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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 05:26 PM Original message |
Should we, the taxpayers, guarantee the investments of stockholders...? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. To me, the bailout is better than the subsidies they already get |
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Bluzmann57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
2. No |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. If the mortgages aren't guaranteed, more failures will happen |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
3. Doesn't "guaranteed by the Federal government" |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. Of course. But I prefer the pain of guarantee than the pain of further collapse |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. I would prefer "shared" pain... |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Absolutely agree - look at the poor workers who invested in Enron... |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
4. We have to save the mortgage market or there won't be |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 05:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. It's not going to be painless... |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. That may well be the remedy but the idea of all the stockholders |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Why should Fannie Mae stockholders be any different from say.... |
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loveable liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
5. not for the idle rich. If you are living off dividends then tough hop.. |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 07:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
41. I have a friend who earns about $14k a year |
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PDJane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. No. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I agree in principle but many retirement fund portfolios will |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Did they invest with the understanding that there was no risk? |
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PDJane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. That's the problem, isn't it? |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. No. But the premise of not helping the stockholders |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Where does it stop? |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
8. It would be a super deal, if that's what was actually proposed. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. From what I have seen from the FED and the Treasury Secretary..... |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 07:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
38. First, I think what the guarantee is on is the Bonds, NOT the shares of stock. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 11:53 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Yes, I think that is correct. |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
11. We should Guarantee a LIVING WAGE to every worker. nt |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. To everyone who WANTS to work, contribute, and grow. |
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PDJane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. To anyone who can work....... |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
19. Why should I send my money to millionaire investors who might suffer a loss in the stock market? |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Because they are better than you are... |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Oh yeah - I forgot I'm a worthless drone for a minute here to support the wealthy |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
20. My retirement portfolio is decreasing but the government isn't going to bail me out |
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Gold Metal Flake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
25. No, unless they are nationalized again. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
27. Usually if it sounds too good to be true... |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Let the buyer beware even when the seller is a con man? |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 07:00 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. In this case, it is also let the seller beware. |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
29. What needs to be done is to reinstate the law Bill Clinton signed away and |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
33. On the surfact, I would probably say no, but |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 07:37 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. I think, by law, all deposits are guaranteed up to $100,000 in banking institutions |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 06:59 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. That is true for cash deposits in bank account. |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
34. No!! The Rethuglicans wanted a Free Market economy without |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
35. If the biggest and the greediest always get bailed out, what incentive |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
37. K&R.... |
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