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Bush's $700 billion bailout: Will it work?

Angie 2008/09/23 00:59:34
Rescuing the banks from mortgage debts is the best course of action.
Bailing out lenders will just encourage risky lending in the future.
The effects of this plan do not justify the price tag.
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The Bush administration has proposed to buy up to $700 billion worth of bad loans at a big discount in order to avert the ongoing financial crisis. The details of the proposal, such as the size of the discount and the amount of taxpayer burden, are still being worked out. Experts are uncertain about whether the plan will work. There is a possibility that the government could make a profit off from buying discounted assets. However, that would depend on the economy improving. With the bad loans off the banks' books, the government is hoping that they will be willing to lend again and stimulate the economy.

Will this massive financial intervention result in a moral hazard in the future? Can the banks recover after selling off so much of their assets for pennies on the dollar? There are many uncertainties surrounding this proposal, which will hopefully be cleared up soon. In the meantime, what are your thoughts on this historic move?
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  • kodiak 2008/09/26 22:43:48
    I think that...
    kodiak
    +6
    This is just amother attempt by the wall street money grubbers to setal all of the money out of the US Treasury. let the bastqards lose their asses and go bankrupt. throw them out in the street and issue them tickets for loitering

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  • Blaze 2008/10/10 05:04:59
    The effects of this plan do not justify the price tag.
    Blaze
    +1
    It ain't gona work
  • hrob 2008/10/06 02:31:09
    Bailing out lenders will just encourage risky lending in the future.
    hrob
    +1
    They will just take the 7000 billion and invest it in businesses that are setting up sweatshops in other countries. Taxpayer dollars will be used to export American jobs!
  • RHODE 2008/10/05 12:59:58
    Bailing out lenders will just encourage risky lending in the future.
    RHODE
    +1
    the bill is only a start to a long road of ballouts in the future.
  • redhawk1 2008/10/03 19:44:52
    I think that...
    redhawk1
    +1
    It is Not what needed to be done.. Congress is at fault with Frank.. Dud.. Schumaer Obama getting Heavy Cash from Freddy and Fanny from where the Problem of forcing Banks to lend to borrowers without the financial ability to pay back .. Acorn , an Obama trained Neighorhood Bunch of Hoods, Forbed by various tactics to Lend under similar conditions and had been funded by Organizations of which Obama was a director...
    Congress is refusing accountability once more and we get Screwed once again but the Congressional Morons cover their Incapable ability to Govern Ethically... Fire the bunch as they try to Cure Cancer with a band aid and an aspirin just for " SHOW' ...Cretins all!!

    1-John McCain wrote a letter to the SEC and Pres. Bush in 2005, warning them that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and Country Wide were making loans to people that they knew could not afford them.

    2-That they were bundling a re-selling the loans to banks with no visibility into the loans stability.

    3-CountryWide sold 10,000 loans a day (2.5 million a year, 25 million loans since 1998), to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with no checks on borrower income, at 110% the appraised value of the real estate, with two tier loan rates knowing that most borrowers could not affored the second tier.

    4-John McCain put all...

















    It is Not what needed to be done.. Congress is at fault with Frank.. Dud.. Schumaer Obama getting Heavy Cash from Freddy and Fanny from where the Problem of forcing Banks to lend to borrowers without the financial ability to pay back .. Acorn , an Obama trained Neighorhood Bunch of Hoods, Forbed by various tactics to Lend under similar conditions and had been funded by Organizations of which Obama was a director...
    Congress is refusing accountability once more and we get Screwed once again but the Congressional Morons cover their Incapable ability to Govern Ethically... Fire the bunch as they try to Cure Cancer with a band aid and an aspirin just for " SHOW' ...Cretins all!!

    1-John McCain wrote a letter to the SEC and Pres. Bush in 2005, warning them that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and Country Wide were making loans to people that they knew could not afford them.

    2-That they were bundling a re-selling the loans to banks with no visibility into the loans stability.

    3-CountryWide sold 10,000 loans a day (2.5 million a year, 25 million loans since 1998), to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with no checks on borrower income, at 110% the appraised value of the real estate, with two tier loan rates knowing that most borrowers could not affored the second tier.

    4-John McCain put all this in a letter in 2005 to the SEC and stated that this practice was endangering the economy and would cause a depression.

    5-John McCain asked the Senate to investigate this .

