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Offline thundley4

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One Big Ass Mistake America
« on: December 14, 2009, 11:55:51 AM »
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AllentownJake   (1000+ posts)             Mon Dec-14-09 10:38 AM
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Another Colossal Mistake
   

Your government just blew it again. Big time.

How?

By allowing the biggest zombie banks, Bank of America and Citigroup, to pay back TARP before we dealt with the biggest problem plaguing our financial policy of the past few years: Too Big To Fail.

As long as the banks were on the hook for that TARP money, the government had some ability to dictate reform. Now it has none.

And in case you missed what is really going on here, the banks that repaid TARP are now getting all the benefits of government help with none of the drawbacks. They just ditched the bad stuff--namely, pay caps--and kept the good stuff (implicit bond guarantees, subsidized super-low interest rates, no obligation to do anything for anyone). Obama can jawbone all he wants about "fat cats," but that's all he can do. Wall Street has him and the rest of Washington right where they want him: By the balls.

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Kahuna   (1000+ posts)           Mon Dec-14-09 10:54 AM
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7. I think it's stupid to be pissed about the banks paying back the TARP
   
too soon because they(banks) believe that will make congress reconsider reform. One thing should have nothing to do with the other. The banks can believe what they want to. That doesn't make it so. Give it a rest. First the baggers are pissed about the TARP funds being given. NOW they're pissed about them being paid back. These are people who just want to be pissed. I get it.

DUmmies are "baggers"? 

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Re: One Big Ass Mistake America
« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2009, 12:08:04 PM »
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DUmmies are "baggers"?


Yeah, really.  That Little Goon didn't make any sense at all.
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Re: One Big Ass Mistake America
« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2009, 12:10:25 PM »
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By allowing the biggest zombie banks, Bank of America and Citigroup, to pay back TARP before we dealt with the biggest problem plaguing our financial policy of the past few years: Too Big To Fail.

As long as the banks were on the hook for that TARP money, the government had some ability to dictate reform. Now it has none.

That's a good thing, you moron! :banghead:
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Re: One Big Ass Mistake America
« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2009, 12:14:19 PM »
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By allowing the biggest zombie banks, Bank of America and Citigroup, to pay back TARP

By allowing?  ALLOWING?  hahahahahaha!   :lmao:
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Re: One Big Ass Mistake America
« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2009, 01:23:37 PM »
Quote from: Lord Undies on December 14, 2009, 12:14:19 PM
By allowing?  ALLOWING?  hahahahahaha!   :lmao:

Sadly that is true.  TurboTaxCheat geitner didn't let them repay the money they were forced to take earlier in the year.
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Re: One Big Ass Mistake America
« Reply #5 on: December 14, 2009, 01:33:50 PM »
Quote from: jukin on December 14, 2009, 01:23:37 PM
Sadly that is true.  TurboTaxCheat geitner didn't let them repay the money they were forced to take earlier in the year.

Yep, several stories were posted on here about the government refusing to allow the banks to pay back the borrowed money several months ago.
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Re: One Big Ass Mistake America
« Reply #6 on: December 14, 2009, 01:44:58 PM »
Quote from: jukin on December 14, 2009, 01:23:37 PM
Sadly that is true.  TurboTaxCheat geitner didn't let them repay the money they were forced to take earlier in the year.

Yes, but the banks finally took my advice and put the payback money in escrow, told the "administration" it was there for the taking, and regardless if the "administration" took it or let it set, the banks considered it repaid. 

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Re: One Big Ass Mistake America
« Reply #7 on: December 14, 2009, 02:03:26 PM »
I like how a lot of this stuff is backfiring on the administration. Banks are getting their act together as fast as they can to get out from under this communist group in DC. It's becoming a big FU and I am enjoying it.
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Re: One Big Ass Mistake America
« Reply #8 on: December 14, 2009, 02:18:48 PM »
Quote from: bkg on December 14, 2009, 02:03:26 PM
I like how a lot of this stuff is backfiring on the administration. Banks are getting their act together as fast as they can to get out from under this communist group in DC. It's becoming a big FU and I am enjoying it.

The high-minded socialists always function under the assumption their victims will calmly clasp their hands together, sit down, and sigh to themselves, "Well, this is my life now - I must learn to accept it".

This unnatural and baseless assumption on the part of liberals and socialists is why they are SHOCKED! that New York City is bleeding millionaires and California is soon to be without industry.  The millionaires and the captains of industry were suppose to clasp their hands and sit down. 
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Re: One Big Ass Mistake America
« Reply #9 on: December 14, 2009, 02:21:35 PM »
Quote from: Lord Undies on December 14, 2009, 02:18:48 PM
The high-minded socialists always function under the assumption their victims will calmly clasp their hands together, sit down, and sigh to themselves, "Well, this is my life now - I must learn to accept it".

This unnatural and baseless assumption on the part of liberals and socialists is why they are SHOCKED! that New York City is bleeding millionaires and California is soon to be without industry.  The millionaires and the captains of industry were suppose to clasp their hands and sit down. 

And Texas is probably getting a big share of those millionaires from NY . . .
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Re: One Big Ass Mistake America
« Reply #10 on: December 14, 2009, 04:01:12 PM »
This whole thing is crazy. Obama "bailed them out" now after they are back on their feet he is going to force them to do the same thing that got them in the mess in the first place then tells them they have to shut up and can not speak against the reforms he wants.
I have never seen a president try to silence the opposition like Obama has been doing. I swear I woke up in a really bad twilight zone episode.
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Re: One Big Ass Mistake America
« Reply #11 on: December 14, 2009, 04:36:28 PM »
Quote from: Freeper on December 14, 2009, 04:01:12 PM
I swear I woke up in a really bad twilight zone episode.

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Re: One Big Ass Mistake America
« Reply #12 on: December 15, 2009, 12:58:57 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on December 14, 2009, 04:36:28 PM
Welcome to Benit--er, Bo's, America.

Yeah but the trains still do not run on time.
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