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Let's take it in the shorts! (aka Let's Give Wall Street One Trillion Tax Dollars)

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    Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    do you feel pinching

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    DogDog Registered User, Administrator, Vanilla Staff admin
    edited September 2008
    Hopefully they put together a bill in the next go around that isn't absolutely retarded.

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    RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited September 2008
    I don't know

    is someone pinching me?

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    JavenJaven Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    do you feel pinching

    more specifically in the heart region

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    Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    dead feels like pinching

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    RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited September 2008
    all I know is I spent 40 of the past 48 hours drawing

    and I seriously developed a callous on one finger from pressing my pen into it so hard for so long

    living off of dennys coffee and sleep deprivation and a piece of pie

    fuck I want to curl up and sleep for weeks

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    RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited September 2008
    also this whole fucking wall street shit or whatever best not effect my ability to go to school

    I gots good credit and all, but damn if I can't get a loan I'm up shit creek

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    Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    rank do you need a hug

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    DogDog Registered User, Administrator, Vanilla Staff admin
    edited September 2008
    you should probably be fine. Student loans are a different monster.

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    MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I feel you there, Rank, it was hard enough getting a $7000 loan at 12% nondeferred interest, I better be able to still get something in May.

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    RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited September 2008
    I need a meal and a nap

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    JavenJaven Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Amen to that, hoss

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    RuckusRuckus Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Mysst wrote: »
    I feel you there, Rank, it was hard enough getting a $7000 loan at 12% nondeferred interest, I better be able to still get something in May.

    Jesus I could offer you a loan at 10%, finance it off my line of credit, and still make hundreds of dollars of profit.

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    EvanderEvander Disappointed Father Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    robothero wrote: »
    you should probably be fine. Student loans are a different monster.

    studewnt loans are already starting to have issues.

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    MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Ruckus wrote: »
    Mysst wrote: »
    I feel you there, Rank, it was hard enough getting a $7000 loan at 12% nondeferred interest, I better be able to still get something in May.

    Jesus I could offer you a loan at 10%, finance it off my line of credit, and still make hundreds of dollars of profit.
    Yes, I am not pleased at all with it. With it being a student loan it rreally should have the interest deferred as well as the payments, i thought, so I'm calling them when I get home and being 'What the fuck?"

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    Mister LongbaughMister Longbaugh Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    you guys are fucked.

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    DogDog Registered User, Administrator, Vanilla Staff admin
    edited September 2008
    Evander wrote: »
    robothero wrote: »
    you should probably be fine. Student loans are a different monster.

    studewnt loans are already starting to have issues.

    I guess this is where not being a student anymore is starting to show.


    Also I didn't have any loans.

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    LTMLTM Bikes and BeardsRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    There's always prosper.com, who needs banks! Peer-to-peer, free-market usury at its finest.

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    PhonehandPhonehand Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    i was lucky enough to have parents who started a school fund for me when i was born

    also cheap education in utah

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    Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Yeah, my folks started up a college fund for me as well, and I got scholarships that knocked out the bulk of the cost of school, so the fund covers the rest pretty comfortably

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    DogDog Registered User, Administrator, Vanilla Staff admin
    edited September 2008
    CVS paid for most of my education, thanks to them mucking up a perscription when I was a kid, which landed me in the hospital for a few days.

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    Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    robothero wrote: »
    CVS paid for most of my education, thanks to them mucking up a perscription when I was a kid, which landed me in the hospital for a few days.

    Nice

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    bowenbowen How you doin'? Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I wish I could just get rid of my school loans completely. I pay way too much and I can't get it any lower. God.

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    not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
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    MonkeyfeetMonkeyfeet Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    This whole thing scares the shit out of me. I've turned to alcoholism to cope

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    Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Monkeyfeet wrote: »
    This whole thing scares the shit out of me. I've turned to alcoholism to cope

    Bootlegging and rumrunning could make you quite the profit once Great Depression Round 2 hits

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    MonkeyfeetMonkeyfeet Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I really feel like a lot of people are not seeing how terrifying this whole situation is. These people being college freshmen living on my floor mostly

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    RanxRanx Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    dang I don't know how I didn't see this thread

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    PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Monkeyfeet wrote: »
    I really feel like a lot of people are not seeing how terrifying this whole situation is. These people being college freshmen living on my floor mostly

    it's not as terrifying as the depression by any means

    it sure as hell is gonna suck though

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    BusterKBusterK Negativity is Boring Cynicism is Cowardice Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I say we refuse to give money to Wall Street
    And instead put money into Main Street

    i.e. Everyone goes to Disneyland

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    JavenJaven Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I'm on board

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    JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Man, I'm pretty psyched about getting out of grad school in about eight months. Especially since my degree is pretty much only good in America. Yee-haw.

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    OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    BusterK wrote: »
    I say we refuse to give money to Wall Street
    And instead put money into Main Street

    i.e. Everyone goes to Disneyland

    Disney World, Buster

    I am down with this plan

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    BucketmanBucketman Call me SkraggRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Seriously, not to sound like an asshole but this is EXACTLY whats wrong with the way we run our government, the people don't run it, SOME people do and they run it in a way to help their self interests and then they run it into the ground.

    Honestly were pretty fucked right now and it sucks. If we enter another Great Depression, I think we need to go back to old school American ways.

    Like remember when we said "Fuck you England"? Yeah, that old school.

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    PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Bucketman wrote: »
    Seriously, not to sound like an asshole but this is EXACTLY whats wrong with the way we run our government, the people don't run it, SOME people do and they run it in a way to help their self interests and then they run it into the ground.

    Honestly were pretty fucked right now and it sucks. If we enter another Great Depression, I think we need to go back to old school American ways.

    Like remember when we said "Fuck you England"? Yeah, that old school.

    the oldschool american ways led to the great depression

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    BusterKBusterK Negativity is Boring Cynicism is Cowardice Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Olivaw wrote: »
    BusterK wrote: »
    I say we refuse to give money to Wall Street
    And instead put money into Main Street

    i.e. Everyone goes to Disneyland

    Disney World, Buster

    I am down with this plan

    Hey, my plan only included spending this money in Main Street U.S.A.
    Not to use to try to have sex with Sheri
    You add all these amendments and everything will get fucked up

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    JavenJaven Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    this was caught early enough that there is no way it will lead to anything even remotely close to a depression

    unfortunately the timing is awful for any sort of bipartisan bill to be passed with any sort of celerity

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    LTMLTM Bikes and BeardsRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Javen wrote: »
    this was caught early enough that we can buy our way out of it, passing the cost of our failures on to future generations at minimal cost to ourselves

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    PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Javen wrote: »
    this was caught early enough that there is no way it will lead to anything even remotely close to a depression

    unfortunately the timing is awful for any sort of bipartisan bill to be passed with any sort of celerity

    this could very easily lead to a depression, but not the "hell in a handbasket" everyone that is screaming like a lunatic seems to think it will be

    it's gonna be real bad, but a bailout will lead to far more problems in the long-run

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    TalonrazorTalonrazor Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    This is nowhere near as bad as the Great Depression. People saying that don't understand how economics work. It's shitty yes, but it's not the same as preludes to the Depression.

    Also, I am incredibly glad I just landed ROTC scholarships, as my money just ran out for school. It's perfect though, college degree with zero loans. Just gotta do the Guard for another five years....

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    MonkeyfeetMonkeyfeet Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I've been reading up like crazy but does anyone know how close we are to hitting depression level?

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