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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 05:43 PM Original message |
Look folks, I know many of you (and I) are annoyed at the bailing out of the |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. But, what if this is just Bush's last handing out of money to his friends... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. This is not that. The markets are on the edge of failing because |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
92. "any clear thinking American" --- ah, that's the rub. Clear-thinking Americans are |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:42 PM Response to Reply #92 |
95. I hope you are wrong |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. exactly |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. Its economic blackmail |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I hope you like cardboard |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 05:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I refuse to be a tool of corporate america |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. How about NOT taking you or them down |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Its too far gone |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. No it is not too far gone |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
74. What? Are they going to be reasoned with? Are they suddenly going to see the light? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:05 PM Response to Reply #74 |
86. You regulate, you don't reason.... why we need to win this election |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 05:49 AM Response to Reply #86 |
111. You might want to rethink talking down to people. |
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PsN2Wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
30. "punishing those responsible in due time |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:12 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. It took ten years after the crash |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 05:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Let them all fail is right. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. And you will be lying right by them |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
54. look, this is all about YOU |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:46 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Deleted message |
readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #55 |
75. A lot of people are so close to bottom that bottom doesn't look that much different. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:56 PM Response to Reply #75 |
79. Trust me, we haven't hit close to bottom yet |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 05:38 AM Response to Reply #79 |
110. The question is: how do we fight the IMF? Especially with the new badass Northcom infantry. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 02:42 AM Response to Reply #54 |
102. It's all about EVERYONE |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 05:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. yup... and that needs to change.... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Right now we need to deal with this, punishment has to come |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. of course not...it will take time |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Remember in 1929 many committed suicide, (we may still see that) |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Remember what Grover Norquist said.....? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. It is not part of the plan... |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:12 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. I hope you are right.... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:13 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Well you know part of the solution is to dust off Keynes, fully |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:15 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. and a rebirth of socialism for all for average Americans |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Just be careful when going from one utopia to the next, |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:40 PM Response to Reply #36 |
51. Sorry... I Never Explain myself fully |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:43 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Here you go, an extensive response to Mercurio |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:51 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. oh man.... very well done |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:01 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. There are days I wonder why I even do this |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:07 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. you do it because you care... |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 05:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. On edit... I don't want a collapse.... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. It is not saving anybody |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:04 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Merrill Lynch boss to get $11m payoff after nine months' work |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. And you are missing the FULL PICTURE |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:48 PM Response to Reply #23 |
97. Which pisses me off, because my dad works... |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
41. Not yet...just wait 'till they sue for them. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. You'd hear about it |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Gimme a better long-term solution. (and I never advocated a collapse of the WHOLE BANKING SYSTEM) |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. That is what it reads |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:55 PM Response to Reply #50 |
57. OK...point by point.... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:02 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Yes, they are far more conservative than mine |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:12 PM Response to Reply #59 |
66. We're getting a better deal IF it turnd around. If not, we've bought a pig. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:14 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. From analysts, they need this money short term |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:21 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Prosecution is great, but we'll recover virtually nothing. |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 02:44 AM Response to Reply #50 |
103. You want to raise corporate taxes to 60%+??? |
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wanpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. we are just taking on more bad debt and rewarding those that caused the problem. The system |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. The system needs massive re-regulation |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
76. This will force nothing. They're fascists. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:06 PM Response to Reply #76 |
87. And your point? They were fascists in 1932 too |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:57 AM Response to Reply #87 |
107. Please, since you care about history and credentials so much... |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
5. Actions have consequences. This has to play out to correct itself. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 05:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. If this does not work. it will make 1929 look like a walk in the park |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. All empires fall. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Ok give me solutions, and let it all fall does not work |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. Thought so |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Geez, gimme me a minute. Look below. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:25 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. Like I said, it's gonna hurt. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. You need BANKS to run the money for a new deal kind of a program |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. We have plenty of banks/credit unions that will be left solvent. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. The same level of banking needed by the federal reserve to fund |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. I'm wasn't an economics major, but... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:42 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. How banks do business, you need to cash that check |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:07 PM Response to Reply #52 |
61. If it was al federally-backed (at least as an interim plan) where's the "trust" issue? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:10 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. The bank to bank system is not guaranteed |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #63 |
68. Under the current system, you're absolutely right. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:26 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. I am talking about the here and now |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:41 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. The funds are FDIC insured...I was speaking of assurance of individual |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:02 PM Response to Reply #72 |
85. That could in theory be done... and at that point why bother with cash |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:21 PM Response to Reply #85 |
88. You bring up the one reason why I support the continued use of cash. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:44 PM Response to Reply #88 |
96. I write sci fi, been trying to wrap my head around how to keep the black |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 12:57 AM Response to Reply #96 |
98. Let me know. SciFi has always been the genesis of progress. |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
27. what about everyone else besides "you and me" |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. I have also said in other threads how to meidum to long term |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:55 PM Response to Reply #31 |
78. There is no fix. Only exacerabations. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:58 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. Conflating will not work here |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:26 PM Response to Reply #81 |
89. Yes but they were the ones who removed those rules. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:31 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. I'd rather something be done now and not wait for the glorious revolution |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:50 AM Response to Reply #90 |
106. No one is talking about the glorious revolution. There are no "glorious" revolutions anymore. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 05:05 AM Response to Reply #27 |
109. How do you think 'everyone else' is going to cope if the banks are just allowed to fall? |
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wanpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. AMEN. Unfortunately, this is something we are just going to have to go through. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
116. All government regulation is artificial. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
44. profits are private; losses are public |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. THAT IS WHY YOU NEED TO REGULATE THE WHIOLE MESS |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:35 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. shouting is not necessary |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #48 |
65. Well, not at YOU anyways. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:57 PM Response to Reply #47 |
80. Who is going to do this regulating? This is the problem. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:59 PM Response to Reply #80 |
83. Read a book on the great depression. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:31 PM Response to Reply #83 |
91. Did you see the article about Northern Command getting an infantry? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:40 PM Response to Reply #91 |
94. Point by point |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:51 AM Response to Reply #94 |
108. Point by point rebutted. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
62. Yeah...what |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. It is a good question what they could do... but letting it completely go is not |
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Dark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
71. I think they're trying to buy time. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:42 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. I agree with you parrtially... they were trying to hold it off, the disaster that is |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:59 PM Response to Reply #71 |
82. I seriously doubt Paulson is waiting for Obama unless its to dump a problem on his lap. |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
77. My thing is... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #77 |
84. Two things... and people need to understand this |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
93. I hear ya. Only a nihilistic dumbass really believes we shouldn't bail them out. |
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Union Thug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
99. Let it collapse. It's the only way that real, long lasting change will come. n/t |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 02:45 AM Response to Reply #99 |
104. Yeah, it'll be long-lasting change, all right. |
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Celeborn Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
100. I get your point, |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 02:07 AM Response to Original message |
101. We should have bailed the 'OWNERS' out if possible, not the money masters |
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lligrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 02:49 AM Response to Original message |
105. Bend Over And Keep Letting Them Rip Us Off |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 06:53 AM Response to Original message |
112. Need help analyzing this article from yesterday.... |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 06:55 AM Response to Original message |
113. Well said. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 06:57 AM Response to Original message |
114. I don't like it, but I get it. |
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natrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 06:57 AM Response to Original message |
115. they bail them out, the banks convert to euros(just legalized i think) and we crash anyway |
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Naturalist (163 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
117. You got to be kidding me! |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
118. Yes |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
119. Fine. But raise income taxes on the wealthy, eliminate hiding assets off the books, |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
120. Plus we will make money on interest. We made money on the Mexico bailout. |
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