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NeoConsSuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 05:31 AM Original message |
Taxpayers May Be Liable for Billions From Bear, Mortgage Rescue |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 05:36 AM Response to Original message |
1. Just like the S&L bailout (McCain 5?) The taxpayers paid the bill and the execs got $1Ms |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 08:09 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. George Bush Senior bought a home on the golf course in AZ |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 09:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
22. We'll be paying for that for the rest of our lives. |
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Hugh109 (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
34. Media Failed Us Again |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 10:56 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Welcome to DU, Hugh109. (n/t) |
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Gonnuts (525 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 01:36 PM Response to Reply #34 |
47. What media? - Oh, you mean Corporate Shills? |
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Acadia Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #34 |
51. NOTE: THE MEDIA WILL ALWAYS FAIL US NOW. THEY ARE |
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Eagle_Eye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 05:41 AM Response to Original message |
2. The bush administration is all about using public money to help their rich friends |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 09:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
25. Kicking |
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MetaTrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
39. And $20 billion in CASH missing from Iraq! |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 05:48 AM Response to Original message |
3. Since JPMorgan cherry picked all the better investments |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 09:54 AM Response to Reply #3 |
32. Would it be better if we just allow the taxpayers to cover ALL of it |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 06:01 AM Response to Original message |
4. US manufacturers could use a few billion dollars to deal with the high cost of healthcare |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 06:20 AM Response to Original message |
5. So much for Capitalism. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 08:41 AM Response to Reply #5 |
16. !!! |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
61. for cronies -- the price of Capitalism is always right |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
6. "Smirk." - republicon fatcat cronies |
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Night_Nurse (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
7. Corporate welfare |
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AlecBGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:46 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. hello addreamgirl! |
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Night_Nurse (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 10:27 AM Response to Reply #9 |
35. thank you! |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
8. What is the interest rate on $30 billion for 100 years? |
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opusprime (292 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
10. $30 billion to Bear/JPM while SSI and Medicare starve... |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 08:09 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Yup. |
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Broadslidin (949 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
13. How do Mornin' Muffin Munchers define the simple word: "Fed"....? |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
14. Jim Rogers on CNBC: Abolish the Fed; No bailouts for Maserati diving Investment Bankers. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 09:40 AM Response to Reply #14 |
29. I love that clip... |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 09:41 PM Response to Reply #29 |
56. Don't you love it when.. |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
55. excellent clip. nt |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
15. K&R |
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kickysnana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
17. Dupe... but important enought to be here too. |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
18. SURPRISE!!!! |
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Baby Snooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
19. The Reality of the Federal Reserve |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
20. Now you know why Bush didn't want to raise taxes. |
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thunder35 (127 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
21. why not just write it off why should we have to pay? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
23. too bad there's no real media left to scream that aspect to the american people. |
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Speciesamused (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
24. But of course. We always bear the burden. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
26. and this is "news" ??? |
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kdenninger (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 09:34 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Guys, there's a solution to this you know.... |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 09:52 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Nothing wrong with being a republican if you recongize what's wrong with your party |
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Pappy (113 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
28. You people who hate the mortgage bailout have it all wrong |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 10:38 AM Response to Reply #28 |
36. there is something you can do about it |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 10:43 AM Response to Reply #28 |
37. Not with the 401(K), Social Security and Medicare money. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #37 |
48. "Republicans are either millionaires or suckers." |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 11:41 AM Response to Reply #28 |
41. A lot of those poor people would be better off if they hadn't bought those homes |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #28 |
44. Oh, yeah, supporting the greed and stupidity of not only the mortgage companies |
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Pappy (113 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 08:17 AM Response to Reply #28 |
57. I never said I support the corporations, I support the poor people who will loose their homes |
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truth2power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
30. As it has always been... |
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Gen. Jack D. Ripper (547 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
33. Free market my ass |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #33 |
40. To paraphrase from a post above |
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Preston120 (177 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Did you notice |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Ever the same |
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Pappy (113 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 08:34 AM Response to Reply #33 |
58. You are correct, this is not a free market |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
42. Plenty of Money for Wars and Wall Street Bailouts, YET NONE FOR HEALTHCARE AND EDUCATION |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
46. "Privatize the profits; socialize the risks." -- Chomsky |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
49. MAY-be??! liable-just like the last S&L Bailout |
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Acadia Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
50. "Socialize the Costs, Privatize the profits," rePIGlican method to |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #50 |
60. It's corporate welfare. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
52. "No one could have forseen..." |
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greyghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
53. I'm waiting for the second shoe to fall. Things are going to get... |
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Doctor Cynic (965 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
54. Why not nationalize parts of the banks? |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
59. If I could walk away with about $10 million in a foreign bank, I might be |
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