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#1053000 - 09/29/08 07:01 PM
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#1053001 - 09/29/08 07:02 PM
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I'll start...
it is the republicans fault
it is the democrats fault
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#1053006 - 09/29/08 07:04 PM
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It's Ms. Biscuit's fault!
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#1053007 - 09/29/08 07:05 PM
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#1053015 - 09/29/08 07:12 PM
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so, really, what does this mean?
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#1053023 - 09/29/08 07:18 PM
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so, really, what does this mean? it means that we are cutting off our nose to spite our face. people cannot easily see how they are punishing themselves in the long run. this was a no-win situation but it appears to be heading to a we-all-lose situation.
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#1053034 - 09/29/08 07:29 PM
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Such a close vote, really. Personally, I have my doubts this would be the best option.
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#1053037 - 09/29/08 07:31 PM
Re: House rejects bailout
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Such a close vote, really. Personally, I have my doubts this would be the best option. the current option is "do nothing". this is a bad move.
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#1053038 - 09/29/08 07:31 PM
Re: House rejects bailout
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As I posted on the other thread, I think the $750 Billion (and maybe much more) is going to be spent whether we like it or not. Right now, I don't believe the FDIC and NCUA have enough to cover all of the insured depsosit accounts which means the taxpayers will have to cover the exposure. So in order to cover the money that you have on deposit, you will be signed up to pay taxes to insure that you will get the money that you have worked all of these years to save. Just look at the manuevers that FDIC has gone through with WaMu and now Wachovia. From the latest Wachovia "buy out": " As part of the deal, FDIC agreed to protect Citi against losses on $312 billion of Wachovia's more troubled assets, including more than $100 billion of option adjustable-rate mortgages from its doomed acquisition of Golden West at the peak of the housing boom in 2006. "Citi is exposed to the first $30 billion of losses on that $312 billion portfolio and could take another $12 billion of losses on these assets up to a maximum of $4 billion during each of the next three years. The FDIC will take any extra losses. In return for that support, it gets preferred stock and warrants in Citi worth $12 billion." http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/ci...&dist=msr_2Looks like a backdoor for the bailout plan.....
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#1053056 - 09/29/08 07:52 PM
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so, really, what does this mean? it means that we are cutting off our nose to spite our face. people cannot easily see how they are punishing themselves in the long run. this was a no-win situation but it appears to be heading to a we-all-lose situation. Sometimes you just have to take your medicine and learn from the experience...Although it's going to be rough, this is a win for America.
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#1053093 - 09/29/08 08:05 PM
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From a historical view, what stands out to me are the accounts of how much "some Republicans"* hated FDR, and as soon as they could, they started to dismantle all aspects of his "New Deal".
I am not an expert on this subject, but I believe the main items left from the "New Deal" were FDIC, Social Security, and Glass-Steagall.
Glass-Steagall fell in 1999. Significant discussions were taking place on "privitizing" Social Security, and one has to wonder if FDIC was the last on the list.
And all those who were hoping for a repeal of transaction limits on time deposits? I don't think Congress will touch that topic with a 10 foot pool for at least the next 5 to 10 years.
*Republicans, social conservaties, free-market advocates are all being lumped in here, but I'm also saying that not all such folks were in agreement.
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#1053096 - 09/29/08 08:05 PM
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You mean like the Depression was a win. That's what happened the last time we faced a crisis of this proportion and did nothing. Didn't we become the most powerful nation in the world after the Depression? It's a market adjustment, and the pigs are getting slaughtered. Better organizations will rise from the fallen. Oh I forgot, I was talking about how things work in a capitalist democracy... Bring on the liquidity, comrade Bernanke!!!
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#1053104 - 09/29/08 08:09 PM
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What this means is that they have to go back to the table and hash something out that others agree with. Think of it as a union contract talk at this point. It's going to take some time to get it right.
Why aren't more banks that are having trouble with these adjustable rate loans going bad working to get the people they made them to a lower fixed rate loan to avoid trouble? I don't know if this is true or not, but I heard that on the loans that were sold and then packaged into derivatives, the lenders' (or servicer's) hands are tied regarding work-outs depending on the terms of the securitization. BTW - did I mention that I would look at some of the underlying loans on the mortgage-backed securites and would see debt ratios that exceeded 50% on the front end? WTF?!?!?
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#1053105 - 09/29/08 08:09 PM
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you can't save capitalist democracy by injecting socialism, unless you are really smart like one or two guys here.....
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#1053119 - 09/29/08 08:14 PM
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I just hope we hurry up and do this so we can ally with Eastasia and finally beat our hated enemy, Eurasia!!!
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#1053123 - 09/29/08 08:15 PM
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you can't save capitalist democracy by injecting socialism, unless you are really smart like one or two guys here..... If you think about it, federal deposit insurance is a form of socialism. Are you willing to forgo that insurance?
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