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Posts Tagged ‘bank bailout’

bail ME out

In the bank of me on 13 October, 2008 at 11:55 am
yeah, right

yeah, right

“I’M in debt too, I fucked up too, I keep the economy afloat, and bailing ME, and every taxpayer out is a safer bet than bailing out the banks.”

Although this campaign’s already failed (like ordinary taxpayers have lobbyists – or clout with politicians) it’s still a deeply comforting idea.

Glaswegian Anarchists make all the damn sense.

you’ll be rich!

In finance but sexy, screwed on 13 October, 2008 at 10:35 am
aww, shit

aww, shit

Well, no.

But you, British taxpayer, are now the proud owner of 37 billion-pounds-worth of bank. £37 billion! Frankly, you could have done better. But, now you own the banks, you can attempt to guarantee

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