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In response to
"why should the shareholders be paid by the us government. -- nm"
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tRuMaN
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it's all money..just because shareholders are now being paid, does that mean its out of the money given to the banks? -- nm
Posted by
colin (aka colinski)
Oct 30 '08, 06:55
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Dividends should only be paid when the business is doing well. That's what dividends *ARE*. -- nm
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Beryllium McGee
Oct 30, 06:56
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exactly. you get paid dividends on your *investment*. like any other investment, if the company you invested in does poorly, you can lose your
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Halloween Candie
Oct 30, 06:59
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it wouldn't have done poorly if the gov't hadn't mandated crap lending rules. -- nm
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colin
Oct 30, 07:03
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kidding, right? -- nm
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slutty zombie loosilu
Oct 30, 07:11
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This isn't the "blame the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 and Fannie and Freddie" argument, is it?
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Brian
Oct 30, 07:08
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Shockingly, there are banks who aren't going bankrupt becuase they didn't rush forward to the highest limits the govt allowed.
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Will Hunting
Oct 30, 07:05
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um, no that is totally wrong. It was a lack of regulation and the greed of the banks that caused the problem -- nm
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decline
Oct 30, 07:05
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honestly, i'm not sure you really have a good grasp of the landscape on this stuff...nm,
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x
Oct 30, 07:05
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