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Old 03-29-2010, 06:21 PM
Elephant Walk Elephant Walk is offline
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Originally Posted by MysticCat View Post
Uh, yeah. 'Cause if the big banks have demonstrated anything, it's that if just left to their own devices, they'll do everything the right way and the market will keep it all under control. Sure.
Uhm, the free-market would have prevented it. The government distorted the market so that the banks were able to do what they did. You do understand that, right?

The government is the enabler, not the preventer.
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