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HopeforChange (457 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 12:40 AM Original message |
OBAMA'S RESPONSE TO THE BAILOUT COMPROMISE |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
1. Then Congress can pass the bill after Obama is Inaugurated. I don't trust the BushBotBorg. eom. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
22. If it doesn't pass now, we'll be in a full-blown depression by Jan 20.... you just don't get it |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
2. Major legislation shouldn't be decided in ten days. |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
3. Wall Street presumably threatened the baby boomers retirement accounts. |
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Heather MC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 01:27 AM Response to Original message |
4. Thanks President Obama but I sorry this bailout is a horrible Idea |
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endthewar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 02:03 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Great points. |
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Heather MC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 03:05 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Exactly, on that fact alone they should have tossed out the bill |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 06:39 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. An investigation would take years. That isn't a feasible option. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 07:29 AM Response to Reply #4 |
16. ...and it won't be paid out at once |
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weezie1317 (480 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:15 AM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Without this bill, more banks will go under. They don't file Chapter 11. People will lose... |
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FatDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:49 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. I don't claim to be any kind of financial wizard, so I'm sure it's worse than I understand, but... |
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weezie1317 (480 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:57 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. No, I didn't. I said people won't be able to get credit period. Even credit you can afford. |
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FatDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 10:18 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I understand what you're saying. I just don't necessarily see it as bad. |
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weezie1317 (480 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 10:38 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Again, it's not about easy credit or irreponsible use. It's about not getting any credit -- even... |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
26. I thought it was 350 billion, no? |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 06:21 AM Response to Original message |
7. kick |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 06:41 AM Response to Original message |
9. There's nothing in the bill that limits salaries - sorry, I suspect it's a GIANT SCAM... |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 06:46 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Yes but they haven't bought you a house and a cushy career yet |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 06:49 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. So Obama caved so fast because of the bennies?? |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 06:56 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. No because of the politcal reality of it I think |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:23 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. I agree about Pelosi and Reid - they should have tabled it until after the election. |
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weezie1317 (480 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:42 AM Response to Reply #9 |
23. You realize that means we'll have a DEPRESSION, right? We're already late in getting this done. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #23 |
34. We may anyway AND have less money for the next president to work with... |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 04:35 PM Response to Reply #23 |
35. There's more than one way to peel an onion. n/t |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 06:44 AM Response to Original message |
10. "it appears that the tentative deal embraces these principles." |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 06:49 AM Response to Original message |
12. I suggest that if Obama doesn't vote "no" on this bail out, he will LOSE. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 06:49 AM Response to Original message |
14. I see the same highly vocal ideologues who would collapse the economy |
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smiley_glad_hands (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
17. Gobama. eom |
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geiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
20. i didnt want to read this whole thing, |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
21. How about some justice for a change. |
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BlueInPhilly (341 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:43 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. How about a cash-only economy? |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:56 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. So you are for these wall street thieves? No penalty for what they are doing to us? |
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BlueInPhilly (341 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. "Wall Street Thieves" is a description you coined |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 11:00 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. So then who is it that made the arm loans to the unqualified buyers? |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 11:27 AM Response to Reply #27 |
33. If they're are only two choices... |
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TheBigotBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #24 |
36. This is not an American problem |
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