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fema

sleepyredd @sleepyredd (201) • United States 10 May 11

Well looks like FEMA has suffered another blunder. They have made payments to victims that they now say ooops. You owe us money. Unreal!. Yes I will have no problem writing you a check for 20,000 in 30 days. Seriously? Sorry but...

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Corperate Bailout's? How is this Helping any one but the banks?

evan2ually @evan2ually (13) • United States 28 Nov 10

Here is my question. If these giant mega coorperations have managed to go bankrupt why in god's name would anyone go any give them even more money to piss away? In all the trillions of dollars that we have dumped into these...

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GM IPO is raising questions, and anger

thegreatdebater @thegreatdebater (7316) • United States 12 Nov 10

GM will announce on Wednesday how many shares it will release for it's Initial Public Offering (IPO). This has upset some who believe that all tax payers should have the right to purchase shares of this because they funded the...

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Is the BP oil spill another exampleof how we DON'T what our economy ran?

thegreatdebater @thegreatdebater (7316) • United States 2 Jun 10

In the last three years our country has seen a growing trend of privatizing profits, and socializing loses. The current oil spill in the gulf is sounding more and more like the US government will have to help a private FOREIGN...

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Do you feel our government pushing us into a "Company Store" situation?

thistledown @thistledown (45) • United States 20 May 09

Remember the old logging and mining communities that the owners of the companies built to house the workers? They would pay the workers and then between paying the rent,(houses were owned by the company), buying food and anything...

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the biggest insurer in the world lost billions

winterose @winterose (39887) • Canada 2 Mar 09

the biggest insurer in the world, AIG lost over $62 billions dollars in the last four months this is getting out of hand, this is really awful,these companies are losing right and left and the economy is terrible. Do you...

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When are we going to hear something new?

newtondak @newtondak (3946) • United States 8 Jan 09

Am I wrong, or are we continuing to hear the same rhetoric from now President-Elect Obama that we heard all through his campaign? http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/01/08/obama-warns-dire-consequences-stimulus/ This is...

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I'm not totally sure how the bailouts work...

reinydawn @reinydawn (11642) • United States 11 Dec 08

OK, just about everyone has been hearing about the US government bailing out the banks and auto makers. I got to wondering this morning though while listening to the latest news. How is the US government, which has some TRILLION...

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Out of control FED bailing out Rich Arabs...

Destiny007 @Destiny007 (5805) • United States 25 Nov 08

While the carmakers came to Washington with their hand out and came up empty, CitiCorp just got a cool $20 billion, with an additional $306 billion in loans to the company on the taxpayers tab. This is in addition to a previous...

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What Is King Henry Paulson Going To Do?

gewcew23 @gewcew23 (8007) • United States 23 Nov 08

By my count, Paulson is now on his third plan for how to spend the pile of cash Congress gave him. With such great choices no wonder Secretary Henry Paulson, aka King Henry do not know what to do with you money. First he was...

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So what do you think of the "big 3" auto manufacturers trying to get in on the $

sharone74 @sharone74 (4837) • United States 20 Nov 08

What do you think of the executives of the big three American auto manufacturers trying to get in on the bailout cash? I personally feel that it is absurd. They come hat in hand asking the government to reallocate $50 billion...

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GM Bailout

pauld43 @pauld43 (194) • United States 14 Nov 08

Should the government bail car manufacturing giant General Motors. It looks like they may not make it if they don't get bailed out. Where do we draw the line on bailing out these major corporations. Should we bail out every...

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Here's an idea about the bailoutS!

thedogshrink @thedogshrink (1266) • United States 13 Nov 08

OK, I think we should all band together, declare ourselves banks and get in line. We'll split the money evenly among us, to support our "bankness". Hey, it worked for American Express! If it wouldn't cost us anything to do it, I...

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Really? Another Bailout? When will it end?

ZephyrSun @ZephyrSun (7381) • United States 12 Nov 08

So now American Express wants $3.5 billion from the government. I'm really sick of bailing out all of these companies and I'm sure that a lot of you are as well. Does anyone else feel that we should just allow these businesses...

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what do you think are the long term consequences of the credit crunch?

evanslf @evanslf (484) 30 Sep 08

Over the last two weeks, we have seen the banking world turned on its head with governments proposing bailouts to save the banking system. There is now much more talk of regulation in future and the days of the laissez faire free...

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How about this for a new plan

mnflower @mnflower (1299) • United States 28 Sep 08

I am against the $85,000,000,000.00 bailout of AIG. Instead, I’m in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in a We Deserve It Dividend . To make the math simple, let’s assume there are 200,000,000 bonafide U.S. Citizens 18+....

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Have you heard about this???

speakeasy @speakeasy (4171) • United States 27 Sep 08

I received an intrigueing email today with an interestng proposal/plan. The originator of the email requests that it be passed on to other people so I am posting it here exactly as it originated. "Hi Friends, I'm against the...

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American's Reach For The Sky

gewcew23 @gewcew23 (8007) • United States 19 Sep 08

What does Bear Stearns, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers, and AIG have in common? Answer for what ever reason has become your responsibility to keep afloat. Gone are the times when businesses fought for...

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Bailouts, Bailouts, Bailouts - When will they stop?

speakeasy @speakeasy (4171) • United States 18 Sep 08

Bailing out a major corporation by the the US government (taxpayers) used to be a rare occurance. But, this past year, the number of bailouts has been increasing faster and faster. Pension plans, airlines, banks, mortgage...

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