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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 12:28 AM Original message |
My question: WHY is $700 billion the magic number? |
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lligrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. Only Paulson Knows And He Ain't Talking nt |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
2. Not to big not to small. It's just right. |
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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 12:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. It's like that Christian TV channel, "The 700 Club"... |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
4. “It’s not based on any particular data point,” a Treasury spokeswoman told Forbes.com Tuesday. |
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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 12:53 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Holy shit!! So my hunch that the figure was BULLSHIT was right!! |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:01 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Oh, they've stolen way more than that already |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 12:57 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I heard that too. Isn't that just enough to make you puke!?!!! |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:09 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. It doesn't really instill confidence, does it? n/t |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
5. Something strange is in the works... |
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soulcore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
7. “We just wanted to choose a really large number.” |
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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 12:57 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Was that posted somewhere else here at the DU? |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:04 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. It's what Poulson said when asked. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
8. Which is EXACTLY why Pelosi and Reid had it changed to just $250B up front... |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
11. Lucky "7" man! |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
15. I had the same question |
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