Subject	They forced good banks to tank money so that the market
Posted by	BobbyT on May 20, 2009 at 3:13 PM
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In Reply To	think of it this way >>> posted by ztunerz on May 20, 2009 at 12:59 PM
Message	couldn't distinguish the good from the bad and route resources appropriately. Then government started dictating what private businesses should do, with the forcibly lent money as the excuse. Then they said the companies who wanted out from under Fedzilla weren't allowed to pay back the money they were forced to take. There was a word for that in the 30s.
Follow Ups	Discussion of today's proposed CAFE standards raise. - icsamerica 20:49:34 05/19/09 govt will make old cars $$$ to own. >taxes$, >ga$, <parts - SuparexTT 20:57:23 05/19/09 so much for "Change We Can Believe In" - aliaZ 20:57:27 05/19/09 Believing is the easy part... - 240Z FeO2 23:18:52 05/19/09 not really a fair comparison (n/m) - Ahmed (Chicago) 09:25:40 05/20/09 Ever hear the saying about things being difficult to build, - Alex (SoFL) 13:14:19 05/20/09 Not taking sides here, but.... - Z_Cherub 13:57:43 05/20/09 I don't think this is the forum to continue this convo, but - Alex (SoFL) 17:09:07 05/20/09 Rush said it best. - blackomega 23:24:12 05/19/09 >> - ztunerz 23:44:44 05/19/09 I never listened to Rush, until during my utter disbelief - LJZTT 00:02:07 05/20/09 Next it'll be Cartman from South Park. - yobobrox 00:04:28 05/20/09 The issue now is how stupid it is to announce or do now - MidLifeZ (DFW) 07:09:59 05/20/09 I don't follow your dislike for all talkshow hosts. - yobobrox 00:03:40 05/20/09 lol - aliaZ 00:09:00 05/20/09 Yeah, I think it's like a joke that some people don't get. - yobobrox 00:14:12 05/20/09 >>>> - ztunerz 10:14:37 05/20/09 Rush is very intelligent. His views are not always agreeable - yobobrox 10:52:54 05/20/09 2nd - aliaZ 11:02:06 05/20/09 FYI i'm not a Lib :) (n/m) - ztunerz 10:15:31 05/20/09 good to hear :) (n/m) - aliaZ 10:33:01 05/20/09 cue Robocop quote: - vorpalZ 00:46:31 05/20/09 why would anyone in their right mind listen to that pill - Cap927(Boston) 08:56:33 05/20/09 why do you libs feel so threatened by him? (n/m) - aliaZ 09:43:39 05/20/09 what makes you think I feel threatened by him, - Cap927(Boston) 09:59:24 05/20/09 why else would you lash out at him? - aliaZ 10:31:53 05/20/09 That's a pretty lame response. - yobobrox 10:54:25 05/20/09 More-so than CAFE - canyoncarver 21:09:35 05/19/09 Hype and chains...expect more and more of the same - BobbyT 21:11:58 05/19/09 yep, the writing is on the wall California is melting down. - icsamerica 21:20:42 05/19/09 terminated. (n/m) - SuparexTT 21:40:34 05/19/09 People leave failed regions, but turn other places the same - BobbyT 21:44:44 05/19/09 I hear ya... - Keaner 21:54:24 05/19/09 Increase in CAFE was always a given. The news is the - Gordo 93TT Daytona 22:02:50 05/19/09 Yes-smaller and lighter is good. I agree 100%! (n/m) - racer2fst 06:02:41 05/20/09 No OBD2 car has aftermarket performance parts? right...and - Whatsthegoodword 22:05:39 05/19/09 Seriously, your post has no faith in engineering. Cars will - Whatsthegoodword 22:20:18 05/19/09 you make some good point but the Tesla is $109,000 - icsamerica 23:40:57 05/19/09 Tesla does NOT meet regulations. People can't see past the - yobobrox 00:00:55 05/20/09 bingo, what were we supposed to do for earth day?? Turn off - LJZTT 00:04:08 05/20/09 I wish they *would* turn off all the lights...Always wanted - yobobrox 00:08:16 05/20/09 2010 (n/m) - LJZTT 22:06:12 05/19/09 That's it. I'm moving to Canada. - zfreak(Dallas) 22:33:32 05/19/09 You can run, but you can't hide. Some of those enviro deals - Inzane 12:44:18 05/20/09 I wrote a paper on Ethanol and CAFE standards for my - J-Mart 22:57:28 05/19/09 You could JPEG scan each page as a separate pic and - 240Z FeO2 23:14:27 05/19/09 hmm or screen captures... That would be the Green Obama - J-Mart 23:22:38 05/19/09 well said, download cutepdf and post, or email it me please (n/m) - icsamerica 23:43:11 05/19/09 Screen captures were too big, and I still haven't learned - J-Mart 23:53:50 05/19/09 If that *was* 9 