re: unregulated capitalism

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re: unregulated capitalism

TB — 9/20/2008 12:47:41 AM (archived)

A lot of us are still trying to figure out how you fastened on Federally-underwritten loans and GSEs as a sterling example of "unregulated capitalism."

When Medicare finally hits the wall, are you going to be the first one declaring the failure proof that a free market in medical care doesn't work?

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Anyone still think unregulated capitalism is a viable financial system? - Bowser - 9/19/2008 3:33:49 PM
- re: unregulated capitalism - TB - 9/20/2008 12:47:41 AM
  - Check out deriatives, margin, leverage. - Bowser - 9/20/2008 1:10:32 AM
- We SHOULD have known when Bush said, "NO MORE BAILOUTS." - Bowser - 9/20/2008 12:08:22 AM
- Can't do any worse than the regulated system that created this mess. - Lee - 9/20/2008 12:01:46 AM
- "U.S. bailout is bitter pill for free marketeers" - Bowser - 9/19/2008 11:49:57 PM
- It's perfectly fine if one accepts that the strong make up their own rules, and are allowed to eat alive the weak. (n/t) - z - 9/19/2008 5:51:12 PM
- re: You just donâ€™t get it - SteveS - 9/19/2008 4:13:35 PM
  - Jimmy Carter was the problem. Not greed as McCain says. Former President Jimmy Carter. - Bowser - 9/19/2008 4:17:57 PM
    - And I TOLD him at the time, I said "Jimmy, be careful!" - McFly - 9/19/2008 5:41:59 PM
    - Not Clinton, not Carter. It was Roosevelt. We were doing just fine under Hoover. - ER - 9/19/2008 5:39:47 PM
      - I swear, I swear! - ER - 9/19/2008 5:46:34 PM
        
        Of course God is a liberal; She has a heart. - Eri - 9/19/2008 11:51:17 PM
    - re: You still don't get it (n/t) - SteveS - 9/19/2008 4:24:50 PM
      - He can't. - TB - 9/19/2008 5:36:24 PM
        
        Hilarious. Kinda reminds me of Bush Senior blaming the LA riots on Lyndon Johnson (who had been dead for 20 years) (n/t) - z - 9/19/2008 8:08:44 PM
        
        I am fairly certain that, even as you wrote that, you knew it was a pile of horseshit - ARRELL - 9/19/2008 6:05:18 PM
        
        "goes back a lot further..." - McFly - 9/19/2008 5:52:32 PM
        
        Not you too. - RobVG - 9/20/2008 4:56:06 PM
        
        They do miss Tom. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/21/2008 6:08:40 AM
        
        "Leftus-vomitus"? - Lindy - 9/21/2008 4:17:42 PM
        
        It's not just about Bush. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/21/2008 11:38:11 PM
        
        126 buttmonkeys can't be wrong. - ER - 9/21/2008 11:16:50 AM
        
        I guess it all comes down to powers of perception. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/21/2008 10:51:35 PM
        
        Name names - RobVG - 9/21/2008 3:14:05 PM
        
        "You know I don't mean you." - Mary Anne - 9/21/2008 5:47:58 PM
        
        At least here, you guy's are battling ghosts. (n/t) - RobVG - 9/21/2008 6:10:50 PM
        
        Yes, with all the slimey ectoplasm associated with them. - Mary Anne - 9/21/2008 6:54:19 PM
        
        You've never called me those names, - ER - 9/21/2008 4:16:24 PM
        
        Brushes - RobVG - 9/21/2008 5:55:21 PM
        
        I'm going to let you and MA have the last word. - ER - 9/21/2008 6:06:54 PM
        
        Did we forget our PMS meds today? (n/t) - Eri - 9/21/2008 5:15:02 AM
        
        Because Tom is incapable of joshing those he debates with? - alcaray - 9/20/2008 11:25:40 PM
        
