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English translation: if money isn\'t loosened up
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| 21:46 Feb 22, 2019 |
| Spanish to English translations [PRO] Bus/Financial - Finance (general) / Financial Crisis, Lehman Brothers | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Robert Carter Mexico Local time: 14:02 | ||||||
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| 4 +6 | if money isn't loosened up |
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| 5 | if money DOESN'T loosen up |
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peer agreement (net): +6
peer agreement (net): +6if money isn't loosened up Explanation: Moments earlier, George W. Bush had declared, with his characteristic penchant for boiling an issue down to its bare essentials: “If money isn’t loosened up, this sucker could go down.” https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/3088656/... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2019-02-23 00:12:02 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Whether or not they were his actual words, it does appear to be the phrase reported by the WaPo. Unless there's actual tape or footage of him saying it, I'm changing this to a "5." PRESIDENT BUSH, at the White House meeting, per the Washington Post: "If money isn't loosened up, this sucker could go down.” https://www.politico.com/tipsheets/huddle/2008/09/this-sucke... He recalled Bush’s pithy summary of the crisis in late September 2008, in which the president was quoted as saying: “If money isn’t loosened up, this sucker could go down.” https://www.reuters.com/article/paulson-buffett/update-1-pau... |
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