# Do we have a thread for SlackerInc yet? Maybe we should

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**Created:** [December 2, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461 "2018-12-02T20:21:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/350 "2019-09-16T18:51:33Z")

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No. I busted you in the other thread with

> [@Elizabeth Warren 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-warren-2020/838800/245):
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> The U.S.G. overpaid for paper to keep banks solvent. The banks spent some of the money intended to ensure their solvency on bonuses for the very gamblers and fraudsters who helped cause the crisis in the first place.
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> If the free market determines that a piece of paper is worth $43, and we buy it for $43, that’s not a “bail-out” — it’s an investment. If we pay $100 for the piece of paper worth $43, _that_ is a “bail-out.”

Your turn.

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