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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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