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To: DebtBomb who wrote (200946)	5/7/2009 2:10:05 PM
From: RockyBalboa	Respond to of 306849

Oracle is a needy candidate for bailout funds... they have acquired so many other companies which would likely have folded otherwise (and thus rescued many tech jobs). Now they pay billions for Java; this clearly entitles them to a like amount in the latest govt. incarnation "PAAP" aka public acquisition assistance program...

To: DebtBomb who wrote (200946)	5/7/2009 3:07:34 PM
From: Perspective	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

<gov't is handing out dollars like candy....to the elites.> I was wrong the other day about no "change" with Obama; we got change all right. "Trickle down" changed: -from meaning that the elites never pay taxes to the government -to meaning that the elites get direct government handouts At least in the Republigoon version of trickle down, you had to actually "earn" the money before you kept it. In Obama's version, the Golden Boys just get direct handouts... `BC