Bu$h's Ba$e Bags Bailout


	Bu$h's Ba$e Bags Bailout

finifinito

9-16-2008 11:10 PM

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crony capitalism, bailout, aig, fed, ben bernanke, robert paulson, wall street, fiscal crisis, greater depression

finifinito says:

Socialize the risk, privatize the profits. This is the new social capitalism we hear so much about. Funny, it used to be called crony capitalism.

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