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In reply to the discussion: What makes Barack Obama such a great President? [View all]Whisp
(24,096 posts)17. say your house is on fire
and the firefighters come and put it out, they don't save it all but it's not all gone like it could have easily been.
yes, you are worse off but blaming the firefighters is probably not logical when you know darn well who set that fire in the first place.
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Bank of America still exists. Some people find that difficult to accept. n/t
banned from Kos
Jan 2012
#9
I guess I could have just said "You're full of shit" but I wanted to be polite.
MjolnirTime
Jan 2012
#40
Badly misinformed... full of shit... neither statement is very intelligent or profound. n/t
cherokeeprogressive
Jan 2012
#62
you no doubt know this but to really destroy capitalism you have to start with the financial sector
banned from Kos
Jan 2012
#15
Guess what. Capitalism destroyed itself, in 2008, and was rescued. It will destroy itself again.
JackRiddler
Jan 2012
#59
ok - the nine big banks repaid TARP (Pro Publica) so the big holdouts are the GSEs.
banned from Kos
Jan 2012
#50
The government would have needed to seize nothing, just watch the banksters file for bankruptcy...
JackRiddler
Jan 2012
#58
Krugman and Stiglitz don't have to deal with any political consequences.
banned from Kos
Jan 2012
#67
Fine analogy, except that the treasurer in this instance is the one defunding the chief.
joshcryer
Jan 2012
#48
Yet the town founding papers say that no new spending can be done except through the elected...
joshcryer
Jan 2012
#54
Health Care Reform, the formation of a Consumer Protection Bureau, helping homeowners
mzmolly
Jan 2012
#26
Running on "Bush's policies are fucked" & then continuing those policies isn't "great"
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2012
#46