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Re:700 Billion bailout? Ebay it by kqr2 on Monday September 22, 2008 @07:49PM (#311788)
Not all of these toxic assets are loans but essentially insurance, i.e. credit default swaps.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_default_swap

If you bought some of these for 1 penny you would be obligated to pay out money to cover some of these bets that have already gone bad.

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