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EmilyAnne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 08:24 AM Original message |
Why won't Obama nationalize the banks? |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
1. Absolutely, and the Sooner the Better |
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EmilyAnne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 08:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Why do you think he hasn't done it? I agree with everything you wrote, but I'm wondering if I've |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 08:45 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Is a Puzzlement |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 09:27 AM Response to Reply #4 |
18. My guess is when some Repukes started saying they supported Nationalization |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
2. He will. He just won't call it that. |
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EmilyAnne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 08:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. So they would remain nominally private? Would that be political or practical? Or both? |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 09:17 AM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Both... |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
3. Its not something you announce than do |
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EmilyAnne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 08:31 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Interesting. That makes a lot of sense. Still, why hasn't he done it yet? Is there something to |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 08:33 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I'm guessing the plan is only to nationalize the losers |
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EmilyAnne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 08:39 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. What happens to stockholder shares in a nationalization? Are the owners reimbursed? |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 08:42 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Nope they get NADA |
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Skinner ADMIN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 09:12 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. I don't think that is correct. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 09:15 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. If they go into recievership |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 09:55 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. They could "nationalize" via a temporary takeover. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 08:48 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Agreed |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 08:52 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. It should also involve the house arrest of the E suite |
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EmilyAnne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 09:00 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I feel so ignorant in threads about the economy. E suite? Are you referring to executives? So |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 09:03 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Yep |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
19. he will |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
21. He can't do everything overnight. |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
22. When the FDIC takes over the bank they wipe out share holder equity |
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garryowenII (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
23. No, No, No, No, No |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Easily avoided, you simply don't allow holdings to be moved in to the bank. |
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garryowenII (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. That is the purpose of a bank. It wants people to deposit... |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
25. I've been an accountant for 25 years..... |
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