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Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert EW Interview


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This is just too good...

 

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One of the highlights:

 

There are a lot of issues in this election. The biggest one right now is the economy.

 

STEWART: We were in this huge credit crisis, out of money. Then the Fed goes, We'll give you a trillion dollars, and all of a sudden Wall Street is like, ''I can't believe we got away with it!'' Can you imagine if someone said, ''I shouldn't have bought that sports car because it means I can't have my house,'' and the bank just said, ''All right, you can have your house. And you know what? Keep the car.'' [He throws up his arms joyfully and shouts] ''Yeaaaaah, I get to keep the car! Wait, do I have to give the money back?'' ''No, it doesn't matter.'' ''Yeah, I'm gonna get another car! I'm gonna do the same thing the same way, except twice as f---ed up!''

COLBERT: The idea that Lehman Brothers doesn't get any money and AIG does reminds me very much of ''Iran is a mortal enemy because they have not achieved a nuclear weapon. But North Korea is a country we can work with, because they have a nuclear weapon.'' The idea is, Get big or go home. How big can you f--- up? Can you f--- up so bad that you would ruin the world economy? If it's just 15,000 who are out of jobs, no. You have to actually be a global f---up to get any help.

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QUOTE (lostfan @ Sep 25, 2008 -> 06:53 AM)
Haha. I'm going to quit making payments on my car and see if my bank will just pay my house off instead so I can get a break and make my payments easier.

Steven came up with the solution months ago in a "Bears & Balls" segment. You just have to borrow enough money to buy roughly a $200 billion house. That way, if your mortgage goes under, it will dramatically affect the GDP and the Government will be forced to bail you out.

 

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