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Re:$700bn Bailout is shot down by House of Rep Vote (205-228... by Xichekolas on Tuesday September 30, 2008 @12:57AM (#319302)
Bleh accidentally upvoted you instead of downvoted, but this is blatantly false. If money were a zero sum game, then how do we have growth and inflation? The money supply grows, ideally at the same pace the economy grows. Businesses create wealth, and as transactions that transfer wealth grow in number, we need more money to facilitate those transfers of wealth.

The money itself is only as good as the wealth it can purchase, and as that wealth steadily grows, we need more money to carry out the transactions. So it is by no means a zero sum game.

Re:$700bn Bailout is shot down by House of Rep Vote (205-228... by azharcs on Tuesday September 30, 2008 @02:36AM (#319366)
Wall Street is a movie starring Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen. It is a work of Fiction.
Re:$700bn Bailout is shot down by House of Rep Vote (205-228... by Xichekolas on Tuesday September 30, 2008 @01:35PM (#319802)
Ah, my apologies then... Although you have to admit, in the context of the discussion, the title is kind of ambiguous.
Re:$700bn Bailout is shot down by House of Rep Vote (205-228... by azharcs on Tuesday September 30, 2008 @02:26PM (#319862)
yup my bad, I forgot to mention it was a movie but i still believe it is a one-sum game, where one person or a company has made more money than they had before, from this bubble.

Just read this http://pavankumar.info/?p=52 , If I am wrong, Please let me know.