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Raineyb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-28-08 10:04 PM
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19. Without the two Independents there'd be no Democratic majority
And frankly, someone needs to speak out about this. This is a blatant transfer of wealth from the middle and working class to the wealthy. I'm not even sure if we need to do the bailout in such a matter. We're literally giving money to the people who bankrupted the system in the first place without doing a proper job of fixing that which caused these Wall Street numskulls to muck up the works in the first place. Nothing that this administration has wanted to rush through has turned out to be remotely decent. I don't see that streak breaking at this late stage of the game.

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  -Bernie Sanders speech to Senate opposing bailout IndianaGreen  Sep-28-08 09:37 PM   #0 
  - Geez I wish Bernie could be the Democratic leader.  rurallib   Sep-28-08 09:38 PM   #1 
  - This bailout is the largest transfer of wealth from the working class to the elites  IndianaGreen   Sep-28-08 09:41 PM   #2 
  - Large alright, but not quite big enough to keep it  pocoloco   Sep-28-08 09:47 PM   #5 
  - Please read this.  msallied   Sep-28-08 10:02 PM   #15 
     - The investor class and their media mouthpieces are trying to sell us their bill of goods  IndianaGreen   Sep-28-08 10:04 PM   #18 
     - Okay, you didn't read it. You clearly don't want to read it.  msallied   Sep-28-08 10:05 PM   #20 
     - I did read it and I am not the least bit reassured....  OwnedByFerrets   Sep-28-08 10:09 PM   #23 
  - I love Bernie!  Raineyb   Sep-28-08 09:57 PM   #12 
  - Go Bernie Go - I Wish I Could Vote For That Man  lostnotforgotten   Sep-28-08 09:45 PM   #3 
  - I have Smashing Pumpkins playing on youtube at the same time  underpants   Sep-28-08 09:46 PM   #4 
  - It's A Great Video - It's Good To Know That Vermonters See Things Similarly  lostnotforgotten   Sep-28-08 09:48 PM   #6 
  - He wouldn't be saying that if he were with the majority party  Tallison   Sep-28-08 09:51 PM   #7 
  - Sanders caucuses with the Democrats, and Dennis Kucinich opposes bailout  IndianaGreen   Sep-28-08 09:54 PM   #8 
     - Have you read the current legislation on the table?  msallied   Sep-28-08 09:55 PM   #9 
     - He's officially independent, which is a political luxury at the moment  Tallison   Sep-28-08 09:56 PM   #11 
        - Without the two Independents there'd be no Democratic majority  Raineyb   Sep-28-08 10:04 PM   #19 
           - Oh, I wish Wall Street existed on an island  Tallison   Sep-28-08 10:28 PM   #27 
              - And we're supposed to believe that this will never happen again  Raineyb   Sep-28-08 10:38 PM   #31 
  - That speech is from the Sept. 26.  ProSense   Sep-28-08 09:55 PM   #10 
  - Thank you! God, I swear I wonder if anyone has really checked the most current news on this topic.  msallied   Sep-28-08 09:57 PM   #13 
     - Today: "Is this the United States Congress or the board of directors of Goldman Sachs?”  IndianaGreen   Sep-28-08 10:02 PM   #16 
        - Did you READ THIS?? ALSO from today!  msallied   Sep-28-08 10:03 PM   #17 
        - Yes, they dropped the provision allowing judges to lower mortgage payments  IndianaGreen   Sep-28-08 10:05 PM   #21 
           - Cherry-Pick Much?  msallied   Sep-28-08 10:07 PM   #22 
              - Bankers want the taxpayers to bail them out, but they won't lift a finger to help homeowners  IndianaGreen   Sep-28-08 10:11 PM   #25 
                 - What about teh value of millions of 401k's and retirement pensions?  Tallison   Sep-28-08 10:33 PM   #28 
                    - This bailout won't save those  IndianaGreen   Sep-28-08 10:37 PM   #30 
                       - You underestimate the intricate interconnectedness of our global economy  Tallison   Sep-28-08 10:40 PM   #32 
                          - Bailing out foreign bankers is not my cup of tea either!  IndianaGreen   Sep-28-08 10:45 PM   #34 
                          - And the consequences of doing nothing IS scary n/t  Tallison   Sep-28-08 10:46 PM   #36 
                          - The Europeans are not bailing out their banks in such a matter  Raineyb   Sep-28-08 10:45 PM   #35 
                             - You're wrong: Netherlands yesterday just spent $17B acquiring a 49% stake in Fortis Bank  Tallison   Sep-29-08 07:45 AM   #41 
                                - Aquiring a stake means buying a part of the company  Raineyb   Sep-29-08 08:55 AM   #42 
                                   - Exactly!  busymom   Sep-29-08 09:05 AM   #43 
                                   - It's collateralized paper, in addition to which every non-collateralized  Tallison   Sep-29-08 11:23 AM   #44 
                                      - Banks all over Europe are falling. The UK's largest bank was just nationalized.  msallied   Sep-29-08 11:26 AM   #45 
                                         - I figured the fact that Obama supports the legislation and McCain nominally opposes it  Tallison   Sep-29-08 11:32 AM   #46 
        - I have to agree with Kucinich  Raineyb   Sep-28-08 10:10 PM   #24 
           - The same people that rushed us into PATRIOT and IWR, are now pushing for bailout  IndianaGreen   Sep-28-08 10:23 PM   #26 
              - Because if we had a proper hearing the masses would realize that they're being fed  Raineyb   Sep-28-08 10:41 PM   #33 
                 - Old adage of never throw good money after bad  IndianaGreen   Sep-28-08 10:53 PM   #37 
                    - And then when the time comes when people start demanding the social programs the excuse will be  Raineyb   Sep-28-08 10:59 PM   #38 
                       - You can bet they will say next year we can't afford health care reform  IndianaGreen   Sep-28-08 11:36 PM   #39 
  - When he was a Congressman he took Greenspan to task and warned  Ichingcarpenter   Sep-28-08 10:02 PM   #14 
  - I'm with Bernie  Stop Cornyn   Sep-28-08 10:34 PM   #29 
  - I stand with Bernie and Dennis.  bvar22   Sep-29-08 12:19 AM   #40 
 

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