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MessiahRp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 09:20 AM Original message |
So what's the worst that would happen if we just say no to any further bailouts? |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
1. "Human Sacrifice,... |
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Andy Canuck (234 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 10:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
27. Actually it was Tripper Harrison who said that. |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. It Just Doesn't Matter. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 10:50 AM Response to Reply #28 |
41. You meatball! ;) LOL nt |
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Fresh_Start (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
2. hundreds of thousands more people become unemployed |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 01:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
45. So, just expand Section 8 Housing Assistance, Food Stamps and Unemployment. |
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fla nocount (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #45 |
55. You're too smart for this crowd. n/t |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 03:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
48. Total bullsh*t. Who are these hundreds of thousands of people? What industries are they in? Where |
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mikelgb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
3. I can't do much worse than I am doing now |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 09:28 AM Original message |
If you're homeless and in the souplines, then that's true. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
53. So you favor keeping the people that created both that one and this one |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 10:43 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. What made you draw that conclusion? n/t |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
4. global depression |
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MessiahRp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 09:28 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. In a case that severe that would affect almost everyone... |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 09:31 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. it could happen that way |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 10:09 AM Response to Reply #4 |
24. I doubt that $700 billion is enough cash to stave off a GLOBAL DEPRESSION, one way or another |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
54. See, that;'s the real issue, It's already done, game over. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
5. Global depression. Collapse of the international banking system. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
6. It's like check kiting... |
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MessiahRp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 09:30 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. That explanation helps... |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 09:36 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. yeah, it's not going to be pretty either way... |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 10:29 AM Response to Reply #9 |
35. would I be to flippant to say this is just a scam |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 03:28 PM Response to Reply #35 |
47. not flippant at all |
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earthside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 09:33 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Ten Years? Or Generations? |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 09:37 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. yep, and thus far it looks like we're choosing the latter |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #6 |
21. Thank you so much for this post |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #21 |
46. sure thing... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 10:10 AM Response to Reply #6 |
25. Another metaphor: we are just "kicking the can down the road" with this bailout |
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wiggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 10:41 AM Response to Reply #6 |
39. Isn't there plenty of money out there? Isn't that one reason why gold has gone |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #39 |
49. money (dollars) and gold are not the same thing...that's the heart of the problem |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 04:09 PM Response to Reply #39 |
56. While most people were blissfully dreaming about their own chance at |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
8. You won't be able to cash or deposit your paycheck or use an ATM to get cash |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
10. Just Read About the Great Depression |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 09:37 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. My mother was hungry for years |
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MessiahRp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 09:49 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. I don't wish for any of that |
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leftofcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Exactly |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 10:38 AM Response to Reply #15 |
38. I'm with you |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
11. dupe |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
17. Fire and brimstone falling from the sky! |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
18. At the core of the problem. Our country runs on credit. The brokerage |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 10:41 AM Response to Reply #18 |
40. There are still some banks in good shape |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
20. Oh, it would be another Great Depression, certainly |
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leftofcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
22. thousand more unemployed, lost retirement, lost pensions |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. "thousand"? MICHIGAN HAS LOST OVER 300,000 JOBS SINCE 2000. Nobody thought that was a "crisis" |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
26. A lot of bullshit... |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 10:26 AM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Competition |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 10:53 AM Response to Reply #33 |
42. I think that is what would happen if they did nothing... |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
30. forget cashing checks |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 10:18 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Most commercial banks are in good shape.... |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 10:31 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. no, all banks rely on MBS to back up interbanking borrowing |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
32. I am opposed to bailing out wall st. without major reforms (basically seizing the banks). However- |
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MessiahRp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 11:00 AM Response to Reply #32 |
43. This will affect all banks? Even the more responsible ones that are doing fine right now? |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. The crisis is systemic. There are more responsible banks, but none are doing so well |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
34. dupe |
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BraneMatter (99 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
37. Uh... |
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Geek_Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
50. The difference between bailing out the corporations or not bailing out the corporations is |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 03:41 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Then dammit, let's vote out ALL who pass this shitty legislation?!? |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
52. The worst of all possible futures, it would forceus to choose between starvation and socialism! |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 11:13 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. Never heard about the M3 before |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
58. It won't be any worse than the market after October 1987. |
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