)
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To: ARCADIA

“Do not worry. You may borrow all the money you need.”

-Uncle Mao


17 posted on 09/22/2008 2:21:25 AM PDT by Rammer
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Where is the money going to come from?

It wil come from us, our children and grandchldren.

An open ended deal as proposed will end up costing not hundreds of billions, it will mount to trillions of dollars and will develop into a bigger scandal than the current banking abuse it is supposed to cover up.

How can anyone expect politicians and bankers with an open checkbook to do anything but spend taxpayer money in their own interest?

The President is 100% wrong on this.

If this deal goes through it will be a failure of unprecedented magnitude and will become George Bush's real legacy.

How loud would republicans and conservatives be squawking if a democrat president proposed a give-away deal like this?

18 posted on 09/22/2008 2:48:53 AM PDT by Iron Munro (The Alaskan landscape is littered with the bodies of those who have crossed Sarah Palin)
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Could the same thing that happened to the Soviet Union be happening to the USA? Could the dollar become so worthless that the USA simply evaporates, to be replaced by 50 independent states (each with its own currency), all competing for the best and brightest? And might this be better than what we’ve known for 40 years?


19 posted on 09/22/2008 3:35:21 AM PDT by The Duke (I have met the enemy, and he is named 'Apathy'!)
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If that’s the justification, though, why not have the government take over all sorts of distressed private companies and turn them into state-owned enterprises? Once you accept the notion that nationalization is justifiable in cases where the government might recoup its costs or even turn a profit, what is next? Once this precedent is set, where is the new Pale beyond which we simply cannot go?


20 posted on 09/22/2008 3:41:47 AM PDT by seacapn
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