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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 07:52 AM Original message |
I welcome a Great Depression scenario. Bring. It. On. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
1. I think it's something that's been building for decades |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
26. The Great Depression lasted almost fifteen years |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:20 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. there is a difference in magnitude only |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:27 AM Response to Reply #28 |
34. I'm done |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:36 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. hmmmm... |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:43 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Thanks |
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scisyhp1 (84 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #34 |
76. If you were a Marxist, you would know that |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #76 |
84. All true |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #28 |
75. The "magnitude" is a pretty important difference. n/t |
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MillieJo (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #26 |
74. A war started in Europe as a consequence of the |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
2. agreed |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
3. I agree completely. The people who get hurt are average Americans and their children |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:07 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. We're going to get hurt either way.. |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
4. Thank you, Cali.......nt |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
5. Who is hoping for another depression or meltdown? You are right it is not the rich who will |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
6. Exactly. The rich escaped just fine in virtually all countries last time. |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
7. I opened this thread thinking I was going to have to ask WTF? |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
8. "largely unscathed" So what's another 700,000 million dollars then, huh? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:07 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. wow. I don't think I've ever called anyone here an elitest before |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:09 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I don't think anybody here is wishing for Americans to starve.. |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:12 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Exactly. nt |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:14 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Well, good, because I have never been called anything even approaching the term 'elitist' |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 06:28 AM Response to Reply #12 |
90. Your completely mistaken.. |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
9. thank you!! RECOMMENDED!! |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
10. Jumping into a bailout scenario, at least what is being currently proposed, |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 05:42 AM Response to Reply #10 |
86. 'we can't survive having our economy and government both collapse' |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
11. So you think the 700 billion will be a panacea? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:09 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Clearly not. And I said so in my OP. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:10 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Therein lies the problem, I don't think anybody does.. |
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Postman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:11 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. You can do something on November 4 |
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MUAD_DIB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
14. Right. Don't wish for a train wreck...especially if you are on it. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
17. Yes. The rich will suffer the least in general. |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
18. I welcome a new deal and a return to FDR values |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:11 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Our choice may be, do we suffer the consequences now? |
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FedUpWithIt All (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:34 AM Response to Reply #21 |
36. Do you think it will be FUTURE generations? I think we are simply delaying the issue for ourselves. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:38 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. You're probably correct.. |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:59 AM Response to Reply #18 |
49. I do too, but I dread the possibility that we "go the other way" |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 09:16 AM Response to Reply #18 |
50. EU president Sarkozy |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
23. We're through the looking glass with these people (Little Boy Who Cried Wolf Problem) |
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Not the Only One (617 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
25. Then just send everyone a check for $2300 if you're scared about the economy |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
27. There are ways to get us out of this mess |
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atommom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
29. I was all ready to yell at you |
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tandot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
30. I totally agree. I just posted in another threat ranting againt the bailout. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
31. Nobody wants a depression, nonetheless, we are going to have one - |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #31 |
69. Almost all big commercial banks are investment banks now to some degree. |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
32. Welcoming it and realizing that it's inevitable are two different things. nt |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
33. I imagine the individuals fantasizing.... |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:29 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. correct |
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cayuga (405 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
39. Just curious - how 'countless deaths?' |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:46 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. first of all, people will literally freeze todeath this winter. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 09:30 AM Response to Reply #42 |
53. "People will die of curable disease..." This bailout will be INSTEAD of Universal Health Care |
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MillieJo (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 10:32 AM Response to Reply #39 |
80. People are already starving to death |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
40. no one in their right mind WANTS to suffer-- but that shouldn't make us... |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
43. Did the gound just shift???? |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
44. Yup. Totally agree. Stupid with a capital S. |
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cayuga (405 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
45. Is there a stupider sentiment? Yes there is. |
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cayuga (405 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
46. Is there a stupider sentiment? Yes there is. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #46 |
67. Actually, history is not on your side with respect to your statement |
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cayuga (405 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 10:17 AM Response to Reply #67 |
73. OK. I looked it up. |
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MillieJo (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 10:40 AM Response to Reply #73 |
81. In Europe the threat of freezing to |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 08:41 AM Response to Reply #73 |
95. LOL - poverty doesn't result in more death? |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
47. If you think this'bailout' will prevent that you're wrong. |
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PRETZEL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
48. I agree, disagree, and still not sure....................... |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
51. I'm not so sure. We never would have gotten Social Security, the 40 hour week, and |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
52. Is it liberal/progressive to spend taxpayer money to bailout fat companies? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 09:30 AM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Yup. Give all your money to Wall Street, or you ain't no liberal! |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 09:32 AM Response to Reply #52 |
56. no one wants a depression, but no one wants to continue the dangerous behavior -- the rub... |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
54. anyone on this site complaining that they are living in a Depression already |
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carlyhippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 07:52 AM Response to Reply #54 |
93. agreed...some of the older folks who were alive during the depression could post stories here |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
57. Are you absolutely, 100% sure, this will be a Depression?? |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
58. I Don't Know One Person WHo Wants a Depression |
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WhollyHeretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 09:46 AM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Try this thread |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 09:48 AM Response to Reply #61 |
63. Oh Jayzus.... it must of been out of anger |
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yodoobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
59. Just like cheering on a sports team from your living room |
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moriah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
60. My man just learned that the money he had invested into WaMu.... |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
62. The first Great Depression was caused by a complete lack of regulation. |
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galileoreloaded (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
64. You don't understand the complexity of the situation..... |
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1awake (852 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
65. agreed.. |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
66. Once again, DU is put back in its place by a wise one. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 10:03 AM Response to Reply #66 |
68. "Blue Dog Underground" nt |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 10:30 AM Response to Reply #68 |
78. Maybe |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #78 |
82. Well, I'm questioning the number of people posting from the "center/right". nt |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
70. Cali, I for one do not believe that if this bailout doesn't happen there will be a collapse of |
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MillieJo (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
71. People should remember, if Wall Street crashes.. |
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bubba_brutus (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #71 |
83. Domestic issues vs. International needs |
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tosh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 06:48 AM Response to Reply #83 |
91. WAS. Jeb Bush WAS gov. of Florida. Past tense. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 06:24 AM Response to Reply #71 |
89. Agree. Excellent points! (unfortunately) |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
72. Why? We can make money off of this bailout. |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
77. Yea, keep on waxing in the establishment's so called truisms |
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bubba_brutus (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
79. 1 Trillion for a loaf of Bread |
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judasdisney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 03:55 AM Response to Original message |
85. Equating opposition to The Bailout with "wishing for a Great Depression"? |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 05:46 AM Response to Reply #85 |
87. A number of people here have said that they would be prepared to have a Depression to bring |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 06:09 AM Response to Original message |
88. It doesn't matter... |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 06:51 AM Response to Original message |
92. I think there must be *much* more regulation as a condition of a bailout |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
94. Right on, but this will fly over the heads of many here |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
96. The People Who Say That Are More Begging For Attention Than Anything Else. |
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