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23. "Hey but how about that stock market!"

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Sat Dec 28, 2013, 04:05 PM

Dec 2013

Love seeing metrics for the 1% bandied about DU

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So far the Fed has Bailed Out Banks $3.6Trillion and yet we can't raise the Minimum Wage [View all] FreakinDJ Dec 2013 OP

To do anything else is to give in to the Fringe Left--You know, Jackpine Radical Dec 2013 #1

Congress needs to PAY Back the Money they STOLE from Social Security FreakinDJ Dec 2013 #2

Or a dead congress critter. nt valerief Dec 2013 #4

Interest rate info Igel Dec 2013 #29

Still blaming Democrats for what the Republicans do, I see ConservativeDemocrat Dec 2013 #27

It is not so much Democrats against the Republicans. RC Dec 2013 #30

+1 villager Dec 2013 #55

Are Dems not the ones to go mum when the issues favor the working class FreakinDJ Dec 2013 #35

Maybe you need to actually go see what individual members of Congress are saying... ConservativeDemocrat Dec 2013 #66

I don't get my news from Fux Noise - nor do I turn a Blind Eye towards Democrat inaction FreakinDJ Dec 2013 #73

I suspect the poster hopes nothing of the sort. davidthegnome Dec 2013 #40

"We don't have a democracy, we have an auction." CrispyQ Dec 2013 #47

Not this shit again! pffft L0oniX Dec 2013 #46

If you're not part of the ruling class, you're entirely disposable. That's how we're viewed. nt valerief Dec 2013 #3

To riff on a malapropism in a post above, Jackpine Radical Dec 2013 #38

More than one million people ProSense Dec 2013 #5

There is a difference thesquanderer Dec 2013 #6

Collaborating with and paying off thieving bankers vs supporting working people who jtuck004 Dec 2013 #8

Public Money was given to the Wealthy Elite FreakinDJ Dec 2013 #12

Right. That's why there is no contradiction between the two policies in the headline. thesquanderer Dec 2013 #34

Yet the GOP seeks to cut taxes on the Wealthy so the Working Class pays the debt FreakinDJ Dec 2013 #36

Instead of a raise... HoosierCowboy Dec 2013 #7

Banks paid back bailout funds Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #9

That was TARP - this is QE1, QE2, and QE3 FreakinDJ Dec 2013 #13

Exactly as predicted by the "extremist kooks". You know, the ones that also predicted the collapse. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #24

^^^ THIS ^^^ FreakinDJ Dec 2013 #37

The Fed has not Bailed Out Banks $3.6T, but we should raise the minimum wage cthulu2016 Dec 2013 #10

Buying $3.6 Trillion of those "Toxic Assets" has not created 1 fucking job FreakinDJ Dec 2013 #14

What "Toxic Assets" exactly? A HERETIC I AM Dec 2013 #42

Mortgage Derivatives - is that toxic enough for you FreakinDJ Dec 2013 #48

"I don't know why people are so clueless on this issue " A HERETIC I AM Jan 2014 #74

A "Pig with Lipstick" - Big Fucking Deal FreakinDJ Jan 2014 #75

LOL A HERETIC I AM Jan 2014 #76

US Treasuries are "toxic assets" now? cthulu2016 Dec 2013 #57

Your not being entirely truthful here are you FreakinDJ Dec 2013 #58

I am truthful at all times. (Can FORBES-freaking-magazine say that?) cthulu2016 Dec 2013 #61

So now your calling Ben Bernanke a liar and expect us to beleive you FreakinDJ Dec 2013 #64

You started with a lie, and cannot extricate yourself with nastiness cthulu2016 Dec 2013 #67

No - you call them "Treasury Certificates" - YOU would be the liar FreakinDJ Dec 2013 #71

The bailout exceeded $14T over 5 years ago Demeter Dec 2013 #20

False, and was fully debunked the first day that absurd claim was made cthulu2016 Dec 2013 #56

The true cost of the bank bailout Demeter Dec 2013 #60

You made a bogus claim cthulu2016 Dec 2013 #63

NO - that would be a lie FreakinDJ Dec 2013 #65

Not unlike the late 1800's.... and the late 1920's AlbertCat Dec 2013 #11

At least during the 1930s we bought up ther troubled properties FreakinDJ Dec 2013 #15

But, we can waste $700bn a year on a bloated and useless military which produces nothing. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2013 #16

The military is not THAT useless AlbertCat Dec 2013 #18

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Dec 2013 #17

The largest transfer of wealth the world has ever seen, from the middle class rhett o rick Dec 2013 #19

Don't worry. I've been reassured by centrists that are smarter than me that voting (D) will fix it. L0oniX Dec 2013 #45

The tougher things get, the more determined they are to stick to their denial bubble. rhett o rick Dec 2013 #62

K&R liberal_at_heart Dec 2013 #21

The US is FUBAR. City Lights Dec 2013 #22

"Hey but how about that stock market!" whatchamacallit Dec 2013 #23

Excellent OP. K&R nt TBF Dec 2013 #25

du rec. xchrom Dec 2013 #26

K&R .... raise the minimum wage = best economic stimulus of all. Coyotl Dec 2013 #28

DC: By and for the 1%. No one else need apply. blkmusclmachine Dec 2013 #31

And the 1% is doing just fine, thank you very much. blkmusclmachine Dec 2013 #32

Not yet. Jackpine Radical Dec 2013 #39

It's 16 trillion, according to Bernie Sanders, and the Fed audit. grahamhgreen Dec 2013 #33

You don't need Miss Cleo to know they are low balling it! L0oniX Dec 2013 #44

that is a point people seem to forget questionseverything Dec 2013 #69

Right. We could have just paid off the debt. grahamhgreen Dec 2013 #72

Can anyone do the math? tecelote Dec 2013 #41

Damn it! No bail outs for mom and pop businesses! L0oniX Dec 2013 #43

Which would have actually grown the economy FreakinDJ Dec 2013 #49

Free market theology: You fail ...you go out of business. L0oniX Dec 2013 #50

NO - the Dems failed their electorate FreakinDJ Dec 2013 #54

What does 1 trillion dollars look like? CrispyQ Dec 2013 #51

EXCELLENT Graphic FreakinDJ Dec 2013 #52

I just read the page & it says the bottom graphic the pallets are double stacked. CrispyQ Dec 2013 #53

Even better FreakinDJ Dec 2013 #59

K&R Coyotl Dec 2013 #68

Politicis is ultimately about the rich versus the rest Prophet 451 Dec 2013 #70

the criminal political class will move heaven and earth for their 1% bribers FatBuddy Jan 2014 #77