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To: Checkers

So he is trying to pawn off 100% of the problem on the defaulters (which is a big chunk, but not the whole issue). What about the $Billions of basically phony paper known as derivatives that were bought and sold without the REAL capitol to make good on that trash paper. When those funky sales were made while trying to use 80:1 leverage... it doesn’t take but a small straw or hiccup to bring the whole fragile ball down.


33 posted on 09/25/2008 6:32:36 PM PDT by TheBattman (A vote for the "lesser evil" is still a vote for evil!)
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To: TheBattman

The derivatives are where regulatory function failed completely.


35 posted on 09/25/2008 6:41:09 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Believing they cannot be deceived, they cannot be convinced when they are deceived.)
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