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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 11:45 AM Original message |
Fed loans out $30B to banks at 3.95% interest rate |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
1. smoke and mirrors, yup. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
2. Think of the impact of these low-interest loans went directly to the people -in-need. |
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ordinaryaveragegirl (853 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Exactly... |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
3. Laissez-faire capitalism at its best |
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yourout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
4. Wont help much. |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
5. They are "auctioning" the loans |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 01:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Yikes! |
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benld74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. They in turn put it out at 5-7% and more - and this helps who exactly? |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
7. The fundamental flaw here is |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
8. The Fed is a scam and a shell game |
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enid602 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
9. print |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
12. K&R |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
13. If they'd given these low-interest loans |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
14. Time to hike the income tax to pay for the interest then. C'mon people, let's mortgage ourselves |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
15. Poor little banks....they need money. |
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