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This shit is Damn impressive...

Derivatives - The Unregulated Global Casino for Banks

Every infographic on that small site will make your jaw drop. It starts with small-time money like this:

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Things go up from there. This particular one is mind-numbing to a new level:

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^That's the 9 Biggest Banks' Derivative Exposure - $228.72 Trillion dollars, to scale. (Each of those towers is 2 trillion bucks!
 
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It will only take Obama a few months to print 228 trillion dollars to cover that so I don't see the problem, unless he goes on another vacation with his relatives in Hamas or whatever he's been doing.
 
JCash said:
Meanwhile in front of lukep's house:
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So? Those Chewbacca suits are WARM!

mattseh said:
Do you agree with the implication of the title, that moar regulation is needed, Luke?
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Yeah, I wish that dude has consulted with me on the title... No biggie though... Click through to his site and you'll see that all he talks about are what evil was done and how we shouldn't bail out anyone every again.
 
Stolen from somewhere else about this infographic: "Derivative exposure is a nonsense term and they are quoting notional value of the derivatives transactions. The notional value is essentially meaningless, all that really matters is the outstanding credit exposure which is nowhere near the numbers quoted here. There are definitely banks out there with too much credit exposure but this graphic doesn't tell you anything useful about them."
 
vipervin said:
There are definitely banks out there with too much credit exposure but this graphic doesn't tell you anything useful about them."
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Fine, don't like derivatives? The real issue is the debt. They did that one too:

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US Budget in 2011: $3,818,000,000,000
For the year 2011:

- The US Government's projected budget for year 2011 is $3,818,000,000,000.

- Of the total money shown above, the pile to the right in the amount of $1,645,000,000,000 is borrowed money.

No one in the world has as big of a salary as US Government, but it still borrows roughly 40% of the money it spends.
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Saying things like this makes people very nervous. Little ol Greece still being a problem.. what happens if the us has a financial meltdown?

Who will bail them out? No one.. because no one can...

There will be bail outs until they cant print any more money, well.. until they inflate too much..

You have to raise taxes and cut spending...the us gov is not doing this.. the fed is printing money.. at some point you cant raise taxes enough and cut enough.. also you borrow so much money... the money you do take in goes to pay off interest.

Do you really think the voters are going to vote people into office that say .. hey start cutting all the goodies and tax us more .. so we can pay this off?

Of course not.. they will keep voting for those that give them goodies... until there is nothing left... what is left is debt.. low benefits, little military protection, the usd as king will be gone..

The rest of the world in gloom, now real unemployment something like 14%, during great depression 25%.. so still a ways to go...

What has got so many confused is the us is not popin back up with a major surge... it is just drifting along.. its still so weak.. anything from out of the blue could send it back down again easy..

It is stable.. but that is not saying much.. what about the big tax wave coming 2013?
Another 6 Month extension then what?

The 1% tax the rich trash.. acting like that is going to let everyone have there goodies at current levels... what a pile of garbage...

40%+ all borrowed money at the fed level... how long can that last.. not long...

Who is going to say: Hey vote for me.. ill cut 40% of the fed gov.... less of x y and z..
not enough to change this mess. and that is just the fed.. that stim package went to the states... and payed for mostly gov jobs.. the states are in trouble.. citys.. and personal... houses under water.. lower paying jobs..
 
ThisWebThing said:
Saying things like this makes people very nervous. Little ol Greece still being a problem.. what happens if the us has a financial meltdown?

Who will bail them out? No one.. because no one can...

There will be bail outs until they cant print any more money, well.. until they inflate too much..

You have to raise taxes and cut spending...the us gov is not doing this.. the fed is printing money.. at some point you cant raise taxes enough and cut enough.. also you borrow so much money... the money you do take in goes to pay off interest.

Do you really think the voters are going to vote people into office that say .. hey start cutting all the goodies and tax us more .. so we can pay this off?

Of course not.. they will keep voting for those that give them goodies... until there is nothing left... what is left is debt.. low benefits, little military protection, the usd as king will be gone..

The rest of the world in gloom, now real unemployment something like 14%, during great depression 25%.. so still a ways to go...

What has got so many confused is the us is not popin back up with a major surge... it is just drifting along.. its still so weak.. anything from out of the blue could send it back down again easy..

It is stable.. but that is not saying much.. what about the big tax wave coming 2013?
Another 6 Month extension then what?

The 1% tax the rich trash.. acting like that is going to let everyone have there goodies at current levels... what a pile of garbage...

40%+ all borrowed money at the fed level... how long can that last.. not long...

Who is going to say: Hey vote for me.. ill cut 40% of the fed gov.... less of x y and z..
not enough to change this mess. and that is just the fed.. that stim package went to the states... and payed for mostly gov jobs.. the states are in trouble.. citys.. and personal... houses under water.. lower paying jobs..
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sen·tence:

n.
1. A grammatical unit that is syntactically independent and has a subject that is expressed or, as in imperative sentences, understood and a predicate that contains at least one finite verb.
 
I'll help you out pal, I think this is what you mean't?

Feds: Oh so we talking about debt now. Dope.

Obama: Solution?

Feds: Well fuck, you got to pay bills, lets print money.

Obama: Alright, But let's call it something else. Something sophisticated.

Feds: Quantitate Easing?

Obama: Dope. What about? Uh, that thing that happens, when a dollar today isn't worth as much because when you print money, you know, it basically causes your dollar to be worth less, cause well, more money is circulating?

Feds: Inflation?

Obama: Yea! Solution?

Feds: Taxs?

Obama: Dope.
 
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