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sabra
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Mon Apr-05-10 11:27 AM Original message |
US Received 8.5% Return From Bailouts: Report |
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NJmaverick
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Mon Apr-05-10 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. K&R for news that should be the main headline of every MSM media source |
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ClarkUSA
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Mon Apr-05-10 11:34 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. It should be the main headline at GD and GDP to inform the ignorant and angry here at DU, too. |
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JackRiddler
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Mon Apr-05-10 12:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. Bullshit! |
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NJmaverick
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Mon Apr-05-10 12:32 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. The facts are not "bullshit" |
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JackRiddler
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Mon Apr-05-10 12:38 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Some might take your content-free response as a confirmation... |
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NJmaverick
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Mon Apr-05-10 12:55 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. It's been my experience that people who use terms like |
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JackRiddler
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Mon Apr-05-10 01:38 PM Response to Reply #43 |
52. The banksters of Wall Street do not deserve the legitimation of being seen as anything other... |
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zipplewrath
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Mon Apr-05-10 01:44 PM Response to Reply #43 |
56. Well, I know what you mean |
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NJmaverick
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Mon Apr-05-10 02:48 PM Response to Reply #56 |
62. Currently it looks like future returns will be as good or better |
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TheWatcher
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Mon Apr-05-10 03:00 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. "there is always a chance of another major down turn, but right that is looking pretty unlikely." |
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NJmaverick
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Mon Apr-05-10 03:50 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. I took your challenge and googled your name and the stock market |
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zipplewrath
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Mon Apr-05-10 03:33 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. On Citi yes |
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girl gone mad
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Tue Apr-06-10 11:21 PM Response to Reply #66 |
88. But to get that payout from Citi, we had to let them get out of paying $40 Billion in taxes. |
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JackRiddler
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Wed Apr-07-10 12:47 PM Response to Reply #88 |
96. Citigroup got out of $40 billion in taxes? Minor details, surely! |
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JackRiddler
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Wed Apr-07-10 12:48 PM Response to Reply #62 |
97. David Brooks just said that, too, so I believe it. |
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Skittles
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Wed Apr-07-10 05:10 AM Response to Reply #36 |
91. CORRECT |
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Gormy Cuss
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Mon Apr-05-10 01:05 PM Response to Reply #34 |
48. The fact is the analysis excludes remaining exposure. |
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JackRiddler
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Mon Apr-05-10 01:41 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. Indeed, which means it's entirely a spin product. |
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goclark
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Mon Apr-05-10 02:08 PM Response to Reply #48 |
58. I'll take this for starters |
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Gormy Cuss
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Mon Apr-05-10 04:59 PM Response to Reply #58 |
68. That's the attitude. |
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JackRiddler
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Tue Apr-06-10 12:34 PM Response to Reply #68 |
83. Success at what, exactly? The bailout made the criminal class more powerful |
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inna
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Tue Apr-06-10 12:43 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. Excellent post. |
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Gormy Cuss
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Tue Apr-06-10 12:50 PM Response to Reply #83 |
85. Success at earning net interest on the bailout |
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JackRiddler
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Tue Apr-06-10 01:30 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. Okay, for a moment let's accept the USG making money on this crooked deal as the measure... |
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girl gone mad
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Tue Apr-06-10 07:16 PM Response to Reply #58 |
87. Okay, but then you should also take.. |
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Threedifferentones
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:16 AM Response to Reply #34 |
95. Did you even read the article? |
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Demeter
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Mon Apr-05-10 12:49 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. It Is Ignorance, Jack |
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NJmaverick
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Mon Apr-05-10 12:54 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Putting facts ahead of agenda is not ignorance |
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JackRiddler
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Mon Apr-05-10 01:39 PM Response to Reply #42 |
53. Failing to advance any facts at all may indicate it, however. |
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TheWatcher
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Mon Apr-05-10 03:02 PM Response to Reply #42 |
65. Indeed it is not. |
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Demeter
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Mon Apr-05-10 06:37 PM Response to Reply #42 |
71. Everyone Is Entitled to An Opinon |
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Iowa
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Mon Apr-05-10 02:19 PM Response to Reply #31 |
60. Well said JackRiddler. You speak the truth. |
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girl gone mad
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Mon Apr-05-10 09:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
74. I'd like just one of the shills here.. |
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Skittles
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Wed Apr-07-10 05:13 AM Response to Reply #74 |
92. it shows how easy propaganda works |
