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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 09:49 AM Original message |
Nationalizie the banks? WTF? |
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Phred42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
1. I'm COnfused. The Fed is a Private FOR Profit Corporation |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 10:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. The Fed is a federal agency |
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Locrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. The Federal Reserve is a private bank |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 05:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. It is and it isn't |
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wildbilln864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. well sure... |
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Phred42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. You couldn't be more wrong - The FED IS NOT a government agency |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 02:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. I can remember when I used to think the Fed was a government agency. |
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Phred42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 04:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Arti - it's the other way around - Remember......... |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 07:29 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Hmm. This sounds suspiciously like "The Jews own everything and |
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Phred42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 09:05 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Jesus Christ - I'm sick of that Chickenshit dodge |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. My head's up my ass? |
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ozu (203 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. ... |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 05:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. It's a an independent agency of the federal government |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 05:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. Who owns the profits? |
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Hestia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Read Naomi Klein's "The Shock Doctrine" and you'll see what |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. True, that |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 11:08 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. It's called a Debt bomb. The banks have used it to undermine democracies |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Isn't that where the World Bank and the IMF step in to save us? |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Bolivians had to turn over their water supply to Bechtel. |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. As a requirement for loans. Yeah I know the story. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 02:25 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. That happened in our town. RWE convinced the voters they were |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
2. Isn't this plan simply another route for |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 09:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
39. It is |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
3. It's only Communism if you nationalize things that help regular folks! Like medicine! |
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durutti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 09:59 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. The good thing, though... |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
5. Wouldn't that border on evil Socialism? |
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dweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
9. x-posting to SMW n/t |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
31. SMW? |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Stock Market Watch, daily weekday thread in LBN. n/t |
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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
10. They want to nationalize the risks |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 09:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
37. Bingo! n/t |
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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
12. It happened in Germany too, shortly before the third reich, AFAIK. nt |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 11:42 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. K & R for this thread & this post! nt |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
17. don't worry, this shit ain't gonna happen....it's pissing on a forrest fire |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
18. It'll be a bailout of the execs / finance parasites at the expense of ordinary workers and taxpayers |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
22. Couple of critical points are involved here |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. The Fed is within the government |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
25. No, no, no,...that ain't 'socialism'. It's more akin to fascism because,... |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 09:44 AM Response to Reply #25 |
38. Correct |
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Thepricebreaker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
26. They are "examining the idea" - I say look at all ideas... doesnt mean they use them.... |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
40. Since the government is controlled by huge corporations, 'tis a ploy to take over smaller banks |
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