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05/07/09 6:10 PM

#146625 RE: easycome92 #146624

Shhhh!! don't let people know Stress Test was meant to "promote the value of the banks so the banks can dilute"

now, you've done it!!

Bernanke, Geithner, et. al. are now extremely furious at you!!
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05/07/09 7:03 PM

#146631 RE: easycome92 #146624

The stress test was just a band-aid to buy time for the banks, just like mark-to-market was, just like TARP was. It doesn't solve anything, and it only makes the recovery weaker and further out than it would otherwise be.