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That's another lie, i never went bankrupt. – Donald Trump	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
If you were the last one to build a pipeline in the Bakken or the last guy to build a processing area in the Eagle Ford, it could be painful, if your producer goes bankrupt, then the court can reject the contract. – Ed Hirs	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
What’s going on with the prescription drug pricing is just going to bankrupt healthcare, it’s not sustainable. – Steven Rosenberg	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We agree we must protect the most vulnerable. But we also have to find a solution about those who go bankrupt to avoid their obligations. – European Economic Commissioner Pierre Moscovici	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
If we are not able to get this solution, we need to find another solution because otherwise the risk is that teams go bankrupt. – Jean Todt	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
As soon as Congress does whatever it’s going to do, and the U.S. doesn’t go bankrupt, I think the market opens back up again. – David Topper	added by Scott Murphy 8 years ago
Private owners can not afford to let their forests die of disease, insect infestations or wildfire, they are on the job 24 hours a day, unlike 9-5 government bureaucrats. If private owners fail they go bankrupt. If Forest Service managers fail, at worst Forest Service managers are transferred to another forest. – Robert Smith	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
I think the most egregious thing about Rubio coming to Michigan is the fact that he has the audacity to do so in Detroit when, if he had had his way, Detroit would have gone bankrupt. Without the auto bailout, this state would be in a depression, under Rubio's plan, we would have been left for dead. Rubio and other GOP candidates have a plan that favors the rich over the middle class. – Brandon Dillon	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I had the good sense to leave Atlantic City, which by the way, Caesars just went bankrupt. Every company — Chris [Christie] can tell you — every company virtually in Atlantic City went bankrupt, i left Atlantic City before it totally cratered, and I made a lot of money in Atlantic City, and I'm very proud of it.... By the way, this country right now owes $19 trillion. And they need somebody like me to straighten out that mess. – Donald Trump	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I don't think Mr. Trump is qualified to be commander-in-chief, I think he is bankrupt when it comes to all the qualities you need to lead the men and women in uniform and to lead a great nation. – Lindsey Graham	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We are Europe's bankrupt child and as a child, Europe has been supporting us for five years and told us what we needed to do to get out of this situation, we did nothing and now we are paying the consequences. – Yannis Theodosis	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Today we filed a notice of intent to appeal to the Arbitration Court to declare these companies bankrupt -- we will have the right to (appeal) in 15 days. – Maksim Degtyarev	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
If PGE wants to bankrupt Grant Township to court, that’s fine, Grant Township to court’s just the way it’s going to be, i ’m not sure that will look very impressive on their resume. – Jon Perry	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
If enough of these cases get in front of a judge, there is a chance we could start to have an impact within the judiciary, and if a town goes bankrupt trying to defend one of our ordinances, well, perhaps that's exactly what is needed to trigger a national movement. – Thomas Linzey	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We are technically bankrupt...the decline of performance started long before the tragic events of 2014. – Christoph Mueller	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Lehman Brothers in 2008 was not a bankrupt company. – Richard Fuld Jr.	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It is good that this deadline was not extended as the (companies) would have continued to amass debt, if some go bankrupt, so be it. They can be privatised as bankrupt either as whole or in parts. – Sasa Djogovic	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
In addition, the Treasury has made a commitment to give Eskom about 23 billion (rand) which I believe will be given in two tranches during this financial year, we do not think that Eskom is about to be declared bankrupt or insolvent. – Brian Molefe	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We do not think that Eskom is about to be declared bankrupt or insolvent. – Brian Molefe	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
These depraved acts are an assault on the heritage of the Iraqi and Syrian people by an organization with a bankrupt and toxic ideology, the Iraqi government recently nominated Nimrud to be placed on UNESCO's list of World Heritage sites. In contrast,( ISIS') twisted goal is clear : to eviscerate a culture and rewrite history in its own brutal image. – State John Kerry	Found on CNN 9 years ago
It bankrupted Detroit, it bankrupted General Motors, and it will bankrupt us. – Chris Christie	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It's a lot of money. It's not going to bankrupt my clients. It's a disappointing number. – Howard King	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Long-term losses are leading to many farmers going bankrupt. – Feng Yonghui	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It also just indicates the degree to which whatever ideology they're operating off of, it's bankrupt. – Barack Obama	Found on CNN 9 years ago

That's another lie, i never went bankrupt.

