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Old Sep 29, 2008 | 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by RicoD
wasn't it short sighted on their end to loan people with very little income large amounts
I don't want to make him look like an asshole with that question h:
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Old Sep 29, 2008 | 11:36 AM
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we just got off the phone.

This is a highly credible inside source and I can't disclose his identity.

If you have any questions or advice...post. He said he had to go to a meeting about the current Wachovia takeover. He said that he would call me back tonight.
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Old Sep 29, 2008 | 11:38 AM
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I don't understand much about economics, but my logic tells me this as long as I'm doing fine, fuck it. and as long as you got a steady job you don't have to worry about the short term (however many years it is) effects of the downed economy. Like everything else, its just going through a cycle and it will come back up.
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Old Sep 29, 2008 | 11:41 AM
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Dow down 700 points:crazyr:

In the words Darrly Stawberry When told that people were rioting and looting during the 1992 Los Angeles riots

"Let it burn"

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Old Sep 29, 2008 | 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Cosmo M3
I don't want to make him look like an asshole with that question h:
why is that, that particular question is very relevant to the situation

Originally Posted by Nightshade
think that way if you like but honestly it boils down to this...

we can bail them out and spend the next 30+years recovering the money and nobody learns a damn thing or we can ride it out and things will return to normal in 5 or so years with the population being that much wiser in how things should be done and a bit more fiscally sound than before.
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Old Sep 29, 2008 | 11:42 AM
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My job is effected by the economy h:


The residential side atleast commercial buildings are still going up so I'm not worried
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Old Sep 29, 2008 | 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Nec
why is that, that particular question is very relevant to the situation
Fine...I'll ask him that later tonight

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Old Sep 29, 2008 | 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Nightshade
think that way if you like but honestly it boils down to this...

we can bail them out and spend the next 30+years recovering the money and nobody learns a damn thing or we can ride it out and things will return to normal in 5 or so years with the population being that much wiser in how things should be done and a bit more fiscally sound than before.
I concur...

Can't keep feeding stray dogs and not expect them to come back for more.... h:
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Old Sep 29, 2008 | 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Cosmo M3
"The bailout didn't go through because it was considered unpopular with America. The average American doesn't understand that this isn't just for Wall Street. The American people are very short sighted (we don't need them, fuck those corporate assholes). They don't understand that every is interconnected. Plus with the elections coming up, they don't want anything that will piss off the people and their tax money" -Citi
That's the problem with the majority of the voters. My opinion is that it did not hold tight enough on the ideas of fiscal accountability with this plan. There needs to be tons of oversight, financial tightening of the belts (particularly things like salary and company expenses), and a economically plausible way for the government to gain some vested interest in the companies for all of the money spent (With strict guidelines as to how these vested interests can be used for the government, specifically that they can only be used to give tax cuts directly back to the people).
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Old Sep 29, 2008 | 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Nightshade
How exactly?

you planning on cashing it out tomorrow?
Did your investment fund group fail completely?

If the answer is no then you will be fine :slap:
John, you're a realistic douchebag
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