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Synicus Maximus (828 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 09:30 PM Original message |
Chavez threatens to nationalize Venezuelan banks |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. Half the time I have to wonder if he's sincere, |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 09:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
40. Aye, I dont trust his motives often either especially |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. The same or similar measures lifting term limits are sweeping Latin America. n/t |
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PDJane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. At least that way, the taxpayer has something |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
3. I hate the idea of a dictator. |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 09:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. No conflict there. He's not a dictator. n/t |
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Lagomorph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 09:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Oh Hell No. |
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24601 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 10:04 AM Response to Reply #3 |
51. Why a US dictator? And what happens when the one you get |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. I think Chavez is on to something here |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
5. Whoa boy! Better ramp-up those classes at the SOA. Free Trade is threatened. |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
7. Well, of COURSE, he will !1 He ALWAYS has a good REASON !1 n/t |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
8. YAY |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
9. Amazing how those who call him socialist overlook things like this! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 10:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. That's an interesting point. Why didn't he do it earlier? |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
10. Here's what I don't get..... |
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Garam_Masala (711 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:41 AM Response to Reply #10 |
25. Good idea...like a Public Option Bank! .. eom |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 08:38 AM Response to Reply #25 |
38. Exact;ly! nt |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
12. In Venezuela, just 10 banks control a whopping 70% of total funds. They need to be smashed. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 10:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. If they're nationalized then only 1 will own 100% of the funds.. |
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ozone_man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 11:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Might not be able to charge usury rates. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 08:35 AM Response to Reply #19 |
36. Sounds like a National bank would be the way to go then... |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 01:41 AM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Kind of a straw man argument. The article itself states Chavez has hardly done that. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 08:36 AM Response to Reply #28 |
37. No argument to be made of straw... |
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Incitatus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 09:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
48. x |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 11:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Chavez |
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bossy22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 11:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. he may not be a dictator |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 11:44 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Except that hasn't happened. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 11:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. +1 nt |
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thegoodfight (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:44 AM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Good point |
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Garam_Masala (711 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:45 AM Response to Reply #18 |
27. yap...all people should receive the same exact salary |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
14. How novel : government owning the banks instead of banks owning the government! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 10:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Good one, Vidar. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
17. From the article: |
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Mudoria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
23. Maybe he should worry more about the runaway inflation |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 01:56 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Chavez has a 62% approval rating. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 02:34 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. We have some bankers here they could hire.... |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 08:28 AM Response to Reply #23 |
35. how does the rest of the world fair in your imaginative dream world? |
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classysassy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
24. The lawless banksters |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 06:54 AM Response to Original message |
31. Good. |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
32. It's not the answer..indebting people who can't |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 07:57 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Small businesses depend upon credit for start up and to make their payroll |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 08:15 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Small business doesn't = "the poor" |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 08:44 AM Response to Reply #34 |
39. That would depend. But, I did go back and reread the article |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. The only frame of reference I have is the US economy |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Yep. We did real estate too, commercial and residential, from the 80s |
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Synicus Maximus (828 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 09:24 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. Your post is defective. It does not blame the banks and lenders. |
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ChangoLoa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
41. Chavez is attacking the chavista banking mafia |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
42. I'd love to see that happen - and what the result of this action would be. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
46. Why didn't the US nationalize the banks last year? |
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ozone_man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 08:01 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. That's the $64,000 question... |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
50. can he nationalize ours too? Half the shit they say about Chavez I wish was true here |
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Bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
52. 4 banks closed today causing wide spread panic |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Do you have a link for this panic? |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Maybe this is it... |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:28 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Prolly depends on who's doin' the reporting |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Thanks. |
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ChangoLoa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
57. Depositors of intervened banks will be paid USD 697.76 million |
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