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In reply to the discussion: I cannot believe the Fed gave Citigroup 2.5 Trillion Dollars! [View all]Iggy
(1,418 posts)38. Of Course....!
yeah, it's "great" to see the banksters continue to scam the system... just like they
did under the bush administration-- DISconnect: how does this make the Obama
admin better than the bush admin?
it doesn't. they are more or less the same on this issue.
FAIL.
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True dat, and while I might repeat it in, say, an anti-vaxer thread...
TreasonousBastard
Sep 2012
#20
You raise excellent point. We cannot simply defer oversight to elites, however
cthulu2016
Sep 2012
#25
In my mind the problem is that practically everyone is intentionally deceptive at some point..
Fumesucker
Sep 2012
#26
There are three 'free' economics blogs and newsletters worth reading, imo, but I do not have an
coalition_unwilling
Sep 2012
#19
I like hyperbole, but the point is taken that not everything free is worthless...
TreasonousBastard
Sep 2012
#22
Yeah, well, being outraged about the GAO report doesn't require actually READING it, silly-pants!
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2012
#4
You post nothing of importance here. Sure, AmEx got more TARP loans than private
banned from Kos
Sep 2012
#17
Naw man. It was like, the SAME $1....16 trillion times!!!! (that makes it "free money!) nt
Romulox
Sep 2012
#16
$29,000,000,000,000: A Detailed Look at the Fed’s Bailout of the Financial System
girl gone mad
Sep 2012
#31