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Why was Lehman Brothers allowed to fail
8-16-2008
| edcoil
Posted on 09/16/2008 10:44:17 AM PDT by edcoil
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To: Thane_Banquo
If you work as a portfolio manager, you should know that most of Lehman’s investments are European investments. Why should America help them out?
To: edcoil
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posted on
09/19/2008 4:35:30 PM PDT
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VOA
To: Moonman62
Forget about forgiveness. Jesus was into torturing greedy scum, apparently.
Well said.
Even if they didn't technically commit crimes, I'd love to see
the robber barons of Wall Street get the "OJ" treatment when they
go out to restaurants.
(Qietly booed and hissed at. Then either being asked to leave
by management...or find the resaturant has emptied out and they
are dining alone. And diners coming to the door doing an about-face
when they realize who is eating there.)
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posted on
09/19/2008 4:39:37 PM PDT
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VOA
To: CARepublicans
America shouldn’t help them out. We also shouldn’t have bailed out AIG. There is plenty of private capital available to solve this problem, but the limousine liberal executives at the financial firms were holding out, playing possum, thinking they would get highly favorable, low interest, no strings loans from the Feds. When the government said they would let Lehman fail, and then fired all of AIG’s executives, suddenly the CEOs of these firms realized Paulson had called their bluff, and they panicked.
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09/19/2008 7:20:32 PM PDT
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Thane_Banquo
(You can put lipstick on a donkey, but it's still just a jackass.)
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