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In reply to the discussion: Explosive Bloomberg Editorial: Bank Profits are "almost entirely" Taxpayer Money [View all]deminks
(11,014 posts)21. Prosperity for them, austerity for us. nt
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Explosive Bloomberg Editorial: Bank Profits are "almost entirely" Taxpayer Money [View all]
kpete
Feb 2013
OP
Gee, thank goodness that big bailout was done. We are all so much better for it.
Safetykitten
Feb 2013
#5
My understanding is that its not exactly a subsidy, and has little to do with taxpayers
bhikkhu
Feb 2013
#6
K&R So what if we told you, and have been telling you this, since 2009?
Egalitarian Thug
Feb 2013
#12
Speaking of welfare queens. And Teapublicans want to invest SSI funds with these fraudsters.
marble falls
Feb 2013
#15
But, but, sputter, sputter, if we don't make the banks rich by screwing taxpayers we will have
jtuck004
Feb 2013
#19
That one is kind of lost when used on me, because I come from a time when people could
jtuck004
Feb 2013
#34
The banksters should all thank the politicians who arranged to transfer the hundreds of billions
AnotherMcIntosh
Feb 2013
#28
"So three cents out of every tax dollar the government collects from you is pocketed by the 1%"
Wednesdays
Feb 2013
#40
This subsidy to the banks should be a CAMPAIGN ISSUE FOR 2014 and especially 2016.
DhhD
Feb 2013
#41
Limiting their competitive advantage weakens the country’s position in global finance?
benld74
Feb 2013
#43
They're fucking us. It's only a matter of finding out how much and where. n/t
Fire Walk With Me
Feb 2013
#47