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07 Sep 08 - 05:26 PM (#2433564) Subject: BS: Closet Marxist Bush From: john f weldon Am I hallucinating, or did closet Marxist Geo WB just nationalize some private companies? When is the US gonna invade itself? |
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07 Sep 08 - 05:34 PM (#2433577) Subject: RE: BS: Closet Marxist Bush From: Bobert Well, look a little deeper and I think what we might be seein' is yet another stockholder bailout... I hope not but I don't put anything past these crooks... They bailed out the airlines and Bear Sterns to the tune of $55M combined so don't assume anything here... B~ |
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07 Sep 08 - 05:38 PM (#2433584) Subject: RE: BS: Closet Marxist Bush From: DougR Uh, no, look closer john and bobert, and you will find that Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are not totally private companies. DougR |
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07 Sep 08 - 05:39 PM (#2433587) Subject: RE: BS: Closet Marxist Bush From: DougR So yes, john, you may be hallucinating. DougR |
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07 Sep 08 - 05:43 PM (#2433591) Subject: RE: BS: Closet Marxist Bush From: kendall You forgot Silverado and Keating 5. At least Chrysler paid it back. |
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07 Sep 08 - 08:41 PM (#2433708) Subject: RE: BS: Closet Marxist Bush From: Joe_F I Am Changing My Name to Freddie. |
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08 Sep 08 - 06:53 PM (#2434628) Subject: RE: BS: Closet Marxist Bush From: GUEST,Don Firth (on my wife's computer) Fannie and Freddie dwell in a sort of capitalist ideal world. When they're making a profit, they're private companies and they keep the profits. When they run at a loss, they operate on socialist principles, and the taxpayers (thee and me) have to bail them out. Gee, I wish I could run my business that way! Don Firth |
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08 Sep 08 - 09:11 PM (#2434766) Subject: RE: BS: Closet Marxist Bush From: Richard Bridge I've tried to dig out some relevant and modern facts on the nationalisation thread. Do tell me if I've got it wrong as a matter of fact or law - don't bother arguing about whether Marxism works! |
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08 Sep 08 - 09:11 PM (#2434768) Subject: RE: BS: Closet Marxist Bush From: Richard Bridge This thread http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=114158&messages=43 |
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09 Sep 08 - 12:53 PM (#2435323) Subject: RE: BS: Closet Marxist Bush From: GUEST,albert Marxism is a way of annalysing the world ..in order to change it! The stuff that Marx contributed in his lifetime to polical thought is fantastic..from ideas about alienation to the pinpointing of the working class as the agency of change.And he was not simply a thinker but an activist too and would have fitted in [not too comfortably ]with the global social justice movement today. albert |
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09 Sep 08 - 01:18 PM (#2435348) Subject: RE: BS: Closet Marxist Bush From: Riginslinger "When is the US gonna invade itself?" It can't. Mexico got there first! |
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09 Sep 08 - 02:12 PM (#2435399) Subject: RE: BS: Closet Marxist Bush From: GUEST,Uncle_DaveO Bobert, whatever else it is, it's not a bailout of the stockholders! Their interest in the companies, whatever was left of it, is placed the very last in line. In essence, if they ever get anything out of the companies, it will be an extremely small portion of their investment. The bondholders (Republic of China prominent among them) are another matter. They are left sittin' in the catbird seat. Dave Oesterreich |
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10 Sep 08 - 12:12 PM (#2436324) Subject: RE: BS: Closet Marxist Bush From: dick greenhaus Considering the amount of the debt (greater than the national debt of any country in the world except for the US), the government really had no choice. The real problem was the lack of regulation that enabled them to get into this godawful position. |