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• First Thoughts: Bain returns

  Mon May 14, 2012
  • Mitt puts his money in overseas banks like anybody who invests in foreign investments and diversifies his risk.

• First Thoughts: Bain returns

  Mon May 14, 2012
  • Seeking Sanity--I am no Bush fan but since you seem to blame it on congress for Obama, go back and compute those job numbers ending at the end of 06 and lets say the democratic led congress was obstructing any economic growth or put their policies in place starting in 07.

• First Thoughts: Bain returns

  Mon May 14, 2012
  • Nerm--where do you read such nonsense? Nobody who has a business believes workers are an obstacle to making a profit. Have you ever worked in a private enterprise or owned a small business? I cant believe you have otherwise you wouldnt say such nonsense.

• First Thoughts: Bain returns

  Mon May 14, 2012
  • Nerm, I understand it very well and Obama definitely isnt an economic conservative president. I am not an ABO as I am a big Clinton fan and hated Bush number 2.

• First Thoughts: Bain returns

  Mon May 14, 2012
  • Nerm--you are kidding right? You think Obama invested solely to save jobs and not make money? Why is it that all the progressives are spouting off all the so called profits when it comes to earnings release time? If it wasnt about profits why did they lay off 20,000 employees since the government …

• First Thoughts: Bain returns

  Mon May 14, 2012
  • Nerm--Obama is the farthest thing from an economic conservative--quit campaigning--that sort of stuff doesnt work. Proposing budgets with trillion dollar deficits is not economic conservatism.

• First Thoughts: Bain returns

  Mon May 14, 2012
  • But you cant use GM as the model of Obama success and then turn around and criticize Bain for doing the exact same thing. That is the epitome of democratic double talk. Why not both sides admit that private equity investing is can be very successful as it was in GM and many of Bain's investments.

• First Thoughts: Bain returns

  Mon May 14, 2012
  • Anna Molly--you definitely are the fairest ha. I at least enjoy the engagement with you even though we dont see eye to eye on fiscal policy. At least you give me some freedom to engage albeit it very little ha.

• First Thoughts: Bain returns

  Mon May 14, 2012
  • Nerm--you mean the 20 thousand jobs less in GM since Obama invested? So Bain invested Union Pension money and only made money if the Union investors made money, what bankruptcy would Bain be happy about? Learn how private equity works.

• First Thoughts: Bain returns

  Mon May 14, 2012
  • Therman--you realize that Bain was investing Union pension funds into these companies right? Its not Bain funds but institutional money primarily union money.