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Old 02-12-2009, 12:55 AM
 
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What an amazing swindle it was.
Yes, the greatest ever, but it hasn't played out yet. The trillion dollar swindulus bill is the coup de grace.

I think this scam will overshadow even John Law's collapse of France's economy in the huge 1700's swindle.

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Old 02-12-2009, 03:57 AM
 
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Yes, the greatest ever, but it hasn't played out yet. The trillion dollar swindulus bill is the coup de grace.

I think this scam will overshadow even John Law's collapse of France's economy in the huge 1700's swindle.
I am surprised that anyone even knows what john law's company was and what happened to it.

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