[lbo-talk] "The bailout returned a profit for the US taxpayer!"

Adam Proctor proctorvt at gmail.com
Fri Oct 21 06:51:41 PDT 2011


The first question I would ask is: which bailout? The second thing I would say is, "Sir/Ma'am, there is no way to get back a sum total which is MORE THAN US GDP with interest. It's economically and fundamentally impossible.

Read more here from my friend "Petrino diLeo": http://socialistworker.org/2011/09/07/the-16-trillion-bailout This is some of the best analysis around on the bailouts.

-A

On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Rick <cr70814 at verizon.net> wrote:


> I heard someone criticize the Occupy Wall Street-ers for complaining about
> the bailout a few years ago: "Aren't you aware that the bailout actually
> returned a profit for the US taxpayer?" Can someone comment on the veracity
> of this claim?
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