pages, that some interesting guidelines - yobobrox 00:33:05 05/20/09 1" margins, double spaced, incl. works cited was 9, all - J-Mart 01:05:44 05/20/09 I think he means there is not a lot of engineering - SlicktopTT 08:50:00 05/20/09 Yeah; I guess ya'll haven't gotten to technical writing yet, - yobobrox 10:59:34 05/20/09 Oh, gotcha. It was Engineering Ethics, specifically - J-Mart 11:45:33 05/20/09 Ah, k (n/m) - yobobrox 18:00:29 05/20/09 2nd on all. Engineering really opened my eyes up to it. (n/m) - yobobrox 00:09:25 05/20/09 I would like to see this paper also (n/m) - The Devils Z 07:38:01 05/20/09 Email it to me and I'll host it. (n/m) - schuss 2.0 14:27:15 05/20/09 I would be more worried about the clunker buyback policy. (n/m) - 600ZXR 22:57:49 05/19/09 Perhaps we should drive & enjoy our cars now, while we can? (n/m) - BruPo 23:03:25 05/19/09 pfffft...your key is the Merc - vorpalZ 23:37:04 05/19/09 Re: pfffft...your key is the Merc (n/m) - 600ZXR 23:52:53 05/19/09 ^^^^^^please delete hit the post button waayyyy too soon. (n/m) - 600ZXR 23:54:24 05/19/09 LOL. What I meant to say is.... Ford is bringing back the - 600ZXR 00:00:38 05/20/09 You can delete your own posts if no one has replied to them - yobobrox 00:11:14 05/20/09 I know, I wasn't quick enough and VorpalZ replied then - 600ZXR 00:23:30 05/20/09 hehehe (n/m) - yobobrox 00:47:56 05/20/09 actually, I deleted my post, check yer e-mail (n/m) - vorpalZ 00:50:22 05/20/09 diesel is good, think diesel hybrid - icsamerica 00:04:13 05/20/09 Then you run into the Toyota Prius problem - Ashman2k2 01:12:24 05/20/09 there is no way a gas car will be more economical than a - ztunerz 13:05:11 05/20/09 of course not, because the lobbyists had diesel fuel taxed - LJZTT 00:11:48 05/20/09 And Venezuela has 4 cent/L gas, but um, still.... - vorpalZ 00:19:50 05/20/09 When diesel was over $5/gal here last summer, it was - LJZTT 00:25:59 05/20/09 last fall we had a diesel shortage here - vorpalZ 00:34:04 05/20/09 I know what you mean, but - yobobrox 00:41:37 05/20/09 On star has nothing to do with the govt (n/m) - ztunerz 23:48:31 05/19/09 2nd that. Silly conspiracy theories. (n/m) - yobobrox 00:11:42 05/20/09 he's one. Why can't they produce Obama's birth certificate? - SuparexTT 08:36:15 05/20/09 >>> - ztunerz 13:02:19 05/20/09 Palin,i understand why,but at the same time,not a smart move (n/m) - SuparexTT 18:06:58 05/20/09 Really?? The birth certificate thing? >>> - SlicktopTT 14:42:30 05/20/09 No, but GPS-tracked per-mile tax proposals do... - BobbyT 00:27:42 05/20/09 Is that a Daft Punk song? :D (n/m) - yobobrox 00:34:43 05/20/09 No, that's a bastardization of a Ronald Reagan quote. (n/m) - Z DNA 09:01:35 05/20/09 I hope you got my joke, though :) (n/m) - yobobrox 10:55:04 05/20/09 Maybe not directly - na300zx (OH) 02:55:01 05/20/09 They also plan to use systems like OnStar when they - na300zx (OH) 05:38:23 05/20/09 that's so encourging since tree's put out more "pollutants" (n/m) - SuparexTT 08:38:39 05/20/09 1 more reson to NOT buy GM (n/m) - ztunerz 10:17:12 05/20/09 We needed another reason? (n/m) - Inzane 11:11:58 05/20/09 Not those of us with a brain. - na300zx (OH) 11:30:13 05/20/09 no reason to take money from a lender that pulls strings... - SuparexTT 11:42:56 05/20/09 think of it this way >>> - ztunerz 12:59:17 05/20/09 FYI many banks were forced to take TARP regardless of their - SlicktopTT 14:28:52 05/20/09 Unless I'm misreading something, as of March 5 they've paid - Dave N 14:40:34 05/20/09 Yes, something is being misread or qouted. I think - SlicktopTT 14:53:58 05/20/09 ...and those strings changed midgame. (n/m) - SuparexTT 14:29:48 05/20/09 They forced good banks to tank money so that the market - BobbyT 15:13:16 05/20/09 no one was "forced" to do anything - the banks screwed up - ztunerz 19:47:37 05/20/09 2nd: Look to Japan where this has been the norm for years. - chromaone 00:26:18 05/20/09 Thats changed in recent years - Z from Japan 02:28:55 05/20/09 The people running this country are retarded sheep (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 10:57:50 05/20/09
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