1. Some pundits have been puzzled by the fact Republicans are already embracing austerity, an odd choice before an election when they should be trying to juice up the economy. One answer is that they've already won the big stimulus fight: unlimited funds for Wall Street.
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Thank you for correcting!
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Still seems wrong to me?
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That’s some mighty fine bootlickin
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The point still stands. Interest free loans that a) aren't part of the public record and b) have had employment stipulations has created a massive moral hazard. For publically listed companies, the US taxpayer should have had upside here, through either preferred or converts
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What interest free loans though?
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Is it illegitimate for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates in response to the crisis? (What it is doing by purchasing long-term treasuries through QE in this number, given it hit the zero-lower bound.)
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Still wrong. Keep trying.
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Yeah, what's this have to do with the $454B?
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This implies that the $7T is new, the Fed has been buying treasuries since there was a fed and has been buying RMBS since 2008. The new facilities that were authorized this year have barely been used at all.
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