Stuart Carlson by Stuart Carlson

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  1. oldlegodad

    oldlegodadGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    If you are an investor they are They paid back the TARP loans w/interest.

  2. believecommonsense

    believecommonsenseGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    I don’t think all the TARP funds have been paid back, but haven’t seen a list. But I am reading that because of the mergers with Merrill Lynch, Bear Stearns, and others. The “too big to fail” guys are bigger than before. It’s time for effective regulations or we’ll go through this again.

  3. comYics

    comYics said, about 1 month ago

    Wow, nice way to put that in perspective Stuart.

  4. cabrobst

    cabrobst said, about 1 month ago

    Foreclose on the bailout takers.

  5. Tigger

    TiggerGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    Thanks to the Democrat Controlled Congress and ‘W’ Bush

  6. oldlegodad
  7. kat827618

    kat827618Genius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    I’m with believecommonsense.

    Also, don’t forget that our loan/credit payments and outrageous interest-rates and fees funded the TARP repayment.

    Also, these banks have other ways in which to borrow money from the government.

  8. Ken Warren

    Ken Warren said, about 1 month ago

    Give a man a fish and you feed him for one day, teach him to fish and, well in the case of Wall Street he wont fish because he is playing with other peoples money, and taking his share off the top.

    He wont change the game we have to - to destroy another old saying: Bail you out once, shame on you, bail you out twice shame on me!

  9. Joe Liston

    Joe Liston said, about 1 month ago

    When the wall street fiasco first began I told everyone that the stock market is like going to Las Vegas. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, that is what capitalism is all about. If I lost billions of dollars in either Vegas or the stock market I wouldn’t get a bailout nor would I expect one. The government bailed out all these businesses so it should have a very strong say in where the money goes. When the IRS takes assets from say a musician they continue to produce CDs , music videos, and concerts until they get caught up on their taxes just able the same principals to all these bailouts.

  10. cdward

    cdward said, about 1 month ago

    My take on it is that the only reason the bailouts were given is because the failure of these companies would screw up not just the fools in charge but a whole lot more people who had no part in the meltdown. As far as I’m concerned, those who caused the crisis ought to get prison time and definitely be removed from any positions of power in these companies.

  11. comYics

    comYics said, 26 days ago

    OR like George Bush said, ” Fool you once, shame on you, um…we dont get fooled again…”