Economic Snapshot: Where Else Can We Get $700 Billion?

Minyanville Staff  Sep 25, 2008 2:00 pm

Economic Snapshot: Where Else Can We Get $700 Billion?
 
Our unscientific poll.
 

 

So, after Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke answered the burning questions of lawmakers over the proposed $700 billion bailout plan and the President appealed for its expeditious passage, it's almost a done deal.

But according to a recent Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times poll, 55% of Americans would prefer not to see their tax dollars used to stem the collapse of private institutions, regardless of the outcome. Unfortunately, the cost of inaction is too great.

To keep faith with the American people, maybe the government should ask itself, as we have at Minyanville: Where else can we get $700 billion?



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09-25-2008, 9:32 pm
The Sarah Pali comment was quite a bit fresh, don't we think?
And really necessary?
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09-27-2008, 1:21 am
Make the individual homeowners pay their mortgage!

Buy one of these to declare what Bailout '08 is really all about: letting turds win.

http://www.cafepress.com/TurdsWin

Why are we carrying the weight of
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09-27-2008, 11:24 am

That was the funniest one!!!!!

Unfortunately someone already thought of it and its online for free:

http://www.myzine.com/blog/tag/sarah-palin-upskirt


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09-27-2008, 8:56 pm
I guess you think it is okay to denegrate women- especially accomplished women, no matter how small you think their contributions are...
It seems to me that sexist comments like that are more designed for other, lesser sites than Minyanville. <
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09-27-2008, 11:58 pm

First, it wasn't my joke or my web page.

I thought it was funny because it combines two equally absurd parts of our society:

...people who get some thrill looking up womens' skirts to see their underwear
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