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2016 Postmortem

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8. Well you seem to oppose the government taking their money when they get into trouble

Tue Mar 8, 2016, 10:38 AM

Mar 2016

The question for me is "why?" Are their profits sacred to you or something?

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Who here can name the banks broken up under Frank Dodd as "too big to fail"? [View all] Recursion Mar 2016 OP

Crickets...... monicaangela Mar 2016 #1

That's a joke pdsimdars Mar 2016 #2

I can kind of answer JustAnotherGen Mar 2016 #3

Bingo Recursion Mar 2016 #5

Thanks for the post, JAG. Enjoyed reading. Hortensis Mar 2016 #14

Yeah, why are you so intent on defending them? Recursion Mar 2016 #6

Good comeback. You really shut me down. nt el_bryanto Mar 2016 #7

Jesus - you'll say anything won't you? el_bryanto Mar 2016 #16

It cost the banks money and made the government money Recursion Mar 2016 #18

neither of those two entities were the ones who paid for the bailout... islandmkl Mar 2016 #27

I think the US Government took billions from the banks through TARP Recursion Mar 2016 #13

Sure, whatever Recursion Mar 2016 #28

It made me realize I no longer could answer. Hortensis Mar 2016 #15

Did you know that Sen. Barney Frank was named Hortensis Mar 2016 #23

It's a HRC supporter backing a "I support Bernie but..." poster. delrem Mar 2016 #24

I will answer JustAnotherGen Mar 2016 #9

Wow, that's radical Recursion Mar 2016 #21

Great op. NCTraveler Mar 2016 #19

So can you name the banks broken up under its auspices? Recursion Mar 2016 #26