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11. I remember that, the claim that we had to pay them exhorbitant amounts of money, even after they

Mon Mar 25, 2013, 09:10 AM

Mar 2013

failed so spectacularly, because we needed to keep them! I think sometimes they really do think we are stupid, or maybe the reality is that THEY are and that they really believe this garbage themselves.

I wanted to read this article again so that I could be sure I had read it correctly the first time.

It's astounding that still, after five years, they still are in trouble and are still trying to make the people pay their bills for them and Congress and European governments are still propping them up.

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Without Taxpayer Help, Too Big to Fail Banks Would Only Break Even [View all] Fire Walk With Me Mar 2013 OP

This is amazing, and if really true, and since it's from Bloomberg it is definitely sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #1

"... an $83 billion annual taxpayer subsidy to the 10 largest U.S. banks ..." Scuba Mar 2013 #2

Add to that the subsidies we give to the Big Oil corporations and we could wipe out sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #3

These welfare queens need to pull themselves up by their bootstraps and quit livin off the guvn'mint Downtown Hound Mar 2013 #4

Nah. They'd go UNDER Demeter Mar 2013 #5

$83,000,000,000 ain't the half of it. Jerry442 Mar 2013 #6

HUGE K & R !!! WillyT Mar 2013 #7

Use local banks and credit unions for all your banking needs, screw the giants. xtraxritical Mar 2013 #8

So, these "super hero" CEOs that must be paid HUGE amounts of money AndyA Mar 2013 #9

I remember that, the claim that we had to pay them exhorbitant amounts of money, even after they sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #11

Gov't assisted thievery. nt limpyhobbler Mar 2013 #10