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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-25-08 08:32 PM
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Welfare queens lined up for government handouts
Investment, commercial banks borrow $218 bln from Fed

By Greg Robb
Last update: 5:08 p.m. EDT Sept. 25, 2008Comments: 15

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - Investment and commercial banks had borrowed a total of $218 billion from the Federal Reserve as of Wednesday, the Fed reported Thursday. As of Wednesday, the investment banks had borrowed $105.7 billion. This includes credit to domestic and London-based broker-dealer subsidiaries of Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch. Commercial banks borrowed $39.3 billion. In addition, banks have tapped $73 billion to buy asset-backed commercial paper from money market mutual funds.


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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-25-08 08:33 PM
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1. Welfare knaves.
I'm not having women blamed for this.
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-25-08 08:47 PM
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2. The Welfare Queens have REAL diamonds, now. . . .n/t
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canichelouis Donating Member (357 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-25-08 08:51 PM
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3. And really do drive around in golden cadillacs
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