US pledges financial rescue plan

Ache · Heavy Crude Joined: Apr 23, 2005 Posts: 263

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7624482.stm

phaeryen · Heavy Crude Joined: Apr 18, 2007 Posts: 124

how about slashing the military spending to a quarter of its current form and end with all this world hegemony business? seems like all that money hasnt bought you an army worth mentioning anyway, given that simple commoner folk can win with a bunch of AK-47's, camels and explosives. Very Happy

The_Virginian · Light Sweet Crude Joined: Jun 19, 2004 Posts: 1528

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Jotapay · Intermediate Crude Joined: Jun 21, 2008 Posts: 675

Yay! I'm super-glad I did all those things so I dont have to depend on the Fed now! Or I'd be screwed!

Gerben

Thank you US tax payers. Now how are you going to pay for all this?

FreedomSlave

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(Does that belong in the Dude thread, or here?) Smile

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johhnytrash · Tar Sands Joined: May 25, 2008 Posts: 24

The way I see it, big finance overextended and is now falling apart. (AKA. 'f'-ed up.) So to keep their system from falling apart, the government is going to bail banks out. A system, BTW, that makes them rich and me poor.

So these buttfaces take a risk, and if it succeeds, they get the cash, and if it fails, the taxpayers cover the loss.

I want these CEOs of these failing banks to pay me the money I'm going to pay in taxes for their 'f'-ups. My tax money is going to cover their loss, while they walk away with millions in severance money.

THIS is republican deregulation at your service, and the taxpayer is getting screwed, money that could have gone to schools, or the power grid is going to pay for debt we accumulated to pay for their failure.

Why do people vote republican again? I can't figure it out. At least libertarians would let these banks fail.

Pretorian

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sittinguy · Heavy Crude Joined: Sep 07, 2007 Posts: 392

I can't even think of what to say, my head is on fire. Where can I find PCGS graded silver bullets?

GASMON

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weirdo8778 · Coal Joined: Sep 09, 2008 Posts: 4

this makes me sick. These 2 companies were very short sighted. They go bankrupt because of it. I say let them go out of business, they should not count on a government bailout. Do you know how much 85 billion is. Than on top of that now the government wants to take over all banks debt. Sorry when im pissed I am bad at responding.