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Old 03-31-2009, 04:10 PM  
kane
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Originally Posted by GregE View Post
Given that it's been almost 80 years since private enterprise fucked up quite this much (i.e. 1929), I gotta figure that if the bailout(s) do work, it'll take longer than 10-12 years for things to get this fucking bad again.

At least I hope so.
I'm hopeful as well that they will learn their lesson and things will be normal for a while. It could be decades until something bad happens again, I just sometimes fear the worse and with today's technology and complex financial markets it seems like it is easier for people to do shady stuff that can bite you back.
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