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To: SilentZ who wrote (577387)	7/22/2010 1:47:36 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1584441

RE:"The people who sold it to us should have to pay to fix it." What do you want, make wall street take a pay cut? You can start by getting Franklin Raines and Jamie Gorelick to give back their $130M.

To: SilentZ who wrote (577387)	7/22/2010 3:16:57 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1584441

SilentZ, I agree with everything you said, except the last part. We were indeed sold a bill of goods. The government, the banks, the mortgage companies, and the media were all a part of it. And so were we. Why? Because we were greedy, and we trusted those supposedly smarter than us that nothing could go wrong. Kind of scary when even real estate can be a sucker's bet. Or that the banks didn't know what they were doing when they packaged the mortgages into derivatives and plugged it all into computer models. Like you said, these are supposed to be the smartest people in the world. Now what? You want them to pay for it? Fat chance. Besides, we're all responsible. Remember, we're a "fucking society" and we're all in this together. Or maybe you'd rather trust another bunch of "smart" people who say, "We're from the government, and we're here to help. I went to Columbia undergrad and Harvard for law school, so I obviously know what I'm doing." Scary, scary stuff. Tenchusatsu