Proposed "Bail out plan"
10-06-2008, 06:51 PM
#162
^+1 Poor stay poor, rich stay rich...we get fucked 6ways from Sunday
I was cracking up watching some stuff I caught on TV the other day. About the CEO's and how much they made in recent yrs, saying they are "losing" a xxmillion dollar salary. Then they promptly show their xxmillion dollar propertieS. Boofrigginhoo, I wanna see some FC signs in fron tof those multi million dollar homes...but that won't happen
PS--is there a way to post a Power Point Presntation? A friend sent me something funny that's a pretty honest recount of the Subprime crisis.
I was cracking up watching some stuff I caught on TV the other day. About the CEO's and how much they made in recent yrs, saying they are "losing" a xxmillion dollar salary. Then they promptly show their xxmillion dollar propertieS. Boofrigginhoo, I wanna see some FC signs in fron tof those multi million dollar homes...but that won't happen
PS--is there a way to post a Power Point Presntation? A friend sent me something funny that's a pretty honest recount of the Subprime crisis.
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10-06-2008, 07:04 PM
#163
Haha...youtube to the rescue...
Even found one with a (bad) voiceover since the PPP is really blurry...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8hjUei-Nwo
Subprime crisis explained...
Even found one with a (bad) voiceover since the PPP is really blurry...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8hjUei-Nwo
Subprime crisis explained...
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10-07-2008, 01:07 AM
#164
Lehman brothers executives got payed millions right before the company went bankrupt. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...,4798170.story
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...,4798170.story
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10-07-2008, 10:34 AM
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Anyone find it cyclical that the government is hiring executives from these companies to help handle the bailout??? Someone correct me please because I'm about to lose it.
"Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has tapped a former Goldman Sachs executive to be director of the government's bailout program. Neel Kashkari, who has worked with Paulson at the department since July 2006, was chosen Monday as the interim head of the government's unprecedented effort to unclog the credit markets.
Kashkari, who was a vice president in Goldman's San Francisco office before joining the department, is one of four former executives from the firm now working feverishly to resolve the financial crisis."
Quoted from yahoo news:http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081007/finan...king-budgeting
^which just happens to talk about the 1st semi smart thing they may have done for this crisis...also another 100billion but who's counting?
"Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has tapped a former Goldman Sachs executive to be director of the government's bailout program. Neel Kashkari, who has worked with Paulson at the department since July 2006, was chosen Monday as the interim head of the government's unprecedented effort to unclog the credit markets.
Kashkari, who was a vice president in Goldman's San Francisco office before joining the department, is one of four former executives from the firm now working feverishly to resolve the financial crisis."
Quoted from yahoo news:http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081007/finan...king-budgeting
^which just happens to talk about the 1st semi smart thing they may have done for this crisis...also another 100billion but who's counting?
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10-07-2008, 11:13 AM
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Anyone find it cyclical that the government is hiring executives from these companies to help handle the bailout??? Someone correct me please because I'm about to lose it.
"Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has tapped a former Goldman Sachs executive to be director of the government's bailout program. Neel Kashkari, who has worked with Paulson at the department since July 2006, was chosen Monday as the interim head of the government's unprecedented effort to unclog the credit markets.
Kashkari, who was a vice president in Goldman's San Francisco office before joining the department, is one of four former executives from the firm now working feverishly to resolve the financial crisis."
Quoted from yahoo news:http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081007/finan...king-budgeting
^which just happens to talk about the 1st semi smart thing they may have done for this crisis...also another 100billion but who's counting?
"Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has tapped a former Goldman Sachs executive to be director of the government's bailout program. Neel Kashkari, who has worked with Paulson at the department since July 2006, was chosen Monday as the interim head of the government's unprecedented effort to unclog the credit markets.
Kashkari, who was a vice president in Goldman's San Francisco office before joining the department, is one of four former executives from the firm now working feverishly to resolve the financial crisis."
Quoted from yahoo news:http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081007/finan...king-budgeting
^which just happens to talk about the 1st semi smart thing they may have done for this crisis...also another 100billion but who's counting?
Good info there Tony! Thanks.
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10-07-2008, 11:34 AM
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10-07-2008, 11:59 AM
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NP, I figured some people would like to see
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10-09-2008, 11:31 PM
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One of only a few I'm afraid...
Another day in the gutter, under 9k for the first time since mid '03...
Not a shot at you, just a way to intro some more bad news I guess...
Now they are talking about directly injecting liquidity into the banks in exchange for part ownership (shares I guess)...
Seems like the ideas are getting a little better, but still no one wants to pull the trigger and take serious action to cut the losses and begin to rebuild...seems like lots of bandaid/longshot/worksarounds. And FEELS like the mentality is let's just make it look like we're really working on it, just until the new guy stake over then let them deal with it...
Oh, and why is it that whenever I see a rare clip of Bush talking bout solutions/problems he always ends the sentence with a smirk on his face?? I wonder if its because he doesn't know the def. of the word he just mispronounced, or if its because he's got more money than he can count and obviously isn't affected, or if its simply because he knows the ideas are BS and has no poker face???
PS---Iceland is in serious ****, verge of national bankruptcy I believe was the headline, Europe is taking a **** because they bought/invested alot in other countries, and now other countries are starting to take similiar action such as our bailout. Oh and now I'm hearing words like Global Recession on the local news too...
I feel another Billy Joel song coming soon, and this time I'll know more than just the words...
Another day in the gutter, under 9k for the first time since mid '03...
Not a shot at you, just a way to intro some more bad news I guess...
Now they are talking about directly injecting liquidity into the banks in exchange for part ownership (shares I guess)...
Seems like the ideas are getting a little better, but still no one wants to pull the trigger and take serious action to cut the losses and begin to rebuild...seems like lots of bandaid/longshot/worksarounds. And FEELS like the mentality is let's just make it look like we're really working on it, just until the new guy stake over then let them deal with it...
Oh, and why is it that whenever I see a rare clip of Bush talking bout solutions/problems he always ends the sentence with a smirk on his face?? I wonder if its because he doesn't know the def. of the word he just mispronounced, or if its because he's got more money than he can count and obviously isn't affected, or if its simply because he knows the ideas are BS and has no poker face???
PS---Iceland is in serious ****, verge of national bankruptcy I believe was the headline, Europe is taking a **** because they bought/invested alot in other countries, and now other countries are starting to take similiar action such as our bailout. Oh and now I'm hearing words like Global Recession on the local news too...
I feel another Billy Joel song coming soon, and this time I'll know more than just the words...
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10-10-2008, 12:43 AM
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Is anyone else aware that all foreign contries have been forced to buy and hold large sums of U.S. Dollars, the only currency with crude oil is valued against?
Anyone else aware that Saddam began selling his oil for Euros in the early 2000s, a move that was quickly remedied after our invasion? Anyone else also aware that Iran is doing the same thing now? And Venezuela and Russia are likely not far behind?
If people start buying oil with Euro's we'll be FUCKED because nobody will have any reason to hold dollars longterm.
Each day I wake up thinking this is the beginning of "IT". Don't know what it is but it's going to suck.
Anyone else aware that Saddam began selling his oil for Euros in the early 2000s, a move that was quickly remedied after our invasion? Anyone else also aware that Iran is doing the same thing now? And Venezuela and Russia are likely not far behind?
If people start buying oil with Euro's we'll be FUCKED because nobody will have any reason to hold dollars longterm.
Each day I wake up thinking this is the beginning of "IT". Don't know what it is but it's going to suck.
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