You know the problem with that whole $700,000,000,000 bailout plan floated by Washington? It just wasn’t branded right.
At least according to some PR people:
“‘Bailout’ connotes failure, and Americans hate failure,” Mr. Benett said. “There is nothing redemptive about a bailout. What if this had been called a ‘rescue’ from the beginning? Or the ‘Save Our Homes Act’? Supporting a ‘rescue’ is a bear of an entirely different species. It is not only a redemptive act, restoring things to their rightful order — it is heroic.”
See, putting the U.S. economy $700,000,000,000 more in debt and preventing the market from adjusting itself is heroic!
Oh, OK. That makes it all better.
December 29, 2009, 6:13 pm
Tired of the bankers having all the fun.
Bailout! The Game the hilarious parody of the government bailout where when you lose, you win. In this role reversal of the classic board game debt is king.
Bailout! The Game gives you an endless supply of T.A.R.P funds, laughs and fun.
Be the bank, lose billions and get a bailout.
Play as one of six banks: Bankruptcy O’ America, Worth Farless, No Cashvia, Liquidation Brothers, Greedy Investors of America, or Washed Up Mutual.
Land on or pass over Frantic May and Frivolous Mac spaces and get slammed with bad debt.(MBS’s and CDO’s)
Just as Monopoly was born out of the Great Depression, Bailout! The Game was born out The Great Recession.
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http://www.bailoutthegame.com