• 29 Sep 2008 at 11:22 AM

Treasury: In Retrospect, We Regret Not Going With ‘A Bajillion’ Or ‘A Metric Asston’ Or ‘A Shitload’

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Re: coming up with the $700 billion:

“It’s not based on any particular data point,” a Treasury spokeswoman told Forbes.com Tuesday. “We just wanted to choose a really large number.”

Top Of The Ticket [LA Times]

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    Comments (27)

    1. 1
      Posted by guest | September 29, 2008 at 11:26 AM

      Boy, that makes me feel comfortable.

    2. 2
      Posted by guest | September 29, 2008 at 11:37 AM

      If the banks’ paper is worth $0. The bailout should be capitalized at $0.

    3. 3
      Posted by guest | September 29, 2008 at 11:37 AM

      Dear Bess
      Please show your boobies.
      Thank you,
      M. Bartiromo

    4. 4
      Posted by guest | September 29, 2008 at 11:39 AM

      Speaking of boy, http://www.clayaiken.com/

    5. 5
      Posted by guest | September 29, 2008 at 11:40 AM

      ugh…the blind leading the blind

    6. 6
      Posted by guest | September 29, 2008 at 11:41 AM

      So what happens when Nat City hits $0 today?

    7. 7
      Posted by guest | September 29, 2008 at 11:41 AM

      They knew it needed to be more than $500B, but they knew if they went $750B it would be “three-quarters-of-a-trillion dollars!” until Hell wouldn’t have it, plus there would be all the Arthur jokes. So they clipped at $700B.
      Makes as much sense as any other theory.

    8. 8
      Posted by guest | September 29, 2008 at 11:42 AM

      At this point a monkey throwing darts at an index board would prove about as accurate as the cream of the b-school crop….

    9. 9
      Posted by guest | September 29, 2008 at 11:42 AM

      Dr. Evil only wanted 1 million dollars to control the world, Treasury wants 700 billion.
      I’m calling bullshit.

    10. 10
      Posted by guest | September 29, 2008 at 11:43 AM

      you guys, it’s the KABBALAH SEVEN!!!

    11. 11
      Posted by StupidEquityGuy | September 29, 2008 at 11:45 AM

      So C is buying toxic shit, and diluting their shareholders and cutting their divie, so they are up 4%, and the only major financial stock green today. Ya that makes complete sense.
      And WTF are they going to open WB? My C puts are sucking but my WB puts are stale prices.
      Ok rant mode off …
      ~SEG
      who should not complain, I am still green today, so its not like today hurts.

    12. 12
      Posted by guest | September 29, 2008 at 11:45 AM

      By the way, when did this place become the hip new hangout for the blue-collar schleps from the Yahoo/Google finance boards? Shouldn’t you peasants be delivering pizza rather than jerking off over the latest IBD news?

    13. 13
      Posted by guest | September 29, 2008 at 11:48 AM

      @ 11 you are an idiot. You Madonna loving asshole.

    14. 14
      Posted by guest | September 29, 2008 at 11:48 AM

      #8 you are imputing far too much competence to a “gubament official”…

    15. 15
      Posted by guest | September 29, 2008 at 11:48 AM

      those guys really know what they are doing

    16. 16
      Posted by guest | September 29, 2008 at 11:48 AM

      #13….We are delivering to you… right after the jerk.

    17. 17
      Posted by guest | September 29, 2008 at 11:49 AM

      Dear # 13.
      What is IBD? Where can I get some? Will it help me invest? Any hot tips for me? Instead of paying my mortgage I am going to play the stock market.

    18. 18
      Posted by guest | September 29, 2008 at 11:51 AM

      Dear # 13.
      What is IBD? Where can I get some? Will it help me invest? Any hot tips for me? Instead of paying my mortgage I am going to play the stock market.

    19. 19
      Posted by guest | September 29, 2008 at 11:51 AM

      Dear # 13.
      What is IBD? Where can I get some? Will it help me invest? Any hot tips for me? Instead of paying my mortgage I am going to play the stock market.

    20. 20
      Posted by guest | September 29, 2008 at 11:52 AM

      Dear # 13.
      What is IBD? Where can I get some? Will it help me invest? Any hot tips for me? Instead of paying my mortgage I am going to play the stock market.

    21. 21
      Posted by guest | September 29, 2008 at 11:56 AM

      Anyone know what channel CNBC is on in Mobile? I need to do some day trading. Plenty of money to be made baby. Get rich or die tryin’ is my motto.

    22. 22
      Posted by guest | September 29, 2008 at 12:05 PM

      #22, listen to the farm report instead. Commodities trading is where all the real playas are going now that WS is under the microscope for a while. Plus, you can go out and burn a few fields to up the price, since you’re right there and all. It’s even in the Bible. If it was good enough for Samson, it’s good enough for you.

    23. 23
      Posted by MarshallStack | September 29, 2008 at 12:10 PM

      Hay trading?

    24. 24
      Posted by guest | September 29, 2008 at 12:25 PM

      @18-21 was that intended to be ironic? if so, good one

    25. 25
      Posted by guest | September 29, 2008 at 1:07 PM

      Dear @25:
      No. The damn brokers lied to me and the immigrants are done gonna take my job. I have to buy stocks to get rich. What are calls and puts?
      Sincerely,
      18-21

    26. 26
      Posted by guest | September 29, 2008 at 8:05 PM

      This is mah first comment on ur site, FTC,LTR.
      Bess, the title of this post made my whole sad, sorry, pointless broke-ass night. Thx

    27. 27
      Posted by Bristol Airport Hotels | April 19, 2012 at 10:23 AM

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