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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 10:33 PM Original message |
The problem is not $165 million in AIG bonuses, so stop saying that |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. Now there's a message that will get some traction. nt |
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Naturyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. The bonuses are still a problem. It's the principle. |
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Beartracks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 11:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Feds decide AIG payouts couldn't be stopped |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. The bonuses are wrong, true. But they're just a symptom. |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. The money world is all a fake, isn't it? eom |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 11:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. yup. backed by nothing, and all done with mirrors. Bernanke himself said |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 11:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. The fractional banking system |
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Kaleko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
7. Who came up with these numbers? |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 07:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
19. The numbers are bullshit. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 09:31 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. No real economist knows what the number actually is... |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 09:52 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. "more fucking money than exists in the world " No, it isn't. |
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Kaleko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. If "there's no way in hell anyone can know the extent of the problem", |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
8. They probably spill more than $165 million during lunch |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
9. Smoke & Mirrors Political Grandstanding |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
10. Using that logic, I guess we should just give up and let them take all our money. Whether it makes |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
12. Yeah but those people getting the 165 million in bonuses are the ones who sold the world the credit |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 11:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Maybe we just make their 'scrip' worthless. |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 12:09 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Hey, it's not just american's getting screwed........ |
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dawgman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
14. THe problem is not AIG or any of the others |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 12:41 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Very true n/t |
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sfpcjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
17. I'm curious what "contract" there is that says |
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Blackhatjack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
18. That's why all this blaming of the consumer for this economic crisis is hogwash.... |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 07:29 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. i aways laugh at that blame the borrowers crap. |
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Blackhatjack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 09:43 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. I remember someone did a survey of new home buyers and their knowledge of their loan terms... |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
21. Wrong. The $165 million is a big problem. |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
26. $165M < 0.1% of $170M bailout. Not a popular message with the innumerate. |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
27. The bonus is today's shiny object designed to divert yor attention. What is it that |
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