    6-Barack Obama and the rest of the Democrats voted against it.

    7-Barack Obama recieved over $500,000 in campaign contributions from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The second highest amount in the senate, only topped by Barney Frank the chairman of the banking comittee.

    John McCain Understands the Economy.
    John McCain called the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac./ Country Wide Loan scam two years before any one else.
    This scam covered up by Barack Obama and the democrats is endangering the whole Economy.

    Barack Obama took Bribes from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Just like the rest of the Democrats

    Barack Obama has the ex Ceo of Fannie Mae on his campain staff.


    Tony
    Just A Roman Catholic Italian Kid from Brooklyn
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  • pattycake1962 2008/10/01 20:31:47
    I think that...
    pattycake1962
    +2
    If The plan is not for the people and by the people it will not work. It is simply bailing out again an initiative begun by Clinton's Admin and which had Obama grabbing over$120,000 from the freddie failure. Go ahead bailout the companies that failout.

    What happens when you as the manager cause a business to fail? They'll have your box of things ready for you at the door the next day and don't expect a severevce package like Obama's economic advisor got when he failed. Let your kids & grandkids pay the sum, who cares anyway? I do.;do you? YOUTUBE: Explosive Video, Fannie Mae CEO calling Obama and the Dems the "Family" and "Conscience" of Fannie Mae
  • star 2008/10/01 14:17:43
    I think that...
    star
    +1
    Good idea needs to eliminate too flexible variable loans and look seriously at the way balloon loans are created and limit the amount of balloon loans. The unfixed loan rates and the balloon are a big part of the problems.
  • Nin 2008/09/30 22:29:01
    I think that...
    Nin
    +3
    The private sector should come to the rescue of these institutions. Or let them file bankruptcy like any private business in need of reorganization. Greed should not be rewarded at the expense of this country's citizens.
  • graysev 2008/09/30 19:11:19
    Rescuing the banks from mortgage debts is the best course of action.
    graysev
    +1
    However,we wouldn't be in this shape if Wall Street would have gotten its act together years ago.
  • bob 2008/09/30 16:51:41 (edited)
    I think that...
    bob
    +2
    I’m against the $85,000,000,000.00 bailout of AIG.

    Instead, I’m in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in a We Deserve It Dividend.

    To make the math simple, let’s assume there are 200,000,000 bona fide U.S. Citizens 18 .

    Our population is about 301,000,000 /- counting every man, woman and child. So 200,000,000 might be a fair stab at adults 18 and up.

    So divide 200 million adults 18 into $85 billon that equals $425,000.00.

    My plan is to give $425,000 to every person 18 as a We Deserve It Dividend.

    Of course, it would NOT be tax free. So let’s assume a tax rate of 30%. Every individual 18 has to pay $127,500.00 in taxes. That sends $25,500,000,000 right back to Uncle Sam.

    But it means that every adult 18 has $297,500.00 in their pocket.

    A husband and wife has $595,000.00.

    What would you do with $297,500.00 to $595,000.00 in your family?

    **Pay off your mortgage – housing crisis solved.
    **Repay college loans – what a great boost to new grads.
    **Put away money for college – it’ll be there.
    **Save in a bank – create money to loan to entrepreneurs.
    **Buy a new car – create jobs
    **Invest in the market – capital drives growth
    **Pay for your parent’s medical insurance – health care improves
    **Enable Deadbeat Dads to come clean – or else

    Remember...





















    I’m against the $85,000,000,000.00 bailout of AIG.

    Instead, I’m in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in a We Deserve It Dividend.

    To make the math simple, let’s assume there are 200,000,000 bona fide U.S. Citizens 18 .

    Our population is about 301,000,000 /- counting every man, woman and child. So 200,000,000 might be a fair stab at adults 18 and up.

    So divide 200 million adults 18 into $85 billon that equals $425,000.00.

    My plan is to give $425,000 to every person 18 as a We Deserve It Dividend.

    Of course, it would NOT be tax free. So let’s assume a tax rate of 30%. Every individual 18 has to pay $127,500.00 in taxes. That sends $25,500,000,000 right back to Uncle Sam.

    But it means that every adult 18 has $297,500.00 in their pocket.

    A husband and wife has $595,000.00.

    What would you do with $297,500.00 to $595,000.00 in your family?

