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Old 2008-09-30, 08:41 AM   #120
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Originally Posted by AtomicLabMonkey View Post
Congress is going to have to do something. Not just for the sake of the country, but because all those people in Congress have a decent chunk of money and they're watching their own portfolios disappear as the markets tank. It's in their own personal best interests to intervene.
Yeah, they're between a rock and a hard place:

Do something and lose their jobs, do nothing and lose their money.

...actually, it's about time they ended up in that situation. For far too long they've been able to make being a public servant profitable.
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