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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:17 PM Original message |
Radical bailout plan has a jawdropping price tag |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. this money WILL be paid back, right???????????????????? nt |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. That is the question I am asking myself. I don't see how it would be possible |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
28. Also the morons who issued them will be shielded from loss. |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. That is certainly the way it looks from where I sit (n/t) |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. By your children. But don't worry, it will trickle it's way down to you |
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wanpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. sure it will, for many generations to come, by the middle class of course. |
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Kool Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 12:52 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. What middle class? |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 01:34 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. The government could profit from it |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. This plan is being put forth by the Bu*h administration. Should we trust them? |
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Mari3333 (158 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
3. and how much did that illegal 'war' cost? |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Between the Iraq war, increased military spending and this debacle B*sh has cost this |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
7. so they by back the loans and the rich continue to get richer... |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
8. Congress had.... |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
9. Half a trillion - that could fund a war |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
10. Homeowners already lost 2 trillion in equity this year. But that wasn't "news". |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
11. Gotta wonder if you'd have had more or less reccomends had you |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
12. Not half a trillion - try *at least* another trillion |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 02:48 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. That's the real number. Correct, the very least. My thinking 3T if lucky. |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 05:44 AM Response to Original message |
16. Radical Bailout Plan Has a Jawdropping Price Tag |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 05:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. 500 B, Who are they kidding? We will be lucky to get our for less than 3 T. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 05:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Isn't this the same as nationalizing these corporations, and isn't that socialism?? |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 05:44 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Only if the costs are percieved to be higher than the risk |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 05:44 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Nationalization is government ownership. This is corporate welfare. |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 05:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. "The goal is to have something passed by Congress by the end of next week" |
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boomerbust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 05:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Not Socialism |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. At first look you think wow this is Socialism, then as a number of good |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 05:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. This is the result of bad government policy |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 05:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. What are we using for collateral? The White House? |
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BearSquirrel2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
25. but the virtue of the private sector is that it can fail and go out of business ... |
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BearSquirrel2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
26. Why "buy" it ??? |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
27. The press is really concerned about the price tag of this |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
31. This fascist administration is deliberately destroying our country. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. All theBush ancestors and their minons were pro-Nazi..so it should not come as a surprise |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
34. Get rid of the middle man. nationalize the banks. |
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