    **Pay off your mortgage – housing crisis solved.
    **Repay college loans – what a great boost to new grads.
    **Put away money for college – it’ll be there.
    **Save in a bank – create money to loan to entrepreneurs.
    **Buy a new car – create jobs
    **Invest in the market – capital drives growth
    **Pay for your parent’s medical insurance – health care improves
    **Enable Deadbeat Dads to come clean – or else

    Remember this is for every adult U S Citizen 18 including the folks who lost their jobs at Lehman Brothers and every other company that is cutting back. And of course, for those serving in our Armed Forces.

    If we’re going to re-distribute wealth let’s really do it... instead of trickling out a puny $1000.00 ( “vote buy” ) economic incentive that is being proposed by one of our candidates for President. If we’re going to do an $85 billion bailout, let’s bail out every adult U S Citizen 18 !

    As for AIG – liquidate it.
    **Sell off its parts.
    **Let American General go back to being American General.
    **Sell off the real estate.
    **Let the private sector bargain hunters cut it up and clean it up.

    Here’s my rationale. We deserve it and AIG doesn’t. Sure it’s a crazy idea that can “never work.” But can you imagine the Coast-To-Coast Block Party!

    How do you spell Economic Boom? $297,500.00 in my pocket!

    I trust my fellow adult Americans to know how to use the $85 Billion We Deserve It Dividend more than I do the geniuses at AIG or in Washington DC***.

    And remember… This plan only really costs $59.5 Billion because $25.5 Billion is returned instantly in taxes to Uncle Sam.

    *** (Oxymoron--geniuses at AIG or in Washington DC)

    This is entirely my opinion.

    Bob
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  • pattyca... bob 2008/10/01 20:39:09 (edited)
    pattycake1962
    I got this same information and it sounds great, but the math is not correct. I didn't take the time to figure it out for myself. It calculates out to be about $2300 /person.

    My conservative Congressman, Virgil Goode, pointed that out this past weekend, even while working on the matter. He is terrific. He has opposed every measure that attaches any bailout to the expense of the people.

    Any other business owner would be sent packing after sending the company into bankruptcy, and would need not ask for a generous severence package. See YouTube:

    Explosive Video, Fannie Mae CEO calling Obama and the Dems the "Family" and "Conscience" of Fannie Mae

