Comments on: AIG Borrows from Itself http://alephblog.com/2008/09/15/aig-borrows-from-itself/ Helping Institutions and Ordinary People Invest Better by Focusing on Risk Control Fri, 25 May 2012 21:31:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: matthttp://alephblog.com/2008/09/15/aig-borrows-from-itself/comment-page-1/#comment-18796 matt Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:31:50 +0000 http://alephblog.com/?p=916#comment-18796 Hasn't the government already intervened by loosening regulations? The alphabet soup of credit facilities offered by the Federal Reserve, and the continuously broadening scope of acceptable collateral, is the stealth bailout that no one calls a bailout. I can't wait until they loosen the lending facilities enough that I can squat out a steaming pile at the Fed and exchange it for a Treasury. Hasn’t the government already intervened by loosening regulations?

The alphabet soup of credit facilities offered by the Federal Reserve, and the continuously broadening scope of acceptable collateral, is the stealth bailout that no one calls a bailout.

I can’t wait until they loosen the lending facilities enough that I can squat out a steaming pile at the Fed and exchange it for a Treasury.

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