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Secretary can purchaseup to $700,000,000,000 in mortgages????
seven hundred billion, or 0.7 trillion
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And the bailout's fine print time bomb - it's ongoing.
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Bowser
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9/25/2008 1:41:33 AM
If the government promises to buy those bad loans...
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ER
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9/25/2008 8:25:15 PM
Secretary can purchaseup to $700,000,000,000 in mortgages????
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Is that 7 TRILLION
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9/25/2008 11:26:07 AM
seven hundred billion, or 0.7 trillion
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ARRELL
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9/25/2008 3:05:05 PM
re: It's a complete disaster...Bush made such a wonderful speech
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TAFKASE
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9/25/2008 9:37:28 AM
"Bailout Could Deepen Crisis, CBO Chief Says"
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Bowser
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9/25/2008 3:58:43 AM
The CBO has zero Credibility here...
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TAFKASE
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9/25/2008 9:52:10 AM
And you have HOW much?
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Bowser
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9/25/2008 12:30:23 PM
In general its best to assume reality is the opposite of what scott claims....
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ARRELL
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9/26/2008 1:16:52 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.