    It's eye-openng! Blessings
  • Thorn 2008/09/30 15:23:28
    The effects of this plan do not justify the price tag.
    Thorn
    +1
    I agree that something probably needs to be done. Probably.
    But letting the same people who got us here in the first place come up with a plan to save "Us" just doesn't make sense.
  • Chas 2008/09/30 14:03:08
    The effects of this plan do not justify the price tag.
    Chas
    +1
    The hell with big business and all their greed, confiscate all their assets just like they do to a small business owner and let the chips fall where they may.
  • ProJS 2008/09/30 13:55:32
    I think that...
    ProJS
    +3
    I think that........the problem with our country is the LIBTARDS, SOROS, FRANKS, DODD, PELOSI, EMIL JONES, PAULSEN. I COULD GO ON AND ON AND ON. THE SIMPLEST THING TO DO IS GET RID OF EVERY LIBTARD AND START OVER. ALL OF THEM SHOULD BE IN PRISON! THEY ARE ANTI-AMERICAN. CAN SOMEONE HELP ME.........I AM LOOKING FOR MY COUNTRY BUT I CANNOT FIND IT!
  • spudfarmer 2008/09/30 05:25:47
    I think that...
    spudfarmer
    +2
    The government should stay the hell out of the way and let capitalism take care of itself. the whole problem was caused by Demacrats trying to get low income people into their own homes. I say it again the government should stay the hell out and let capitalism take care of itself
  • Diane 2008/09/30 04:41:46
    I think that...
    Diane
    +2
    There needs to be and should have been regulations on this kind of thing. There is too much greed and those people (CEO's and ones at the top) should have not gotten their pockets full on this deal. They and anyone else in the future need to be held accountable for creating this type of mess. Like Enron, it was greed. A greater number of people, taxpayers, the general public need to take a pro-active stand on what is going on in Washington instead if listening to talking heads who sway them by what they want to hear. What's in it for me is the wrong question, what's in it for all of us, our childrens future and the future of America. It can be straightened out with bi-partician leaders and bring in the best financial advisors and get John Mc Cain in there, he has some great idea's and will get the job done. He has years of experience and wants to cut earmarks, etc.
  • momof7 2008/09/30 01:40:47
    I think that...
    momof7
    +1
    The money should be divided among all the citizen 18 and above. The taxes would help the economy and the spending to pay bills, pay down mortgages, student loans, buy gas, buy necessities, etc. would stimulate the econony. The banks would just have to be foreclosed on like the citizens when we make bad choices.
  • Congrats Obama! 2008/09/30 01:02:57
    I think that...
    Congrats Obama!
    +2
    Our economy is in collapse from years of voodoo economics and the trickle down theory from rich Republican dogma. Clinton left Bush a huge surplus. Bush not only spent it but over spent money we didnt have and borrowed from China. China has now warned its banks to stop fronting loans for the United States because we are a bad risk. Our market along with all the Asian and Europian markets know we are about to implode economically. We are all at fault for voting for Republicans. Thank yourselves if you dont have a job, cant afford gas for your car, lost your health care and cant afford your mortgage. YOU VOTED FOR THIS!
  • poet4justice 2008/09/30 00:01:25
    Bailing out lenders will just encourage risky lending in the future.
    poet4justice
    +2
    well it is all welfare for the rich and nothing for the midle and the poor
  • sideng 2008/09/29 23:39:17
    I think that...
    sideng
    +2
    In the long run, there is no chance it will actually work, but only postpone the inevitable, the destruction of our economy, which has been the goal of the FED bankers since 1913. The counterfeiters at the FED, with the support of our bought-and-paid-for Congress would like nothing more than to build their totalitarian "world order" dictatorship on the ashes of the "former" US of A. and meld us into their world Communist government once and for all.
  • ♥Isis♥ 2008/09/29 04:42:30
    I think that...
    ♥Isis♥
    +1
    All the heads agreed to it We will see.
  • freeus 2008/09/29 04:40:58
    I think that...
    freeus
  • j 2008/09/29 03:39:09
    Rescuing the banks from mortgage debts is the best course of action.
    j
    +2
    its all we got right now...so go with it. it might work. there is always risk in everything we do.
  • Lucky~NOBama 2008/09/29 03:32:04 (edited)
    I think that...
    Lucky~NOBama
    +1
    Democrats try to screw American Tax Payers with Bailout Proposal!

    It’s bad enough that Dodd (D) and Obama (D) have taken so much money from Fannie, Freddie and Lehman, but on top of that their Bailout Proposal was filled taxpayers paying for their corrupt special interest groups and liberal pork barrel spending.

    The Democrats were trying to steal from hard working Americans!

    It’s the Republicans like John McCain who cleaned it up and took all the corruption out of the proposal and put safety loops and pay back to the taxpayers.

    Thank you Sr. John McCain and your Republican Friends for looking out for us!!!

    Housing 'bailout' contains millions in earmarks for leftist groups
    Jim Brown - OneNewsNow –
    There's more to the housing bailout measure than meets the eye, says a Minnesota lawmaker. She contends that members of Congress need to be called back to Washington to reverse the measure that, among other things, sends millions of taxpayer dollars to a radical illegal immigration advocacy group.

    The housing package signed into law by President Bush extends an unlimited line of credit to troubled mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae and rescues homeowners near or in foreclosure. The measure also increases the federal debt limit by another $800 billion -- and sends mi...

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    Democrats try to screw American Tax Payers with Bailout Proposal!

    It’s bad enough that Dodd (D) and Obama (D) have taken so much money from Fannie, Freddie and Lehman, but on top of that their Bailout Proposal was filled taxpayers paying for their corrupt special interest groups and liberal pork barrel spending.

    The Democrats were trying to steal from hard working Americans!

    It’s the Republicans like John McCain who cleaned it up and took all the corruption out of the proposal and put safety loops and pay back to the taxpayers.

    Thank you Sr. John McCain and your Republican Friends for looking out for us!!!

    Housing 'bailout' contains millions in earmarks for leftist groups
    Jim Brown - OneNewsNow –
    There's more to the housing bailout measure than meets the eye, says a Minnesota lawmaker. She contends that members of Congress need to be called back to Washington to reverse the measure that, among other things, sends millions of taxpayer dollars to a radical illegal immigration advocacy group.

