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Zippy W. Pinhead's avatar

and those very same VSP won't hesitate to tell us why we need to sacrifice and give up our Medicare and SS because "everyone"must feel the deficit pain...

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Zippy W. Pinhead's avatar

and yet the idiot teatards still think Bamz is a Marxist

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MonkeyMotion's avatar

Please, next time (and we know there will be a next time), could we 99% at least get a wee bit of <i>vaseline</i>? Thanks in advance.

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π”…π”’π”’π”©π”·π”’π”Ÿπ”²π”Ÿπ”Ÿπ”ž's avatar

"FDIC collected $787 million in settlements by pressing civil claims related to bank failures from 2007 through 2012 — a fraction of its total losses."

When did <i>less than 1%</i> get elevated to the status of "fraction"?

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π”…π”’π”’π”©π”·π”’π”Ÿπ”²π”Ÿπ”Ÿπ”ž's avatar

Have you looked at the 5-year stock charts for big banks? The investors can't afford pitchforks.

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π”…π”’π”’π”©π”·π”’π”Ÿπ”²π”Ÿπ”Ÿπ”ž's avatar

If your uncle was right, we'd be better off today.

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PubOption's avatar

Government of the bankers, by the bankers, for the bankers.

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PubOption's avatar

Even the well-known socialist state, Switzerland, is putting limits on executive bonuses.

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schmannity's avatar

Apparently, Jefferson (and Aaron Burr) were right about Hamilton and a central bank.

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PubOption's avatar

An ad has gone up along one of the main highways in St. Louis, offering 'No appraisal refinancing', so I'm assuming the dodgy loan cycle is starting again.

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Blamethrower is Antifa's avatar

To be fair, these guys only stole billions of dollars from taxpayers, it's not like they sounded like an entitled douche in an article they wrote...

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JustPixelz: IV%'er's avatar

Rich succulent banks are part of Jeebus' plan for America. If he didn't like moneychangers, he would have done something about them before he got the death penalty.

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