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- SSPink, on 09/30/2008, -13/+139America, when we ***** up, we ***** up the whole world.
U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.! - USArugula, on 09/30/2008, -1/+79Hmmm, I wonder why the rest of the world cares about who we elect as president.
- LemonHerb, on 09/30/2008, -1/+42Well, it's not like any of these companies are strictly confined to a single country. It's about time we start thinking of ourselves as a collection of people across the world, instead of a collection of countries.
- TunaFishGangsta, on 09/30/2008, -1/+33Well there goes my plan to buy Euros in case the Dollar tanks... so Rubles it is!
- PresRob, on 09/30/2008, -1/+32Isn't this the bank that had the whistleblower reveal all the US fat cats who had secret accounts?
- norman619, on 09/30/2008, -1/+29That will require some more growing up on the part of most of the human population.
- nmanguy, on 09/30/2008, -0/+28Man, I wish US banks only needed 17 Billion.
- Sfenton, on 09/30/2008, -1/+27Dollar is up, Euro is down. Theres one good thing going for us
I guess. - shutaro, on 09/30/2008, -2/+27I'm sure glad I don't have any accounts with Huge European.
- synik, on 09/30/2008, -4/+26Whereas silver and gold are mostly useless shiny metals?
- HolyMan28, on 09/30/2008, -7/+28I can see the next bill already... 700 billion to help bail out Europe!
- Memnochxx, on 09/30/2008, -2/+20Only $16.4 billion? We've got their asses beat, America NUMBER ONE!
- CosmicJustice, on 10/01/2008, -1/+18Yes, but nothing compared to the *****-ups Europe gave us in WWI and WWII.
- centran, on 09/30/2008, -1/+16but not as bad as it is going to happen now.
muwhahahaaaa! You are coming down with us suckers! - NonLeftistDiggr, on 09/30/2008, -4/+18This reminds me of some of the European diggers I saw make snide comments 9 months ago on US economy failure related articles; who some how thought they were shielded from American economics.
- JigoroKano, on 09/30/2008, -0/+14Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg can't simply print Euros for their banks.
- pintomp3, on 09/30/2008, -2/+15i only trade in virgins and goats
- rz8472, on 09/30/2008, -0/+13I think the difference between this and the proposed US bailout is that the government will buy out the bank (read: nationalized) rather than simply bailing them out and basically giving them a free check to get us into the same mess several years down the road.
- Daxx22, on 09/30/2008, -1/+13Don't forget the exchange rate. Gonna need a few trillion ;)
- j.carcinogen, on 09/30/2008, -0/+12Actually you mean globalism.
- a1cd, on 09/30/2008, -0/+10All this stuff reminds me off a old Simpsons episode..
(Bart in a bank on a P.A Day)
Bart: What da ya mean the banks out of money?!?
: Theres only enough money for the next three customers! - briLo, on 09/30/2008, -0/+9Have the largest supply of guns, ammunition and booze and you shall rule the world!!!!
- iofthestorm, on 09/30/2008, -0/+9Joke
Your head
*Whoosh!* - whyisntcakesin, on 09/30/2008, -3/+11you cant just print more silver and gold...
- shutaro, on 09/30/2008, -1/+9He's just cranky because he has polio.
- Duncan3, on 09/30/2008, -0/+7Two days ago! Still bad tho.
- vtnerd, on 10/01/2008, -2/+9I wonder why you think the President has some magical power to pass laws and fix things or why you think the current crisis is somehow related to our current President. The current problem is a result of the federal reserve and market regulation creating a bubble that has burst now that things have been somewhat deregulated. More regulation will only create another bubble somewhere else.
We're on the road to recovery simply by failing to pass the bailout and letting the market correct itself. I only hope that we don't do something stupid on Thursday. - MWeather, on 10/01/2008, -2/+9Obama is right wing. You want leftist? Go look at some Green Party politicians in Europe.
- leerayIG88, on 09/30/2008, -0/+6and you can take that to the bank
- pak314, on 10/01/2008, -1/+7They failed for the same reason banks in the US failed... greed. They saw they could make bigger profits providing mortgages to people with poor credit or low income at higher interest rates. Yet none of the properly gauged the risks.
- stillasleep00, on 09/30/2008, -0/+6Which is what they've been doing with Fanny and Freddy and co. before this $700 billion proposal. Still doesn't sit right with me.
- briLo, on 09/30/2008, -3/+9Can I get a Team America: ***** Yeah!
- frsrblch, on 10/01/2008, -2/+7It's funny in itself that people feel they should be "shielded" from your economy.
- thegrantman, on 09/30/2008, -2/+7The peso is starting to look real good.
- Lazydriver, on 10/01/2008, -0/+5The dollar is gaining strength. Don't give out, we haven't bailed out yet.
- N1tro, on 09/30/2008, -2/+7Oh no with the exchange rate 700 million euros is alot more money....
- NonLeftistDiggr, on 10/01/2008, -2/+7Hating america is awesome, all the cool kids do it.
- inactive, on 09/30/2008, -0/+4If these economists and politicians are so great, they should have prevented this predicament in the first place. The market must be allowed to correct itself. Reckless, unethical, irresponsible behavior must never be rewarded.
- veriix, on 09/30/2008, -0/+4I'm gonna digg you down tomorrow
- PaulPi3rce, on 10/01/2008, -0/+4This would help the dollar even more if we didn't go and print $630 billion anyway.
What a shame. - yngtimmy, on 09/30/2008, -1/+5This just in:
US Government says: All your bank belong to us! - brookpt, on 10/01/2008, -3/+7Yeah, sure. and if it wasn't for you, the good american people, we would be talking in german right now, and Hitler's little son would be in control of the whole continent. pfff...
The U.S. helped, financially, *some* countries after the WWII, not the whole continent. Do you even know what's the economical situation over Europe? Did you knew that Fortis is a freakin Dutch & Belgian bank? If you DID knew that, WHAT the hell do these countries have to do with the second WW and the financial help conceeded by the US?
Geez.. Just because you have no History to study, that doesn't give you the right to insult History itself the way you did. - EerFoolWVU, on 10/01/2008, -0/+4Correction: All your bank ARE belong to us!
- tudy5102, on 10/01/2008, -0/+4You basically have no idea about what really happened: Three governments bought 49% of the bank, thus SAVING it and all its clients.
SAVE is a long way from FAIL, at least here in Europe.
You should go back to your classes. - poxonyou, on 10/01/2008, -1/+5Can anyone provide a source relating this failure to the US's problems. I didn't see a connection mentioned in the article.
- lovestospooge, on 10/01/2008, -0/+3The Ruble
- Wosat, on 10/01/2008, -0/+3McCain also co-sponsored a bill that would have put Freddie and Fannie under greater regulation.
And, as far as the SEC is concerned, McCain has called for the resignation of the head of the SEC. How's it feel to agree with McCain? - tbredofsin, on 09/30/2008, -0/+3The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
Just try not to get caught underneath. - synik, on 09/30/2008, -7/+10Great, this will no doubt smack the aussie stock exchange again. Where your market walks over a cliff, ours blindly follows.
Yay for capitalism! -
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