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joshcryer

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46. That money was basic transactions.

Sun Jun 15, 2014, 03:40 AM

Jun 2014

If the banks weren't bailed out, the transactions wouldn't have happened. It's just talking crap. That money did not magically disappear. We're talking a huge chunk of global GDP. It's just asinine. "$16 trillion in total financial assistance " is the GAO's number, it basically says "if we didn't bail out the banks we'd have lost that transaction."

Please, think rationally. Trillions lost would have made a huge hit to global economic activity. It's absurd.

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I am thinking rationally. Octafish Jun 2014 #47

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Read the GAO report yet? joshcryer Jun 2014 #64

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Here's the GAO's report: joshcryer Jun 2014 #52

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I post the GAO report. I get accused of CT. joshcryer Jun 2014 #59

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