– Donald Trump

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If you were the last one to build a pipeline in the Bakken or the last guy to build a processing area in the Eagle Ford, it could be painful, if your producer goes bankrupt, then the court can reject the contract.

– Ed Hirs

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

What’s going on with the prescription drug pricing is just going to bankrupt healthcare, it’s not sustainable.

– Steven Rosenberg

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We agree we must protect the most vulnerable. But we also have to find a solution about those who go bankrupt to avoid their obligations.

– European Economic Commissioner Pierre Moscovici

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If we are not able to get this solution, we need to find another solution because otherwise the risk is that teams go bankrupt.

– Jean Todt

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

As soon as Congress does whatever it’s going to do, and the U.S. doesn’t go bankrupt, I think the market opens back up again.

– David Topper

added by Scott Murphy
8 years ago

Private owners can not afford to let their forests die of disease, insect infestations or wildfire, they are on the job 24 hours a day, unlike 9-5 government bureaucrats. If private owners fail they go bankrupt. If Forest Service managers fail, at worst Forest Service managers are transferred to another forest.

– Robert Smith

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

I think the most egregious thing about Rubio coming to Michigan is the fact that he has the audacity to do so in Detroit when, if he had had his way, Detroit would have gone bankrupt. Without the auto bailout, this state would be in a depression, under Rubio's plan, we would have been left for dead. Rubio and other GOP candidates have a plan that favors the rich over the middle class.

– Brandon Dillon

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I had the good sense to leave Atlantic City, which by the way, Caesars just went bankrupt. Every company — Chris [Christie] can tell you — every company virtually in Atlantic City went bankrupt, i left Atlantic City before it totally cratered, and I made a lot of money in Atlantic City, and I'm very proud of it.... By the way, this country right now owes $19 trillion. And they need somebody like me to straighten out that mess.

– Donald Trump

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I don't think Mr. Trump is qualified to be commander-in-chief, I think he is bankrupt when it comes to all the qualities you need to lead the men and women in uniform and to lead a great nation.

– Lindsey Graham

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We are Europe's bankrupt child and as a child, Europe has been supporting us for five years and told us what we needed to do to get out of this situation, we did nothing and now we are paying the consequences.

– Yannis Theodosis

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Today we filed a notice of intent to appeal to the Arbitration Court to declare these companies bankrupt -- we will have the right to (appeal) in 15 days.

– Maksim Degtyarev

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If PGE wants to bankrupt Grant Township to court, that’s fine, Grant Township to court’s just the way it’s going to be, i ’m not sure that will look very impressive on their resume.

– Jon Perry

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If enough of these cases get in front of a judge, there is a chance we could start to have an impact within the judiciary, and if a town goes bankrupt trying to defend one of our ordinances, well, perhaps that's exactly what is needed to trigger a national movement.

– Thomas Linzey

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We are technically bankrupt...the decline of performance started long before the tragic events of 2014.

– Christoph Mueller

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Lehman Brothers in 2008 was not a bankrupt company.

– Richard Fuld Jr.

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It is good that this deadline was not extended as the (companies) would have continued to amass debt, if some go bankrupt, so be it. They can be privatised as bankrupt either as whole or in parts.

– Sasa Djogovic

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

In addition, the Treasury has made a commitment to give Eskom about 23 billion (rand) which I believe will be given in two tranches during this financial year, we do not think that Eskom is about to be declared bankrupt or insolvent.

– Brian Molefe

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We do not think that Eskom is about to be declared bankrupt or insolvent.

– Brian Molefe

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

These depraved acts are an assault on the heritage of the Iraqi and Syrian people by an organization with a bankrupt and toxic ideology, the Iraqi government recently nominated Nimrud to be placed on UNESCO's list of World Heritage sites. In contrast,( ISIS') twisted goal is clear : to eviscerate a culture and rewrite history in its own brutal image.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN
9 years ago

It bankrupted Detroit, it bankrupted General Motors, and it will bankrupt us.

– Chris Christie

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It's a lot of money. It's not going to bankrupt my clients. It's a disappointing number.

– Howard King

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Long-term losses are leading to many farmers going bankrupt.

– Feng Yonghui

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It also just indicates the degree to which whatever ideology they're operating off of, it's bankrupt.

– Barack Obama

Found on CNN
9 years ago

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