http://splendidmarbles.com/2009/03/06/commentary/feds-toss-more-money-down-aig-hole/ cartoons and commentary Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:53:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://splendidmarbles.com/2009/03/06/commentary/feds-toss-more-money-down-aig-hole/comment-page-1/#comment-3993 nancy mason Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:12:04 +0000 http://splendidmarbles.com/?p=2148#comment-3993 this is really better than a royal flush this is really better than a royal flush

]]> http://splendidmarbles.com/2009/03/06/commentary/feds-toss-more-money-down-aig-hole/comment-page-1/#comment-3830 SplendidMarbles Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:41:56 +0000 http://splendidmarbles.com/?p=2148#comment-3830 Not if they encourage private investors to get into the market. Geithner, who, by the way runs a skeletal crew at the Treasury, needs to establish a concrete plan for getting private money in + establishing realistic market values for the toxic debt so that it halts the cycle of asset markdowns - which is sinking AIG + Citigroup (and the taxpayer). Not if they encourage private investors to get into the market. Geithner, who, by the way runs a skeletal crew at the Treasury, needs to establish a concrete plan for getting private money in + establishing realistic market values for the toxic debt so that it halts the cycle of asset markdowns – which is sinking AIG + Citigroup (and the taxpayer).

]]> http://splendidmarbles.com/2009/03/06/commentary/feds-toss-more-money-down-aig-hole/comment-page-1/#comment-3805 Bill S. Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:45:51 +0000 http://splendidmarbles.com/?p=2148#comment-3805 Wouldn't having the government buy these assets cause the same problem as the one you talked about with the feds buying subsidiaries of AIG? Wouldn’t having the government buy these assets cause the same problem as the one you talked about with the feds buying subsidiaries of AIG?

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