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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 06:58 PM Original message |
Remember bailout supporters said the funds wouldn't be used for credit-default swaps? |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. Remember bailout supporters said the funds would be used to buy and unwind.... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. who can keep track anymore, it blends together in one big fat lie. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 09:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Well, that's a tried-and-true strategy: Overwhelm us. |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
4. Actually, my recollection is they were vague. Got a link or other source? |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
5. Well said. The bailouts are for the crooks who set up the Ponzi schemes. |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
6. It would have been cheaper just to pay off the bad loans, rather than bail out the corporations. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 11:27 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Yes, but that wasn't the point... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
7. The whole purpose of bailing out AIG was to keep them from defaulting on CDS' |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 11:32 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. That's what's said now that we know the counterparties, yes. |
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hugo_from_TN (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
10. I don't remember anyone say that. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 11:49 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Well, I do, in discussions here, and so do others... |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Anyone else? Simple question... |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 10:10 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Anyone here in support of government covering AIG's credit-default swaps? |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:25 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Waiting... one did say so, approximately, below... (nt) |
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C......N......C (454 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
14. The main game doesn't change. It is about gathering money. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
15. Uh, yeah... |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. your key word is trillions... |
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