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Old 05-12-2009, 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by wintermuted View Post
How so?

I'm no fan of the bailouts and I at least partially share your pessimism about their end effectiveness.

So let's play "what if?". What if our last two respective regimes would have played hardball with all the businesses who have been given a handout?

What would the end results have been in the long and short term, in your eyes?
Just for starters, how about less taxes as a result of NOT bailing them out for us, for our children, and for our childen's children, etc. Where did all that bailout money come from, and how are we going to pay it back?




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