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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 11:19 AM Original message |
Paulson Shifts Focus of Rescue to Consumer Lending (Do these guys have ANY clue what they're doing?) |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. Taking money under false pretenses is a crime. He lied to Congress about what he was going to do. |
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kirby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 11:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Not really... |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. I remember his constant drumbeat was that he needed money to buy up bad loans... |
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lligrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Not Really False Pretenses |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
28. He knew damn well what he was doing when he asked for and got a blank no oversight check. |
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LittleApple81 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
2. He is still being shown on MSNBC, TOTAL INCOMPETENCE!!!!! nt |
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lifesbeautifulmagic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
4. The change will come when they shift focus |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 11:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Well, the Bush administration can't do that. They have zero experience. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I guess you don't need jobs if you have a strong economy... |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
5. No, they really seem to be out of their depth. |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
6. Paulson knows what he is doing |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I don't have as big a problem with the fact that he changed his mind |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Most people didn't forecast this to begin with |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Again, that's not quite what frightens me |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 02:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Ahh. I see. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 05:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Several economists forecast this crisis. |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I agree, but it wasn't the consensous |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 01:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
29. How could getting a blank check with no oversight possibly NOT be less regulation???? |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. OR...they planned all along to misuse this authority and money to consolidate power |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Except he didn't change his position with facts. |
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buzzard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 12:28 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. This I believe but what are your sources for this, I must admit I have been predicting doom for a |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
11. WHAT????? |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
15. Ah, the picture clarifies a bit... |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 01:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
30. This move has secret deals behind it. |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
20. I think the collapse of retail sales |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 11:44 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. WE in the US are the ones who buy their overpriced crap |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 05:55 AM Response to Original message |
24. They most definitely know what they're doing |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
25. This is an old and well-known scam in DC |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 11:29 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. So it's a bait-and-switch, then? |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. People are so used to it, that it doesn't even register. |
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