# Elizabeth Warren 2020

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-warren-2020/838800>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [August 17, 2019, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-warren-2020/838800 "2019-08-17T17:03:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-warren-2020/838800/245 "2019-09-15T21:32:01Z")

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😕 This stuff is just NOT that complicated.

> [@CarnalK](#):
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> Ok, the heroin is the bonuses in your analogy, right? What is the family visit representing?

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.

> [@SlackerInc](#):
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> Please tell me how we are not already “bailing out” college borrowers, if loans that must be repaid with interest are “bailouts”.

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.”

I don’t know how to help you guys Google this. It’s _very_ basic.

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