        Nobody's perfect. - RobVG - 9/21/2008 3:23:19 PM
        
        Really? - alcaray - 9/21/2008 7:28:39 PM
        
        I must be blind... (n/t) - RobVG - 9/21/2008 8:15:01 PM
        
        No argument there. (n/t) - Eri - 9/22/2008 12:13:07 AM
        
        Rob VG... - Jody - 9/20/2008 7:37:23 PM
        
        re: Actually I think Tom didnâ€™t get run off - SteveS - 9/21/2008 1:51:24 AM
        
        Yeah, well, the one on the right is hogging all the food! (n/t) - Bowser - 9/20/2008 12:09:08 AM
        
        I hereby nominate McFly for "Post of the Year" (n/t) - ER - 9/19/2008 6:15:26 PM
        
        I'll second that nomination. (n/t) - Eri - 9/19/2008 11:52:50 PM
        
        Thank you...you guys are too kind! - McFly - 9/20/2008 3:19:43 AM
      - What is pathetic is that after 8 years and trillions of dollars and after having your face rubbed in it YOU dont get it... - ARRELL - 9/19/2008 5:35:10 PM
        
        re: Hey RLoser you talking at me again - SteveS - 9/20/2008 3:33:24 AM
        
        re: having your face rubbed in it. - TB - 9/19/2008 5:58:25 PM
        
        Who benefits? - Bowser - 9/19/2008 11:59:31 PM
        
        FDR and the beginning of the end. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/20/2008 12:35:27 AM
        
        People also tend to forget the political atmosphere of the 1930s. - Mary Anne - 9/20/2008 4:12:38 AM
        
        re: the political atmosphere of the 1930s. - TB - 9/21/2008 10:17:54 PM
        
        FDR and GW Bush - Mary Anne - 9/22/2008 12:06:09 AM
        
        re: FDR and GW Bush - TB - 9/22/2008 4:05:00 AM
        
        Some more interesting excerpts from the platform: - Mary Anne - 9/22/2008 4:16:16 AM
        
        You really believe FDR was all about the little guy? - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/22/2008 3:12:24 AM
        
        More than Mr. Bush is, for sure. - Mary Anne - 9/22/2008 3:56:03 AM
        
        You read the article! - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/20/2008 4:59:42 AM
        
        Example #754 - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/21/2008 9:48:34 PM
        
        Why no one responds to you - Eri - 9/22/2008 12:22:48 AM
        
        Whoa! I figured it out! The Habitale Zone Code! - SDAi-Tech1 - 9/22/2008 3:45:07 AM
        
        You're now reduced to blubbering. (n/t) - Eri - 9/22/2008 2:24:22 PM
        
        Seeing patterns where none exist. Interesting symptomology. (n/t) - alcaray - 9/22/2008 4:18:10 AM
        
        No capitalization. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/22/2008 5:35:14 AM
        
        We are actually all the same person... - alcaray - 9/22/2008 6:24:34 AM
        
        Indeed, fellow traveler! - ARRELL - 9/22/2008 1:28:04 PM
        
        You have been whoring for them so long that you have just laid back and let them run a tab.... - ARRELL - 9/19/2008 7:02:03 PM
        
        Splash. (n/t) - TB - 9/19/2008 7:31:33 PM
        
        LOL! - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/19/2008 10:18:05 PM
        
        Sounds like you're guilty of the same thing you're accusing Tom of doing. - Lee - 9/19/2008 7:29:30 PM
        
        And Steve? - TB - 9/19/2008 6:01:03 PM
        
        re: Damn straight it is worth it - SteveS - 9/19/2008 8:49:19 PM
        
        I enjoy the interchange/discussions/arguments - Eri - 9/20/2008 12:19:13 AM
        
        That makes no sense at all. - Lee - 9/20/2008 1:27:57 AM
        
        You make no sense - Eri - 9/20/2008 3:54:49 AM
        
        re: Damn straight it is worth it - TB - 9/20/2008 12:02:01 AM
        
        Well... - Eri - 9/20/2008 12:25:56 AM
        
        Really. - TB - 9/20/2008 12:55:09 AM
        
        I don't let Mark tell me anything,. - Eri - 9/20/2008 3:01:56 AM
        
        re: Damn straight it is worth it - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/19/2008 10:29:49 PM

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