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$7.7 Trillion Fed bailouts. Was there ever a thread about this?
| Swashbuckling regret rigpig | 03/01/12 |
| diverse coldplay fan | 03/01/12 |
| Swashbuckling regret rigpig | 03/01/12 |
| Swashbuckling regret rigpig | 03/01/12 |
| stimulating turquoise juggernaut national security agency | 03/01/12 |
| maniacal range boltzmann | 03/01/12 |
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| amethyst chapel | 05/26/23 |
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Date: March 1st, 2012 3:24 AM Author: Swashbuckling regret rigpig http://thenewamerican.com/economy/sectors-mainmenu-46/9969-another-secret-federal-reserve-bailout-77-trillion-this-time
this all started with a FOIA request by bloomberg which revealed some really insane stuff. i wasn't on xo at the time, curious if there was a thread about it here |
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Date: March 1st, 2012 3:26 AM Author: diverse coldplay fan what are we even going to do about it brother (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1887293&forum_id=2#20089629) |
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Date: March 1st, 2012 3:36 AM Author: Swashbuckling regret rigpig i try to avoid the deep questions by occupying myself with the frivolous ones (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1887293&forum_id=2#20089644) |
Date: March 1st, 2012 5:07 AM Author: Swashbuckling regret rigpig if this seems too abstract to comprehend, here's a concrete example of what this money was used for:
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-real-housewives-of-wall-street-look-whos-cashing-in-on-the-bailout-20110411 |
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Date: March 1st, 2012 7:50 AM Author: stimulating turquoise juggernaut national security agency wtf (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1887293&forum_id=2#20089768) |
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Date: March 1st, 2012 8:07 AM Author: maniacal range boltzmann If you are able to borrow $1 trillion from the fed and lend $1 trillion back to the fed at a higher rate, the interest is a gift, but it isn't $1 trillion. The $13 billion figure from the article - the actual bailout - is small beer by federal spending standards. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1887293&forum_id=2#20089774) |
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Date: March 1st, 2012 8:14 AM Author: Flickering tanning salon Talib has made a lot of comments about those things, but I don't know if he was talking about those in particular. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1887293&forum_id=2#20089778) |
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Date: May 26th, 2023 12:21 AM Author: amethyst chapel Updates? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1887293&forum_id=2#46356770) |