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Old 10-21-2010, 11:23 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by RIJIMMY View Post
Look how many evil privately run banks and financial companies have sprung back, returned profitable and paid back the TARP funds. Now look at the ones that were government run and continue to be government run.
You seem to be comparing apples and oranges here. Do you think the private banks would be able to operate in the same manner without a viable secondary market?

And I'm not talking about a new system from the ground up, I'm talking about where we were just a few years ago.

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