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In reply to the discussion: Congress just stuck one up the middle class rear end!!! (updated) [View all]Amishman
(5,557 posts)42. its not the same
The banks overall had the ability to repay the bailout money, and enough have done to that TARP has turned a profit.
How would a pension plan repay a bailout?
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Congress just stuck one up the middle class rear end!!! (updated) [View all]
Omaha Steve
Dec 2014
OP
Simple solution: Nationalize retirement, keep it solvent, expand social security.
NYC_SKP
Dec 2014
#1
I suspect they put this in the spending bill that has to be signed in 48 hours or the government
jwirr
Dec 2014
#18
Correct. I saw an article today saying the budget deal benefits Republicans...
riversedge
Dec 2014
#31
And a judge has gone back and forth - already agreed w/ the City of Stockton Calif. that it
truedelphi
Dec 2014
#7
My father-in-law worked for a company for the last 33 years. He'll be accessing his pension in the
Ed Suspicious
Dec 2014
#33
That Teamsters pension fund; office based in Rosemont has had numerous troubles
lunasun
Dec 2014
#11
this is bullshit....if they can bail out the banks, they can bail out pension funds.
antigop
Dec 2014
#15
Yep. Ol' GHWB warned us he was creating a New World Order. I like the old one better.
Enthusiast
Dec 2014
#39
I wish I could remember who posted about a "bail in" that seems to be coming down the pike.
merrily
Dec 2014
#27
and this is before the GOP takes over the Senate. We cannot blame all our woes on
liberal_at_heart
Dec 2014
#30