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Old 09-16-2008, 11:53 PM
 
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As of latest AIG bailout, today's grand total taxpayer bailout of corporate America.....(drum roll please)..............$900,000,000,000

Should hit a trillion in short time...weeeeeeeeee, life is grand at the top!

FACTBOX-U.S. government bailout tally tops $900 bln | Markets | Markets News | Reuters
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Old 09-17-2008, 04:33 AM
 
Location: Bay Ridge, NY
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That number hurts my wallet greatly.
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Old 09-17-2008, 09:06 AM
 
Location: Georgia, on the Florida line, right above Tallahassee
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That's a shame.

A national shame.
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Old 09-17-2008, 09:29 AM
 
Location: America
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whats a few billion dollars amongst friends?
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Old 09-17-2008, 09:30 AM
 
Location: Bay Ridge, NY
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"Taxpayers will be protected, the Fed said, because the loan is backed by the assets of AIG and its subsidiaries. The loan is expected to be repaid from the proceeds of the asset sales."

Fed in AIG rescue - $85B loan - Sep. 16, 2008
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Old 09-17-2008, 09:43 AM
 
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They say a good laugh helps depression, so maybe the Fed was just making a joke.
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Old 09-17-2008, 10:27 AM
 
Location: Denver
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Seriously, where in the hell does this money come from. What is the national debt now 400b?

Just print more money?
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Old 09-17-2008, 10:43 AM
 
Location: Hope, AR
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I wonder if it would have cost 900 billion to regulate the agencies.

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As of latest AIG bailout, today's grand total taxpayer bailout of corporate America.....(drum roll please)..............$900,000,000,000

Should hit a trillion in short time...weeeeeeeeee, life is grand at the top!

FACTBOX-U.S. government bailout tally tops $900 bln | Markets | Markets News | Reuters
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Old 09-17-2008, 10:43 AM
 
Location: In my playhouse.
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The real terrorist are the ones driving our country deeper and deeper into debt. No one in their right mind would handle their finances like this. These wealthy players are ruining the lives of wage earners.
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Old 09-17-2008, 10:47 AM
 
Location: Desert Southwest
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Yea, the Fed says taxpayers will be saved? Well its the taxpayers money they are using to bail out AIG and the rest, or should I say the taxpayers borrowed money that gets all of further into debt. This is how financial systems have crashed in other countries. When are people going to get a clue that Corporations need to be regulated so that when they fail we the taxpayer are not on the hook for their bad and crooked business decisions. Think the corporate bigwigs are losing their personal fortunes? Hell no, they have that socked away in private investments. This lack of regulation that was started by the popularly famous idiot Ronald Reagan has come back to bite the public big time. THAT IS WHY WE NEED TO GET THE REPUBLICANS OUT OF OFFICE, because they ALWAYS support big business, ALWAYS! John McCain is just another puppet of big oil and corporations, he has not a clue about issues facing the average America. No big changes can be made overnight and it won't happen in one administration, but we have to get started NOW!
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