HEY! Where were the Town Hall meetings on the Bank Bailouts?

leftstreet

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Fri Aug-07-09 04:58 PM
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HEY! Where were the Town Hall meetings on the Bank Bailouts?

The Increased Military Spending Community Forums

The Afghanistan/Pakistan Escalation Neighborhood Potlucks

The Autoworkers Kiss Your Ass Goodbye Discussion Halls

:shrug: :shrug: :shrug:

Did I miss a meeting or something?

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FrenchieCat

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Fri Aug-07-09 05:00 PM
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1. If we would have had times for meetings, there would be no halls left.

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leftstreet

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Fri Aug-07-09 05:02 PM
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2. There are plenty of empty spaces across this great country of ours!

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FrenchieCat

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Fri Aug-07-09 05:17 PM
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7. Empty halls would be used as shelters

and we'd all be in soup lines.

Just like those here saying we needed to slow down on health care were wrong.....
Not bailing out the Banks, and waiting would have also spelled disaster,
although since it happens, some want to pretend there was not emergecy.....
even though even the most progressive economists agree that all was nearly lost.

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leftstreet

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Fri Aug-07-09 05:25 PM
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8. Thank God It Passed! n/t

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Mojorabbit

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Sat Aug-08-09 01:03 AM
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10. It was an emergency

and it needed to be done but what I want to see is the people who almost caused the collapse of the worlds financial system punished and the whole system regulated to the hilt.

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girl gone mad

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Sat Aug-08-09 02:05 AM
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11. The reason we aren't all in soup lines is because of the stimulus, not the bank bailouts.

Edited on Sat Aug-08-09 02:08 AM by girl gone mad

The banks took the money we gave them and used it on bonuses and market and commodities speculation. Quite a bit of the money went to foreign banks and overseas investors. Banks have not increased lending, as was predicted. We are currently out $170B just on TARP, with losses expected to be much deeper.

The bailouts, as they were handled, were a mistake.

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leftstreet

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Sat Aug-08-09 02:07 AM
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12. Yep

:thumbsup:

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ColbertWatcher

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Fri Aug-07-09 05:05 PM
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3. Good question. k+r, n/t

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timeforpeace

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Fri Aug-07-09 05:09 PM
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4. There are many things they don't want to be asked about at town halls, not just health care.

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leftstreet

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Fri Aug-07-09 05:13 PM
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5. Health care town halls seem to be the ticket!

A Wall Street Town Hall could have gotten really ugly, democrats and republicans holding hands and singing songs and such.

Can't have that.

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redqueen

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Fri Aug-07-09 05:15 PM
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6. We should do that the next time our interests intersect.

Edited on Fri Aug-07-09 05:15 PM by redqueen

It's a great idea.

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leftstreet

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Sat Aug-08-09 12:55 AM
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9. Sadly they're intersecting right now, but it's going unnoticed

Everyone needs healthcare.

This whole thing is just stupid.

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jasi2006

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Sat Aug-08-09 02:29 AM
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13. Please, most of these folks are receipients of the bank bail outs.

These aren't poor working people. These folks raising hell at town hall meetings are major stock holders of bank, pharmeceutical, and insurance stocks.

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