In theory, it wasn't a bad plan: a no-bailout rule and a ban on the ECB financing governments were supposed to force countries to manage their economies prudently.
David Lloyd, from the campaign group Challenge Navitus, believes the proposal is a "bad plan" in the wrong place.
But just in case, a good old-fashioned name change may not be a bad back-up plan, just as insurance.
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The gain in lead-time should nevertheless provide governments and non-governmental organisations with the opportunity to plan for a bad season.
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And the parasites that accompany a plan-gone-bad.
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The downside is they are also more likely to make mistakes, less likely to have a back-up plan if things go wrong, bad with details, and more likely to take a risk that lands them in hot water.
Both were allegedly part of a five-man crew accused of concocting a plan to rob a known drug dealer that went bad when police were called by the homeowner.
Too bad neither side is offering a plan that actually would make a difference.
In fact, the effort to recruit private investors into a government-led campaign to buy bad assets from the banks is still, at best, half a plan.
Paulson's bad-asset rescue plan would join a bunch of other proposals now circulating Washington.
For many - on either side of the aisle - that all made passing Plan B bad news for Democrats, and a 'no brainer' for the Republicans.
Thus the administration's real work lies ahead: coming up with a bigger and more comprehensive plan for recapitalising banks and relieving them of bad loans.
The second aspect of investment risk, peculiar to 401(k)s, is the risk that your employer makes a bad choice in determining what investment alternatives to offer employee participants in the plan.
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This week's German plan to set up several bad banks was no more than a down payment on the restructuring ahead.
The appearance of a plan to fortify European (mostly French) banks against losses on bad Greek loans provided the catalyst for an explosive rally off of deeply oversold conditions coming into the first week of October.
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It's a plan that's aimed directly at the bottom line despite the risk of more bad public relations on worker issues, something the company believes shareholders are ready to cheer.
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Last month, Mr Persson unveiled a plan to run budget surpluses in good times so that he could loosen fiscal policy in bad times without breaching the pact's 3% limit.
"Although we can plan for so many contingencies, the bad weather coupled with the demise of the helicopter has put a strain on the services, " he said.
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