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To: MortMan

Just curious do you understand a hedge firm takes bets, I doubt if they are secured and they know it. They are on the hook for betting Chrysler would pay. If you cannot pay don’t play.


33 posted on 05/05/2009 7:13:54 PM PDT by org.whodat (Auto unions bad: Machinists union good=Hypocrisy)
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To: org.whodat

The basic story here is that these are secured creditors - “first lien” holders - who are unwilling to relinquish their claim in favor of Obama and the union. Hedge funds do take bets - in this case, they took a sucker bet that “first lien” means exactly what it says.

Apparently you have no problem with violating that simple legal precept.

I do, however.


40 posted on 05/06/2009 4:40:37 AM PDT by MortMan (Power without responsibility-the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages. - Rudyard Kipling)
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