http://dearscience.org/2008/09/19/the-big-bailout/ Seattle's Only Scientist Sun, 15 Jan 2012 08:20:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://dearscience.org/2008/09/19/the-big-bailout/comment-page-1/#comment-338 Margin Call: Leveraged Failure, Taxpayer Bailout - Dear Science Mon, 22 Sep 2008 06:39:33 +0000 http://dearscience.org/?p=405#comment-338 [...] Our bailout of incompetence in the financial industry (otherwise known at the overcompensated kids who cheated off you in science and math classes) so far has three big parts: 1. Stop short selling of only certain favored stocks. [...] [...] Our bailout of incompetence in the financial industry (otherwise known at the overcompensated kids who cheated off you in science and math classes) so far has three big parts: 1. Stop short selling of only certain favored stocks. [...]

]]> http://dearscience.org/2008/09/19/the-big-bailout/comment-page-1/#comment-330 media kingdom Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:53:00 +0000 http://dearscience.org/?p=405#comment-330 from a historical standpoint it's hard to object to the government's mass bailouts since similar debt-producing methods were put into action to save the U.S. from the Depression; it's like we've been headed for socialism this entire time... from a historical standpoint it’s hard to object to the government’s mass bailouts since similar debt-producing methods were put into action to save the U.S. from the Depression; it’s like we’ve been headed for socialism this entire time…

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