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sendero
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Wed Apr-07-10 06:54 AM Response to Reply #31 |
93. Don't bother.. |
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JackRiddler
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Thu Apr-08-10 11:28 AM Response to Reply #93 |
98. It's not so much about "these idiots" |
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Hannah Bell
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Mon Apr-05-10 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
3. bullshit number. |
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Mon Apr-05-10 11:38 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Deleted message |
NJmaverick
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Mon Apr-05-10 11:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Considering the rise in the stock prices of Citigroup, excluding those numbers |
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ClarkUSA
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Mon Apr-05-10 11:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. No, it isn't. |
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NJmaverick
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Mon Apr-05-10 11:42 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. You're right |
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Hannah Bell
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Mon Apr-05-10 11:50 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. if i get to choose the data to include, i can make the numbers say anything. |
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ClarkUSA
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Mon Apr-05-10 12:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. I repeat, one cannot include banks that have made partial redemptions in the number. |
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NJmaverick
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Mon Apr-05-10 12:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. You read it wrong, your report explains that repayments are far greater than expected |
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Hannah Bell
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Mon Apr-05-10 12:08 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. i read it right, still in the hole. |
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NJmaverick
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Mon Apr-05-10 12:13 PM Original message |
No, you're wrong |
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Hannah Bell
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Mon Apr-05-10 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
41. spin, spin, spin. |
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berni_mccoy
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Mon Apr-05-10 11:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Unbelievably and over-the-top negative... you can't be happy for anything the admin does right. |
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Hannah Bell
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Mon Apr-05-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. people who make it personal do so because they have no other defense against the facts. |
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NJmaverick
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Mon Apr-05-10 12:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. The FACTS were presented to you and you deliberately ignored them |
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berni_mccoy
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Mon Apr-05-10 12:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Yep, they play the Rovian trick of accusing others of exactly what they do. |
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Hannah Bell
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Mon Apr-05-10 01:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
57. ironic. |
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defendandprotect
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Mon Apr-05-10 12:15 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. What would it have cost these companies to raise this money on open market -- 26%/29% . . .??? |
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NJmaverick
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Mon Apr-05-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Why do you want the government to act like loan sharks? |
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defendandprotect
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Mon Apr-05-10 12:26 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. We are permitting credit card companies to act like "loan sharks" for decades ...!!! |
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ClarkUSA
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Mon Apr-05-10 12:42 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. Two wrongs don't make a right. n/t |
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defendandprotect
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Mon Apr-05-10 12:56 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. You're saying it was wrong to give welfare to corporations . . . I agree . . . |
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ClarkUSA
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Mon Apr-05-10 01:34 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. I agree w/NJ Maverick. Also, welfare recipients do not have to pay back loans with interest... |
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OnlinePoker
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Mon Apr-05-10 02:12 PM Response to Reply #51 |
59. It's not welfare if they're paying it back...it's a loan. |
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defendandprotect
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Mon Apr-05-10 09:38 PM Response to Reply #59 |
77. Baloney - It's a "loan" if it comes from banks, it's "welfare" if it comes from taxpayers. . .!! |
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girl gone mad
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Mon Apr-05-10 09:33 PM Response to Reply #51 |
75. TARP was but a miniscule portion of taxpayer welfare given to the banks. |
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defendandprotect
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Mon Apr-05-10 09:42 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. Sen. Bernie Sanders a week or so ago . . . related that the banks |
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SOS
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Sat Apr-10-10 11:49 AM Response to Reply #78 |
100. Imagine if we could get this deal |
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defendandprotect
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Mon Apr-05-10 09:36 PM Response to Reply #51 |
76. Any taxpayer support for capitalism is welfare -- especially for corrupt capitalism . . . |
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JackRiddler
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Mon Apr-05-10 12:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. Sad canard, berni_mccoy. The bailout started with Paulson under Bush and was the product of the |
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stubtoe
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Mon Apr-05-10 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
4. Who would unrec this? This is great news! |
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NJmaverick
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Mon Apr-05-10 11:41 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. People who don't like it when good things happen in this country |
