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strawberry
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PostPosted: 16:36 - 17 Feb 2008    Post subject: Temporary nationalisation for Northern Rock Reply with quote
https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7249575.stm

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PostPosted: 17:05 - 17 Feb 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
Chairman of the Commons Treasury Select Committee John McFall wrote:
At the end of the day the biggest issue is the safeguarding of taxpayers' money.


I can think of several aspects of modern government that could use scrutiny. MP wages and expense packages for a start. After all, value for taxpayers money is paramount...
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PostPosted: 17:43 - 17 Feb 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
There are certain infrastructures that would be better off nationalising.


Banking is NOT one of them.
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PostPosted: 18:46 - 17 Feb 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
The F.T. said in October last year that nationalistion was the lesser of all the proposed evils, ditherer Brown has now made procrastination an art form.
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PostPosted: 19:31 - 17 Feb 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
I own a bit of a bank. I think I will give myself an interest free loan.
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PostPosted: 02:56 - 18 Feb 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
LeeR wrote:
The F.T. said in October last year that nationalistion was the lesser of all the proposed evils, ditherer Brown has now made procrastination an art form.


So one should make a snap decision on the future of a bank based on.....?
There are many more greedy paws in that cookie jar than Mr. Brown's.

Why is no-one laying blame at the real monsters of the investment, financial FREE market that has permitted the fuck ups of their SELF REGULATION?

Enron anyone?

Blame the government for the greed and gross mis management of the owners?

What do you want?

What you are seeing is exactly what happened to create nationalisation 1st time around. The Big Bosses were incompetent as a collective and the government had to bail them out.
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