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U.S. May Convert Banks' Bailouts to Equity Share
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| EDMUND L. ANDREWS
Posted on 04/19/2009 6:56:03 PM PDT by zaphod3000
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To: zaphod3000
Raise your hand if you DIDN’T see this coming.
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posted on
04/19/2009 7:00:17 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
To: zaphod3000
Yep
Buy the Banks
That's the Ticket
More Creerie Newz
To: zaphod3000
Here it comes Folks! Socialism 101, it’s a Pass/fail course. Freshman year non honors course.
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posted on
04/19/2009 7:01:47 PM PDT
by
acapesket
To: zaphod3000
They can force the banks to issue more common stock - to be issued only to a specific party ?
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posted on
04/19/2009 7:06:24 PM PDT
by
stylin19a
(Obama - the ethically waivered administration)
To: zaphod3000
The day my bank is owned by Tim Geithner & Co. is the day I close my account and put it into one of the many small Texas banks that did not get any TARP funds. I refuse to do financial business with a Leftist government.
To: zaphod3000
That’s a sure way for the banking system to collapse. Who trusts the government when they can break an agreement at any time? If I’m an investor in one of these banks, I’d pull my money out tomorrow.
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posted on
04/19/2009 7:07:06 PM PDT
by
NoobRep
To: acapesket
Ried and Pelosi as voting shareholders?
Insanity.
To: zaphod3000
At some point those socialists will use their “equity position” as a mechanism to stop the mortgage interest deduction.
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posted on
04/19/2009 7:08:53 PM PDT
by
G Larry
(Obama's plan = "STEALING FROM THOSE WHO CREATE THE JOBS!")
To: zaphod3000
...some critics would consider it a back door to nationalization, since the government could become the largest shareholder in several banks.
EXACTLY!
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posted on
04/19/2009 7:16:52 PM PDT
by
callisto
(It's the three T's, stupid: Too Many Taxes, Trillions in Debt, and Transparency)
To: zaphod3000
Paging Dick Armey. This is as Unconstitutional as anything done since our nation was founded.
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posted on
04/19/2009 7:19:21 PM PDT
by
NoobRep
To: stylin19a
Preferred shares are convertible into common shares at a set price. This is common financial transaction, except usually the government is not involved. ;)
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posted on
04/19/2009 7:19:51 PM PDT
by
zaphod3000
(Free markets, free minds, free lives)
To: zaphod3000
This ones going a long way down
To: zaphod3000
Horrifying. Of course, for now, this is just another one of Geithner’s infamous “trial balloons”, to gauge market reaction.
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posted on
04/19/2009 7:25:01 PM PDT
by
FreepShop1
(www.FreepShop.com)
To: zaphod3000
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posted on
04/19/2009 7:28:14 PM PDT
by
PugetSoundSoldier
(Indignation over the sting of truth is the defense of the indefensible)
To: HangnJudge
And More Cheerie Newz
To: Lurker
Who Is John Galt?
Many saw this coming decades ago.
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posted on
04/19/2009 7:38:34 PM PDT
by
NoLibZone
(Because I am against Abortion - The DNC Controlled Fed Says I am terrorist.)
To: zaphod3000
“In a significant shift”...
Significant shift? Who see’s this as a shift? This has been the direction all along.
The useless idiots in the MSM are working hard to spin Maobama’s Marxist ways.
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posted on
04/19/2009 7:40:17 PM PDT
by
armyofprinciples
(I dressed as 0bama for Halloween. I disguised myself as a Christian.)
To: HangnJudge
I don’t understand this graph. Could you give a simple explanation?
Much appreciation.
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posted on
04/19/2009 7:43:56 PM PDT
by
WestwardHo
(Whom the god would destroy, they first drive mad.)
To: WestwardHo
Adjusted Monetary Base
The total amount of a currency that is either circulated in the hands of the public or in the commercial bank deposits held in the central bank's reserves. This measure of the money supply typically only includes the most liquid currencies.
Another Link http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/data/BASE_Max_630_378.png
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