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Blue Meany

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1. I kind of liked the way it was done in the Depression...

Reply to G_j (Original post)

Thu Nov 15, 2012, 12:17 PM

Nov 2012

When a bank auctioned off a farm, all the farmer's neighbors showed up to make sure no dared to bid on it. Then one of them gave a lowball bid, bought it, and returned it to the farmer.

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Rolling Jubilee: Buying Up Distressed Debt, Occupy Offshoot Bails Out the People, Not the Banks [View all] G_j Nov 2012 OP

I kind of liked the way it was done in the Depression... Blue Meany Nov 2012 #1

I want to like this idea very much but ... Vox Moi Nov 2012 #2

Who do the donations go to? Coyotl Nov 2012 #3

The Jubilee people say that buying debt is not that specific n/t Vox Moi Nov 2012 #4