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Subdivisions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 11:48 AM
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If the bailout passes, Main Street should immediately demand
Edited on Mon Sep-29-08 11:49 AM by Texas Explorer
an equal rescue in the amount of $700 Billion. And, even if it doesn't pass.
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alcibiades_mystery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 11:48 AM
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1. Where's Main Street?
:shrug:
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Tallison Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 11:51 AM
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3. On an island Globally disconnected from Wall
Edited on Mon Sep-29-08 11:51 AM by Tallison
according to some thinking here. :eyes:
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alcibiades_mystery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 11:53 AM
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6. I want to hear the specific plan for "bailing out Main Street"
Probably Step 1 would be something like "Stop thinking metaphorically."

:rofl:
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Tallison Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 01:14 PM
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9. Gonna' be Elm St. soon if this thing doesn't pass nt
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 11:50 AM
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2. Some condescending representative was using the economy like a "car crash"
Hey! I've been cautious and have not invested unwisely. Why the hell do I, a middle class American, have to give my tax dollars to the ultra-wealthy?
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Virginia Dare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 11:53 AM
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5. In short, so you can keep your job...
that's the choice we face.
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alcibiades_mystery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 11:54 AM
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7. I'd ask the same question about somebody who made an unwise house purchase
Why am I paying for somebody not to be foreclosed on?
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Virginia Dare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 11:52 AM
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4. If Obama gets elected there will be a massive economic stimulus..
paid for by a massive tax hike on the rich. I hope so anyway ;)
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Subdivisions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 11:56 AM
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8. I'm personally looking forward to entrepreneurship in a burgeoning
alternative energy economy.
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