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That process has been going on for at least 30 years.  The next step was to issue an IPO so the looters could walk away and let the stockholders take the inevitable hit.  

The 'Greater Fool' Theory in action.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre

by ATinNM on Mon Jun 7th, 2010 at 12:26:55 PM EST
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the US needs a postal savings bank but it also needs a federal pension fund so that at least money sunk into these destructive enterprises is not risking retirees savings.
by rootless2 on Mon Jun 7th, 2010 at 04:11:55 PM EST
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I don't see how a federal federal pension fund is superior to current income financing. After all it's not like a society as a whole can save.
by generic on Mon Jun 7th, 2010 at 04:39:26 PM EST
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Currently, there are billions and billions of pensions from unions, public sector workers, and even a few others, that are funneled into worthless junk by financial advisors.

For example, the California public workers pension fund just threw away $500M by participating in an insanely leveraged scheme to empty one of Manhattan's last middle class housing complexes and turn it into luxury housing.

by rootless2 on Mon Jun 7th, 2010 at 08:27:00 PM EST
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