Comments on: U.S. taxpayers are helping finance Greek bailout

By: So let me get this straight.... - Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, Conservatives, Liberals, Third Parties, Left-Wing, Right-Wing, Congress, President - City-Data Forum

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:51:59 +0000

[...] let me get this straight…. U.S. taxpayers are helping finance Greek bailout | The Daily Caller We are broke..Plain and simple. There's no B.Sing. it anymore but now were are bailing out the [...]

By: How Much Do US Taxpayers Give IMF? DSK The “Chimp in heat” at Rikers Prison | UNCOVERAGE.net

Tue, 17 May 2011 04:15:27 +0000

[...] who runs it?We should care very much as Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) explained very well last year. Read it all here. Here’s an excerpt, emphasis mine:“The International Monetary Fund board has approved a $40 [...]

By: The Era of Unlimited Government Is Here — By: Deroy Murdock | Step Down Obama

Tue, 25 May 2010 15:10:16 +0000

[...] Fund raced to the rescue. Given America’s 17 percent share of the IMF, Sen. Jim DeMint (R., S.C.) estimates that exhausted U.S. taxpayers will pay $6.8 billion of the IMF’s $40 billion bailout of this [...]

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Mon, 17 May 2010 05:36:22 +0000

[...] break up” Freddie Mac and “limit taxpayer exposure” to its losses. “American taxpayers are paying for $6.8 billion of the Greek bailout” through contributions to an international bailout fund backed by the Obama administration. [...]

By: Bailout Supporters Lose Elections in Germany and Utah; Obama Administration Presses Ahead With More Bailouts | OpenMarket.org

Thu, 13 May 2010 17:08:58 +0000

[...] taxpayers are paying for $6.8 billion of the Greek bailout” through contributions to an international bailout fund backed by the Obama administration. [...]

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Wed, 12 May 2010 17:37:31 +0000

[...] taxpayers are paying for $6.8 billion of the Greek bailout” through contributions to an international bailout fund backed by the Obama administration. [...]

By: U.S. taxpayers are helping finance Greek bailout « Knowledge Rehab

U.S. taxpayers are helping finance Greek bailout « Knowledge Rehab — Wed, 12 May 2010 03:10:46 +0000

[...] This has to stop if we are going to survive as a nation. Congress won’t act stop such foolishness on its own. The only way Americans can stop this is by sending new people to Washington in November who will. Sen. Jim DeMint is a Republican U.S. Senator from South Carolina. http://dailycaller.com/2010/05/06/u-s-taxpayers-are-helping-finance-greek-bailout/ [...]

By: memomachine

memomachine — Tue, 11 May 2010 13:17:18 +0000

Hmmmm.

Considering the $5 trillion dollars of debt Obama and the Democrats have piled onto the American taxpayer in just the last 16+ months I’d say you folks don’t have much of a leg to stand on.

I’d also consider pointing out that the 1990′s was notable because the Republicans finally controlled the House and the 2000′s was notable because Republicans finally got control, for a couple years at any rate, of the Senate.

The rest of the last 40+ years? All Democrat.

By: Mortgage Giant Seeks Another $8.4 Billion in Bailouts, After Obama Lifts $400 Billion Limit on Bailouts for Government-Sponsored Enterprises | OpenMarket.org

Mon, 10 May 2010 15:50:28 +0000

[...] taxpayers are paying for $6.8 billion of the Greek bailout” through contributions to an international bailout fund backed by the Obama administration. [...]

By: B.O. STINKS

B.O. STINKS — Sun, 09 May 2010 02:24:31 +0000

WHERE DID YOU FIND YOUR BULLS. STORY,STOPTHESMEAR.COM?OBAMA HAS SPENT MORE MONEY DRIVING US IN DEBT THEN ALL OF THE PRESIDENTS COMBINED,GO SELL YOUR CRAZY AT HUFFINGTON,FREAK.

By: timeisnow

timeisnow — Sat, 08 May 2010 15:11:13 +0000

Listen Radial Left wing Socialist that you are… The Dems have every president including Bush beat in the spending department. They have been in charge of Congress since 2006, Pissing away money, OUR TAX PAYER money on nothing but paying back the unions, creating Obamacare,and growing government.

We dont have the money because their Agenda is Killing this Country and making it just like Greece. There are no Private Sector Jobs anywhere, and the Obama thinks thats a good thing. As long as his people get all their needs met, he doesnt give a dam about the middle class

By: Sid Icarus

Sid Icarus — Sat, 08 May 2010 05:29:59 +0000

Considering the $11 trillion dollars in debt Republican administrations have added to the national debt in the last 30 years alone I would have to argue that 95% of Americas can no longer afford to finance tax cuts and bailouts for the people at the top.

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By: oeno

oeno — Sat, 08 May 2010 01:10:15 +0000

So did Demint just figure this out about the IMF? I mean it’s not like it’s 60 years old or anything.

I know the left has been complaining for years, but maybe Demint was hanging out in New Jersey and all of sudden had a road to Damascus moment while he went through Bretton Woods.

Someone can correct me, but I do believe that there is not one instance where the IMF has not been paid back for the loans.

By: timeisnow

timeisnow — Fri, 07 May 2010 22:33:37 +0000

donciccio

I no way no how want to give a dime to the Greeks! If congress passes this they should all be voted out! We dont have the money and cant afford any more tax increases…

By: doncicciofitipaldi

doncicciofitipaldi — Fri, 07 May 2010 21:02:09 +0000

You’re right about the Greeks being “lazy”, but thats Greece. To draw any parallels and say “Coming soon to your village square” is simply irresponsible and baseless on its face. Its that kind of stupidity that discredits your side.

By: doncicciofitipaldi

doncicciofitipaldi — Fri, 07 May 2010 20:57:09 +0000

Ahhhhhh…..I like that. Great response and yes, that is an important distinction to be able to make. I was just having a little fun with the others. They seem to ctiticize a lot, without having the slightest clue what the role of the IMF is and why “bailing out” Greece has several extremely important implications for the Euro, the European Union, and most importantly, the US.
All they know is if Obamba is for it, or stands by it, or thought of it or whatever, it automatically is a bad thing and they start all their reasoning from there.

By: doncicciofitipaldi

doncicciofitipaldi — Fri, 07 May 2010 20:14:45 +0000

I’m sorry. Your post is so illogical even a high school student like myself cannot make sense of it. Try again. My dear leader would be a conservative in Greece. What? Preemtive strikes in the context of IMF monetary intervention?

What? No wonder you support De Mint.

By: Greece-y politicians are full of aCRAPolis « E PLURIBUS MORON

Greece-y politicians are full of aCRAPolis « E PLURIBUS MORON — Fri, 07 May 2010 19:19:30 +0000

[...] see the U.S provides 17% of the I.M.F’s funding, so mentally challenged Republicans from Sen. Jim DeMint to Rep. McMorris Rogers and Rep. Pence, say that the I.M.F giving Greece money is just another [...]

By: grayzel

grayzel — Fri, 07 May 2010 18:28:32 +0000

Hmmmm, let’s see if there is a similarity to this scenario.

Banks gave loans to people who they knew could never repay those loans. Those homeowners lived high on the hog while it lasted. When the bubble burst (as they always do), they walked away from the property and left the grownups to clean up their mess.

So too with Greece. The Greeks get to retire at 53 and live off the dole, they work 35 hours a week, they are overpaid, their pensions are funded, their social security is available, so is disability (radio personalities get to retire early because of their exposure to germ-laden microphones!).

Now the piper want to be repaid. As usual, the honest hard-working citizen gets stuck with the bill.

Look closely at the Greek riots. Coming soon to your village square.