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astral Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-21-08 03:03 PM
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18. The Federal Reserve is the buyer
and we are the payor. The Federal Reserve prints the money. They are not a branch of our government. They are a group of private banks. They can yank the rug out from under everyone's feet at any moment they want to. They are taking over a bunch of debt that people owe who are buying a home who could not afford the loan in the first place. Property values are going to crash to half what they are now. People will owe way more than their property is worth. Do we think the Fed is going to be nice about it? They will force all these people to default on their home loans, they will own the people through debt and all the property besides. A bunch of free slave labor scattered all over the country, thrown on their asses out of their homes, desperate to survive and at that point willing to do anything -- and what will be in front of them to do? I should say "us," not "them." Jobs have already been exported over seas. Nothing is produced or manufactured in this country anymore, to speak of -- not even wooden dining furniture. We manufacture coffee drinks and hamburgers. How many of us can hang onto to our home loan with skyrocketing prices and changes in the terms of the loans?

We have been bought and sold, and I think it's too late to do anything about it at this point.

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  - Hell no.  AzDar   Sep-21-08 09:18 AM   #1 
  - If the Democrats approve it, as is, it would be at least akin to their approving  KCabotDullesMarxIII   Sep-21-08 09:38 AM   #2 
  - ONLY help for individuals, NONE for the business entities themselves nt  msongs   Sep-21-08 09:51 AM   #3 
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  - Derivatives need to be banned!  newfie11   Sep-21-08 10:12 AM   #6 
     - Dude, what are you saying?  JuniorPlankton   Sep-21-08 10:39 AM   #7 
  - Be aware  droidamus2   Sep-21-08 10:12 AM   #5 
  - Absolutely! We've been snowed too many times. It's like crying "Wolf!"  Frustratedlady   Sep-21-08 10:51 AM   #8 
  - Just Another Grab for Power  atreides1   Sep-21-08 10:55 AM   #9 
  - no. fucking. way.  barbtries   Sep-21-08 11:18 AM   #10 
  - The message ought to be made clear, "No bailout permitted!"  whistle   Sep-21-08 11:25 AM   #11 
  - Wake up call! This needs to be stopped NOW! It is the last money  greyghost   Sep-21-08 11:33 AM   #12 
  - The looting continues......  Piewhacket   Sep-21-08 11:45 AM   #13 
  - Big K & R !!!  WillyT   Sep-21-08 01:52 PM   #14 
  - this isn't unprecedented..  Mesteryo   Sep-21-08 02:06 PM   #15 
  - Bullshit  nichomachus   Sep-21-08 04:56 PM   #21 
  - The proper word is "dictatorship" -- let's get that much straight  nichomachus   Sep-21-08 02:18 PM   #16 
  - not exactly..  Mesteryo   Sep-21-08 02:47 PM   #17 
     - Exactly  nichomachus   Sep-21-08 04:46 PM   #20 
  - The Federal Reserve is the buyer  astral   Sep-21-08 03:03 PM   #18 
     - the Fed is a public entity...  Mesteryo   Sep-21-08 04:06 PM   #19 
        - The Federal Reserve is not a public entity  astral   Sep-21-08 09:30 PM   #22 
           - you quoted some right-wing kooks..  Mesteryo   Sep-22-08 10:59 AM   #23 
 

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