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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 10:12 AM Original message |
Can't something be done with Wall Street commodity traders? |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
1. The problem is nothing has been done since the seventies. Nixon and Carter were the last Presidents |
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theaocp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
2. That would take |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
3. The only thing that brought prices down was the financial crisis. |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
4. They are doing nothing illegal, but taxing them adequately would be good... |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 10:30 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I agree, I don't remember the name but there is one Democrat |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
6. Quite a bit has been done, but this isn't Wall Street, it's overseas trading... |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 10:37 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. It all comes down to this in my opinion, we have been warned |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
7. If we have political turmoil in Saudi Arabia and the oil supply |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 10:42 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Sad sign, isn't it? |
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Andy823 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
9. It would take an act of congress |
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hugo_from_TN (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. It is a global market and an act of congress will not work |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
12. They can raise the margin requirements temporarily. |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
13. Commodities=futures. The future of oil is scarce. |
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ParkieDem (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. This. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
15. Jail comes to mind. nt |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
16. Oil is traded globally. It is an increasingly scare and increaingly valuable commodity. |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
17. Put a sales tax on every transaction. n/t |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
18. You could become one and take a contrarian position. |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
19. thet real problems are the concentration of wealth and the dearth of solid investments |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
20. Not when they become part of the Administration. |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
21. Garlic, onion, seasoning, and a 350 degree oven for 8 hours...? |
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Thunderstruck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
22. It is NOT "pure speculation" and I'm about as sick as I can get of that excuse. |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Thank you. The "speculation" canard is getting pretty ripe. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
23. Not pumping $30 Trillion into the global Ponzi casino would have been a start. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
26. No, The Wall Street and The MIC control our country almost completely. |
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