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Old 01-03-2009
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Re: another bailout, yarrr!

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Originally Posted by MeadHallPirate View Post
*sighs and shakes his head*


one trillion dollars is, give or take a 100 billion, around what Social security, medicare and medicaid will cost next year...imma getting confused as to how the government can keep raisin' these vast sums 'o monies.
I've got a strong suspicion that the Treasury will start running the money-presses 24/7, if they haven't already...
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