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Alhena (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 03:34 PM Original message |
Should Obama support this RTC bailout of banks? |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. If Obama came out against it he would lose, and deserve to |
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Alhena (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. McCain has already come out in support of it |
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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. And why is that? |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. "Because not doing so would only make it worse" is the only reason for the gov. to do anything |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. I disagree. Obama should push the "fiscal responsibility/no government intervention" theme. |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's one of those lesser of two evils things |
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Alhena (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Why not just let the FDIC handle bank failures as they happen? |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Personally I'd love to see it play out that way |
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Alhena (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Maybe among the elites, I suspect the guy on the street would support him |
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ProgressiveEconomist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. The devil is in the details of any bailout plan. The RTC of the 80s and 90s did not have to BUY |
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mohc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. The concept flies in the face of the core principles of Republicans |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. nothing but a sweeping nationalization of the banking system will change anything |
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