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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 02:06 AM Original message |
Putting 700 Billion in context... |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 02:12 AM Response to Original message |
1. You'll have to ask China about the tax coffers thing |
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Joe the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 02:12 AM Response to Original message |
2. I guess one way you could look at it is...... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 02:14 AM Response to Original message |
3. Or one year's defense budget, excluding wars |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 03:28 AM Response to Original message |
4. Or: it's more than 1 year's Social Security payments to 50 million people. |
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crickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 06:19 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. "the entire Social Security Trust Fund' |
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pa28 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 03:33 AM Response to Original message |
5. Or another way. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 04:17 AM Response to Original message |
6. If it had saved pension funds and 401(K) investments, or even prevented foreclosures, |
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natrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 06:48 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. sadly paulson not the only fraid-A whole lot of democrats went along knowingly |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 04:30 AM Response to Original message |
7. Hmmm, |
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JJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 04:46 AM Response to Original message |
8. Over $6,000 per US household |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 06:36 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Instant recovery/jump start. I'll bet the big 3 would have sold a bunch |
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