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To: org.whodat
See post 19. All the banks are repaying both the treasury and the Fed. But the poster asked for a bank to pay for something *without any of it being borrowed*. Since banks have borrowings 10 times their capital, this is asking for a round square. Banks have borrowings, it is part of the definition of "bank" as a firm others deposit their own funds, with.
20 posted on 12/12/2009 10:47:59 AM PST by JasonC
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To: JasonC
Once more ignorance out, on your part, they are not repaying anything they are swapping public debt for public debt.
23 posted on 12/12/2009 10:49:53 AM PST by org.whodat
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