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elleng

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26. A bit of an exaggeration,

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2015, 07:16 PM

Jan 2015

markets crashed yesterday beginning overseas. Dow down 331 yesterday, http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/05/investing/stocks-market-fall-oil/ today down 'only' 130.

Reason given is oil, the world markets can't handle low priced oil.

Markets will surely suffer, and we will have nightmare years with repugs 'leading,' but we must get the facts right, unlike repugs who lie.

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