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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 02:49 PM Original message |
What is the most radical solution you can think of to solve this credit crisis? |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's crazy but Nationalizing the banks would be one |
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JustFiveMoreMinutes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. Sell Alaska, return the Gadsden and Louisiana Purchases? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
41. I like your thinking!! Can we do it before the election? |
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Imperialism Inc. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. Temporarily nationalize banks. Go through their books. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Good ideas! |
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Imperialism Inc. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 03:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Well thanks ,but they certainly are not my own. |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
4. I think they will nationalize banks |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. Me, I'm stocking up on oatmeal. It's cheap, nutritious and easy on the heart. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. Skateboards and cocaine for everyone. |
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Magical (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
7. Have Dean Kamen Release his Hoverboards NOW |
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Anticon (68 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
9. Pass a law where |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #9 |
43. I like your idea. |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
45. Second that! |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
10. Banks are in the process of being nationalized |
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blueclown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
11. Nationalize the banks. |
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4 t 4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. If I was the president |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
12. Public hangings of the thieves and crooks... |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #12 |
26. Exactly. The market needs to restore confidence. Tar and feather the bums |
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wilt the stilt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
13. Impeach and execute W n/t |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
14. Short term: Nationalize banks, audit them. Long-term: restart the WPA and put people back to work. |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
17. I would declare all credit default swaps null and void, then |
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asteroid2003QQ47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
18. Shock and Awe |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
19. Legalize and tax marijuana.n/t |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
20. A visit from kindly old Dr. Tyler Durden |
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Xolodno (310 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
21. The most radical? |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Not so crazy... |
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asteroid2003QQ47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 09:14 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Populist pissing and moaning that guarantees preservation of... |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #21 |
29. I expect China might not be terribly pleased if we did this. |
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Xolodno (310 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 11:05 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Most Certainly! |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
24. Take the 700 Billion & Give it to Al Gore to get Solar & Wind power up & running = jobs |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
25. Commies, yer all commies |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
27. Capital punishment for hedge fund managers. n/t |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
28. Arrest the thieves, confiscate their money, STOP the wars. |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
30. Detonate every nuclear weapon in the country. No more frozen credit. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
31. Line up all the fuckers who put us in this mess |
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RadicalTexan (607 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
32. Democratic socialism |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
33. guillotines. |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
35. Rapture all Republicans. |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
36. Morning after pills to all Republicans so they can't multiply..... |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
37. 30,000 to every taxpayer--those with late debt, in foreclosure, etc. would |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
38. I would establish a credit clearinghouse. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
39. Nothing. Let it collapse to its lowest point, THEN address it. |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
40. Cash only, until things are stabilized, NO more credit. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
42. eliminate the fed |
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Irish Girl (265 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
44. Eliminate Fractional Reserve Banking, Eliminate Usury |
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