The Treasury could have bought up mortgage notes instead, at pennies on the dollar, and started collecting interest on the debt just like the private banks had. Then they could have renegotiated mortgages of underwater homes at lower interest rates, while the private sector lenders filed for bankruptcy. That would have drastically reduced the foreclosure rate and dumped the material cost of the financial crisis on stock and bond holders of these private companies.

I’m curious how this action would have changed the last 20 years of politics? Those in power during that time did a shit job of really explaining why the banks got the money and not the homeowner. I think this really exposed who the federal politicians were representing, and it wasn’t the everyday voters. I think that anger and sense of betrayal that the American people were told to “kick rocks.” while the actual criminals got a bailout of our money still sits in with of most of the population.

Wouldn’t the State of Kentucky ie the state govenment/Governor have standing to get the courts involved to force disclosure of McConnell’s alive-ness?

greed is what is going to take out our most species.

That entirely depends on your tolerance level for debt, lots and lots of debt.

It’s just a new/different version of the tired trope that the black kid in the hoodie is dangerous- BE SCARED OF THE BLACK KID IN THE HOODIE !!!

Yet it is almost always the white man in the suit that is going to either rob you or kill you.

I mean I think he thinks his job is to take bribes, and be a Zionist.

The insider trading thing got explained by Mike Johnson -

Since members of Congess only make 174,000 / year they need to insider trade stocks to make enough money…

Because being a politician isn’t seen as a public duty anymore but a full time career

or maybe between 0 and 1. that way it would be easier to see if the topic that I’ve decided is super interesting and won’t shut up about is interesting to the to the other person as well. If I start seeing the number dropping quickly, time to change topics or just walk away.

A well funded socialist organization is now going to be used to fight socialism.

All people age but not all people mature

when you hit about 45, your mental age is currentAge-20 years-ish but doing an activity associated with mental age can come with some surprising consequences, mostly unhappy surprises at that. But as you continue to age you start accepting who are and start making less stupid choices that are associated with how you mentally feel.

Ownership does not mean ownership.

Capitalism where we change the definition of a word to fit our profit motive

I will agree with that.

Naw we really do need the court but there needs to be some big changes to it like expanding the size and putting in 18 - 25 year term limits.

you forgot the methane gas exhaust system

“WILL NO ONE THINK OF THE BRANDS!!!”

and somehow it’s all the Millennial’s fault - Damn (40 year old) kids!

One of my favorite books and unfortunately lots of the story still is relevant today.

OH NO! Someone other than a rich white man may get a say in government!

I just went through a big purge of stuff a few years ago. At first it was difficult to let go of the I-may-need-it-someday thoughts about things I haven’t used or seen in 5+ years. Then it occurred to me that if I do need this thing I can always buy it later. It became much easier to donate most of the stuff. And honestly, today I couldn’t even tell you what I got rid of, which tells me how unimportant it really was in my life.

While I don’t think this is a really big thought in the minds of CEO of large corporations but by tying healthcare to work it does keep potential competition from growing in the marketplace. More difficult/impossible to start your own competing produce/service without healthcare.