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23. The libor scandal is not the FED

Reply to Octafish (Reply #21)

Mon Feb 18, 2013, 09:28 PM

Feb 2013

It is a real scandal. There are plenty of folks in the banks and elsewhere that should go to jail. This is one thing, changing the monetary system is another.

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Don’t Blink, or You’ll Miss Another Bailout [View all] HiPointDem Feb 2013 OP

Good grief, will it never stop? k & R nt Live and Learn Feb 2013 #1

It generally takes 7 or 8 years quaker bill Feb 2013 #8

K&R! Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #2

Ugh. blkmusclmachine Feb 2013 #3

Ending The Fed Is The Only Answer cantbeserious Feb 2013 #4

A very bad idea quaker bill Feb 2013 #9

Why Should A Private Corporation Manage The US Economy? cantbeserious Feb 2013 #14

your handle is apt quaker bill Feb 2013 #18

Save the condescension for the insiders who benefit from Fed policy. Octafish Feb 2013 #21

The libor scandal is not the FED quaker bill Feb 2013 #23

They do business, which is the point. Octafish Feb 2013 #24

Your Criticism Of My User Name Is Taken As An Ad Hominen Attack Which Is Counter To DU Rules cantbeserious Feb 2013 #22

private corporation(s) are already managing the US Economy ProfessionalLeftist Feb 2013 #26

Stating The Obvious - Corporations Have To Much Power cantbeserious Feb 2013 #27

QE is a bailout... dtom67 Feb 2013 #5

I propose chickens quaker bill Feb 2013 #10

I know but they taste like chicken. nm rhett o rick Feb 2013 #15

I propose leaves hfojvt Feb 2013 #19

What is there to say? n/t Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #6

This crap won't end until we hold all of these players accountable King_Klonopin Feb 2013 #7

We have not come this far without a struggle & I assure you we cannot go further without a struggle ProfessionalLeftist Feb 2013 #12

We failed to watch his back on this part.... Agony Feb 2013 #25

GREED SamKnause Feb 2013 #11

Why am I not surprised? ananda Feb 2013 #13

Kick! Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #16

The Life and Loves of Tim Geithner Octafish Feb 2013 #17

I am not sure why AIG should have legal claims hfojvt Feb 2013 #20