Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for April 18, 2009

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    ejcapulet  over 15 years ago

    Better than a brain in a beaker.

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    Grover Premium Member over 15 years ago

    He was abused by his father.

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    Radical-Knight  over 15 years ago

    This is WORSE than PATHETIC!!!

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    SteveInLouisville  over 15 years ago

    More plausible than the explanations Geithner has offered so far. About on a par with Obama apparently sticking up for the poor misunderstood torturers.

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    RKD  over 15 years ago

    toxic assets and the current economy is the result of government intervention not capitalism.

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    Randy B Premium Member over 15 years ago

    “For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.” - H.L. Mencken

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    scotchfaster  over 15 years ago

    “toxic assets and the current economy is the result of government intervention not capitalism.”

    This is a conservative talking point that has no basis in fact.

    More than 84 percent of the subprime mortgages in 2006 were issued by private lending institutions, according to Federal Reserve Board data. http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/53802.html

    What’s more, the government had nothing to do with the scam artists who packaged up subprime mortgages into A rated securities, or the banks who failed because they did not keep enough cash on hand.

    The toxic assets are the result of greed, plain and simple. Lenders were making mad cash on points whenever they issued a mortgage, and then would pass the risk on to greater fools. It worked for a while.

    The only solution is more regulation of the financial markets. And yeah, I do think the government should try to buy the toxic assets (we’ll end up paying for the damage one way or another), but I think we should be getting a much better price for them than we are.

    Great, great cartoon.

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