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elocs
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Mon Apr-05-10 11:48 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. A better question would be why are you watching the thread so closely for UnRecs? |
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Mon Apr-05-10 11:48 AM Response to Reply #4 |
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ClarkUSA
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Mon Apr-05-10 12:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Who's "they"? n/t |
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defendandprotect
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Mon Apr-05-10 12:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. Wages stagnant . . . someone was reporting the other day on Hartmann, I think, |
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rfranklin
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Mon Apr-05-10 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
15. These figures are meaningless...the banks are insolvent... |
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NJmaverick
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Mon Apr-05-10 12:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. That doesn't address what is being discussed in this OP |
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defendandprotect
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Mon Apr-05-10 12:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. Is it an OP or PR . . . that's the question . . . !! |
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defendandprotect
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Mon Apr-05-10 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
23. And what would the interest be at 26% or 29% . . . plus compounding???? |
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NJmaverick
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Mon Apr-05-10 12:13 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Are you suggesting the government should have been in the load sharking business? |
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defendandprotect
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Mon Apr-05-10 12:23 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. You're saying credit card companies are "loan sharks" cause that's what they charge . . .??? |
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NJmaverick
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Mon Apr-05-10 12:31 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Credit card rates are a poor basis of comparison as they practically are a legal form of loan |
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Lorien
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Wed Apr-07-10 01:57 AM Response to Reply #33 |
90. Are you defending corporate pillaging AGAIN? |
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Mon Apr-05-10 01:01 PM Response to Reply #28 |
46. DEFINITELY agree that we should have................... |
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Lorien
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Wed Apr-07-10 01:56 AM Response to Reply #23 |
89. I was thinking the same thing; that's what the CC companies charge |
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DCBob
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Mon Apr-05-10 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
35. Would be great to dig up the old comments from the geniuses who insisted the bailouts would fail.. |
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Democat
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Mon Apr-05-10 12:40 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. They will post here soon enough... |
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ClarkUSA
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Mon Apr-05-10 12:50 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Yes. Some of them have already been piping up... |
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AngryAmish
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Mon Apr-05-10 12:57 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. HEy! I was one of those idiots! |
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DCBob
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Mon Apr-05-10 01:02 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. WOW!! You are the very first to admit it!! Kudos! |
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Mon Apr-05-10 01:05 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Thank you. But I will keep the "idiot" title, thankyouverymuch |
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DCBob
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Mon Apr-05-10 01:06 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. HA! |
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JackRiddler
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Mon Apr-05-10 01:43 PM Response to Reply #45 |
55. Capitulating to the financial extortionists was and remains a very bad idea. |
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girl gone mad
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Mon Apr-05-10 09:14 PM Response to Reply #35 |
73. Way to completely miss the real and valid criticism.. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED
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Mon Apr-05-10 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
61. Minus tax breaks and write offs. |
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girl gone mad
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Mon Apr-05-10 09:43 PM Response to Reply #61 |
79. You mean like the 40 Billion tax avoidance scheme Geithner created so Citigroup.. |
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Romulox
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Mon Apr-05-10 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
63. As long as you don't count outstanding liabilities, I own my home free and clear. |
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high density
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Mon Apr-05-10 05:31 PM Response to Reply #63 |
69. On your bank's balance sheet, your mortgage is considered an asset. NM |
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Romulox
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Tue Apr-06-10 07:21 AM Response to Reply #69 |
81. It's a DEBT to me, not an asset. Just like my credit card bill ... |
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sendero
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Wed Apr-07-10 06:58 AM Response to Reply #69 |
94. Yes... |
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JackRiddler
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Mon Apr-05-10 05:52 PM Response to Reply #63 |
70. Now why can't you just value it at ten times the market price? |
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girl gone mad
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Mon Apr-05-10 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
72. Not this nonsense again. |
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TexasObserver
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Tue Apr-06-10 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
80. Recommend |
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naaman fletcher
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Tue Apr-06-10 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
82. A private investor would have received much, much more... |
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JackRiddler
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Fri Apr-09-10 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
99. Let's keep this wonderful news kicked forever! |
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