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Old 11-04-2010, 03:33 PM   #9
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There will always be political spin to make it say what you want it to say. Another example would be despite the massive empirical evidence that states otherwise, it is still taught in History/Economics that Hoover was a defender of lassiez-faire and literally FDR saved the United States. It does sort of still owe money to the taxpayers, although this particular wording is for the understanding of the common man to avoid technical babble.
I believe the common man doesn't enough credit for what he knows. There is a big difference between owning 33 billion dollars worth of stock in a company and that company owing you 33 billion dollars. I think most people understand that.
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