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I'll keep getting paychecks. We're in a boom period despite the bad insurance market. It doesn't hurt that we're owned by one of the few banks doing ok right now. And that my company, office and team have a habit of timing things right.
In the big picture, I think that the conservatives have this right. The taxpayers aren't here to take on business risks, which is what happened with AIG (as an aside, it now looks like the US could make up to a 30% return on that loan). The bailout has no reward for the risk being taken on other than the nebulous idea that the sky will stop falling.
It is amazing what happens with a small crisis with an incredibly unpopular lame duck President. Especially since the vote broke more down philosophical lines than party ones. Crazy.
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"There ought to be limits to freedom." - George W. Bush
"We have met the enemy and he is us." - Pogo
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