Bailout is too kind a word. What word or phrase would you use ...

[ColbertWatcher]

... to describe what Wall Street is asking for?

[Greyhound]

1. Extortion, plain and simple. The banksters knew what they were doing all along.

They also knew they could pass on any losses to the sheeple.

[BlooInBloo]

3. Of course. Unlike the irresponsible borrowers, the irresponsible lenders had a Plan B all set up...

from the very start.

[Greyhound]

5. You do realize if all that was involved was home loans this would be nothing

but a short-term dip, don't you?

[BlooInBloo]

6. Kindly point out where I said anything about homes? kkthx!

[Greyhound]

8. OK, my mistake. Who are the irresponsible borrowers you mention? n/t

[Mind_your_head]

2. Alimony?

until Wall Street can rehabilitate it/themselves.

The 'marriage' of Wall Street and government is over?

That would 'work' for me. :D
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Main Entry: al·i·mo·ny
Pronunciation: \ˈa-lə-ˌmō-nē\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural al·i·mo·nies
Etymology: Latin alimonia sustenance, from alere
Date: 1656
1 : an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce
2 : the means of living : maintenance

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alimony

[charlie]

4. Communism

The wingers always reach right for hyperbolic and MSM bobbleheads dutifully report it with straight faces, so why not? It's CREEPING COMMUNISM.

From each according to his abilities: Us.

To each according to his needs: Wall Street.

[TexasObserver]

7. The Great Paulson Bank Heist.

Where Paulson stole billions from US to help selected banks improve their bottom line.

[Adsos Letter]

9. The great anal-assault on America...

without even the kindness of a reach-around...

[KharmaTrain]

10. The Final Pillage...

The Treasury has been under constant assault from the moment the boooosh cabal seized power and this is the final clear-out before the adults return to clean up the mess.

Isn't it sumthin' this crisis came to a head before the election when it became clear to many on "The Street" that McCain wasn't going to win and they better get their shots in now before its too late. So with the pressure of the elections and a frantic corporate media screaming how we were all doomed, not only is what's left in there being ransacked, but we're gonna print more money to ensure the job is complete.

For the past 25 years, the markets have bounced from one bubble to the next...getting a little bolder with each scheme and always with some kind of fallback to run to when the bubble burst. The money lost in the dot com bust was soon made up in the real estate bubble...and initially it was being hedged by rising oil prices...yet another bubble that has just burst. Now we have a stagnant economy that will take a year to sort out before a real recovery begins.

[malaise]

11. Heist, robbery, criminality

class war, theft, heist, robbery, criminality, class war, rinse and repeat. :hi:

[sinkingfeeling]

12. The end of America.

[pampango]

13. Unless you're talking about the auto industry, then "bailout" is often considered

to be too harsh a term.

For the Wall Street bailout, to the extent that it involves purchasing stock in AIG, Citi, etc., I think we should stick Bush with the "nationalizing" tag. That will bother him and his cronies more than anything else we might call it.

[Octafish]

14. Scamerica.

It's the systemic looting of the United States of America.

[tekisui]

15. Class Warfare.

[High Plains]

16. Privatization of profit, socialization of loss. Sweet...if you're a rich guy

or a corporation.

[lunatica]

17. Paying for our own rape kit. n/t

[jpljr77]

18. What's the word for the machine that blows a bunch of dollar bills around...

and participants get 1 minute to grab as much as they can? Whatever that word is.

[Greyhound]

19. Except it's million dollar bills and they can take all the time they want.

:kick::hi::kick:

[ColbertWatcher]

20. Kick. n/t