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Is the 700B bailout the financial equivaent of the Iraq war? Shock and awe?

Laurie Street — 9/22/2008 4:16:44 PM (archived)

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Is the 700B bailout the financial equivaent of the Iraq war? Shock and awe? (n/t) - Laurie Street - 9/22/2008 4:16:44 PM
- "It would be spectacularly expensive, primarily benefit the very rich, and grant the executive branch unlimited power with no transparency or accountability." - Bowser - 9/23/2008 12:20:46 AM
- This is one issue HZ members on both sides of the isle agree on. - Lee - 9/22/2008 6:49:59 PM
- I Smell PORK!!!! - carl - 9/22/2008 4:23:41 PM
  - The whole thing is pork. All of it. - Bowser - 9/22/2008 5:52:24 PM
    - OINK!!OINK!!OINK!!!! - carl - 9/22/2008 6:10:55 PM
      - So cruel... - McFly - 9/22/2008 8:13:30 PM
        
        SOCIAL SECURITY is SS - carl - 9/23/2008 5:35:58 PM
  - You said it, and by the truckload. Wait for it. (n/t) - TB - 9/22/2008 5:35:59 PM

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