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Old 04-04-2011, 10:07 AM  
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TARP moves into the black
Compared to the cost of financial Armageddon, I'd call it money well spent.

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Old 04-04-2011, 11:45 AM   #2
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I thought a major plank in the project was to eliminate the "too big to fail" corporations and banks. Seems they got the exact opposite of that, especially in the banking industry.
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Old 04-04-2011, 12:22 PM   #3
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... I'd call it money well spent.
With due credit to the former President, right?
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Old 04-04-2011, 01:49 PM   #4
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I thought a major plank in the project was to eliminate the "too big to fail" corporations and banks. Seems they got the exact opposite of that, especially in the banking industry.
That's under Dodd-Frank, which I agree didn't address that problem sufficiently.

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With due credit to the former President, right?
And the Congressional Democrats that passed it and the current President that administered the program, yes.
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Old 04-04-2011, 02:52 PM   #5
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