Might as well get a return, but I don't want to see the government holding shares, even non-voting shares, in private companies over the long term. Ideally, I would like to see the government recoup its investment plus some return to pay for costs associated with the crisis. Beyond that, let's get the government out of private industry.
On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 3:31 PM, Judah wrote: > As I recall, they are non-voting preferred shares. If the banks start > doing well, what is the harm from holding on 5 or 10 years and > rewarding the taxpayers for stepping in? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:274359 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
