BOOM!!!! Financial Meltdown!

[dataDave]

Those crazy dickheads actually passed the bailout.

I give the dollar 8-10 weeks before it's on it's arse, completely. let's hope nothing fabricates in the meantime...

lol.

[abigsmurf]

They had no choice, the country would go to hell if those banks failed.

Also important to remember that if Americans themselves had been sensible and not applied for stupid loans they couldn't pay off. Also the people moaning about 'their taxpayers money' being used would be the first ones to complain if their pension plan becomes worthless because it's invested in these banks.

The taxpayer isn't even exposed to that big of a risk. The US is unlikely to make a loss on that 700bill and will probably even make a profit. The bailout shouldn't be confused with a handout

[dataDave]

They had no choice, the country would go to hell if those banks failed.

Also important to remember that if Americans themselves had been sensible and not applied for stupid loans they couldn't pay off. Also the people moaning about 'their taxpayers money' being used would be the first ones to complain if their pension plan becomes worthless because it's invested in these banks.

The taxpayer isn't even exposed to that big of a risk. The US is unlikely to make a loss on that 700bill and will probably even make a profit. The bailout shouldn't be confused with a handout

Watch that, it proves the bailout has done nothing.

I repeat, 8 weeks until they, then we, are royally f**ked up the anus with a 12-inch black rubber cock.

Bailouts don't work, they just create ****loads more debt. This is like handing out more smack to the hopeless addict that's just gone cold turkey for 5 days. Exactly that.

[dataDave]

I actually think these idiots are crazy enough to fabricate another huge 'terrorist' attack in order to cover their tracks before they're even made enroute to global financial meltdown.

[k0pp0]

Interesting to see that video's gone now.

[dataDave]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wQFol1RFvgI

Some action really needs to be done by the public before something extremely stupid, yet utterly transparent, kicks off.

[fishbowlhead]

The only way to do that would be for the government to nationalize, everything basically, to stop competition and to stop any fluctuations, or greed from profiteers milking the situation.

Which would obviously never happen.

[dataDave]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wQFol1RFvgI

Some action really needs to be done by the public before something extremely stupid, yet utterly transparent, kicks off.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/03/army.unit/index.html

...more fuel for the fire.

Air force couldn't respond the morning of 9/11 because of drills. Anti-terror units couldn't respond fast enough on 7/7/05 because they were carrying out drills on the exact same day, at the same time.

You heard it here first. I hope I'm wrong.

[FelixofMars]

Its happened before it will happen again.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_1990s_recession

[KIT786]

I've been given the option at work (part time job at Next) to get into the sharesaver scheme, do you think it would be wise to join now or should i give it a total miss?

Basically you pay into the scheme (up to £250 a month) for either 3, 5 or 7 yrs and at the end of the period you get a lumpsum of what you paid + interest, which you can either take as cash or buy the shares at 20% of todays price (they're offering 917p).

I know I can afford to pay £50 a month for the next 3yrs, so any advice if it would be worth doing?

[cutmymilk]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/03/army.unit/index.html

...more fuel for the fire.

Air force couldn't respond the morning of 9/11 because of drills. Anti-terror units couldn't respond fast enough on 7/7/05 because they were carrying out drills on the exact same day, at the same time.

You heard it here first. I hope I'm wrong.

Not really. These conspiracies have been around for years - they're quite boring IMO.

I'd imagine these drills are quite normal and coincidences happen.

[El Leone]

I've been given the option at work (part time job at Next) to get into the sharesaver scheme, do you think it would be wise to join now or should i give it a total miss?

Basically you pay into the scheme (up to £250 a month) for either 3, 5 or 7 yrs and at the end of the period you get a lumpsum of what you paid + interest, which you can either take as cash or buy the shares at 20% of todays price (they're offering 917p).

I know I can afford to pay £50 a month for the next 3yrs, so any advice if it would be worth doing?

Unless I've missed something you could just do it yourself? You'd have more control over it and as long as you have restraint the money won't be going anywhere.

[KIT786]

I would agree with you, but I get to buy the shares at 20% less then the price they are currently at.

[Garf]

Kit - I did a similar sharesave scheme when I worked at Barclays several years back and it worked out really well for me.

I know the financial situation is very different now, but back then, there were several guys who had 'stacked' a number of sharesaves over the years, and were eventually able to pay off most of their mortgages when they all matured.

[Kieran76]

I worked at Alliance and Leicester years ago and was offered some sort of share scheme. I didn't take them up on it. However. I was given 50 odd shares back in 2001 when they were worth about 10 quid a share. I got the odd dividend cheque for about 20 quid. I was looking to sell them, but just before A&L got taken over by Santander the shares were worth less than ?2 each! Soon I will be given 1 Santander share for every 3 A&L shares I had. I know by 50 odd shares isn't much but it did make think about investing in the future. I reckon the folks were share schemes get it bad.