Ted Rall for April 17, 2008
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The federal reserve slashes key interest rates below zero. Take $100 off our hands and you have to pay back $98! Today's rate -2% Wall street greets negative interest rates with skepticism. Nice stimulus attempt - morons! Sad and glum - that's how we roll. These days, you can't pay people to take money. Bricks of dollars?! God! You disgust me! Coming soon: reverse psychology. Maybe if we charge for it, people will want money! How will we charge? With money?