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Old 09-15-2008, 01:30 AM   #1
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Default Lehman is done

Turn on CNBC. BoA buys Merrill Lynch. Dow futures already down over 300 points. Monday is going to be ugly.
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Old 09-15-2008, 01:47 AM   #2
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these investment bankers got unbelievably rich doing stupid, unethical things and now we are supposed to feel bad for them as they walk away with millions and leave a ruined economy in their wake.
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these investment bankers got unbelievably rich doing stupid, unethical things and now we are supposed to feel bad for them as they walk away with millions and leave a ruined economy in their wake.
Typical. The root of this problem is the real estate bubble. The whole country is on the hook. But you can keep blaming "Atlas". We'll get through this like everything else, and you'll have something new to bitch about in a couple years.
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By the way, how do you see the lives of "your people" being affected by this? Just curious.
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No bailout. None. These people deserve to lose their shirts.
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Old 09-15-2008, 02:59 AM   #6
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No bailout. None. These people deserve to lose their shirts.
Agreed. Leave the government out of it. And the people who deserve to lose their homes lose their homes. No bailout...
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