    The housing package signed into law by President Bush extends an unlimited line of credit to troubled mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae and rescues homeowners near or in foreclosure. The measure also increases the federal debt limit by another $800 billion -- and sends millions of dollars in aid to La Raza and the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN.

    Representative Michele Bachmann (R-Minnesota), a member of the House Financial Services Committee, says she finds it "unconscionable" that the legislation included funding for the two groups, which serve as political action arms of the Democratic Party.

    "At the same time that the American taxpayer was being asked to bail these companies out, Barney Frank, the chairman of the Financial Services Committee, instituted a sort of tax on Freddie and Fannie, and that tax goes into what's called an affordable housing trust fund," explains Bachmann. "It's a really a taxpayer-subsidized housing fund, but that money will go to organizations like La Raza and...ACORN." Both groups -- "particularly ACORN," says Bachmann -- have been found to be involved in "activities where they have perpetrated voter fraud," she contends.

    Bachmann advises Congress to get back to Washington, stop the funding stream for ACORN and La Raza, and also get American taxpayers off the hook for bailing out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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  • mp 2008/09/29 02:36:49
    I think that...
    mp
    +2
    Bush brought attention of possible problems with Fanny&Fredy to the Conrgess 17 times since 2001. They never responded, for them was more important investigated streoids at Sport and other rubbish. After third attempt, Bush should called media a informed the nation. Now everybody blame him a specially Democrats will never tell the true. First step clean-up the congress - maximum 2 terms for Senators, good or bad, bye-bye!!!
  • z.kazan 2008/09/29 01:26:01
    The effects of this plan do not justify the price tag.
    z.kazan
    +3
    This is the monster that deregulation spawned. And they talk about privatizing social security? god help us.
  • bob 2008/09/29 00:00:45
    Rescuing the banks from mortgage debts is the best course of action.
    bob
    +1
    Of all the bad choices; this (with oversight) might be the best and least expensive in the long run. We'll see, won't we?

    Now, we have everyone's attention; let's go back to making wealth, not borrowing it.
  • Legend bob 2008/09/29 16:38:20
    Legend
    +1
    "Of all the bad choices; this (with oversight) might be the best and least expensive in the long run. We'll see, won't we? "

    http://www.washingtonwatch.co...

    SEC. 122. INCREASE IN STATUTORY LIMIT ON THE PUBLIC DEBT.

    Subsection (b) of section 3101 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking out the dollar limitation contained in such subsection and inserting “$11,315,000,000,000″.

    (11.3 trillion dollars!!!)

    SEC. 127. COOPERATION WITH THE FBI.

    Any Federal financial regulatory agency shall cooperate with the
    Federal Bureau of Investigation and other law enforcement agencies
    investigating fraud, misrepresentation, and malfeasance with respect
    to development, advertising, and sale of financial products.

    SEC. 128. ACCELERATION OF EFFECTIVE DATE.

    Section 203 of the Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2006
    (12 U.S.C. 461 note) is amended by striking "October 1, 2011 and
    inserting "October 1, 2008.

    (this matches with the combat troops to be deployed inside the US
    according to Army Times magazine reported by Democracy Now website)

    SEC. 131. EXCHANGE STABILIZATION FUND REIMBURSEMENT.

    (b) LIMITS ON USE OF EXCHANGE STABILIZATION FUND.—The Secretary is
    prohibited from using the Exchange Stabilization Fund for the
    establishment of any future guaranty programs for the United States
    money market mu...





    "'"
    "Of all the bad choices; this (with oversight) might be the best and least expensive in the long run. We'll see, won't we? "

    http://www.washingtonwatch.co...

    SEC. 122. INCREASE IN STATUTORY LIMIT ON THE PUBLIC DEBT.

    Subsection (b) of section 3101 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking out the dollar limitation contained in such subsection and inserting “$11,315,000,000,000″.

    (11.3 trillion dollars!!!)

    SEC. 127. COOPERATION WITH THE FBI.

    Any Federal financial regulatory agency shall cooperate with the
    Federal Bureau of Investigation and other law enforcement agencies
    investigating fraud, misrepresentation, and malfeasance with respect
    to development, advertising, and sale of financial products.

    SEC. 128. ACCELERATION OF EFFECTIVE DATE.

    Section 203 of the Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2006
    (12 U.S.C. 461 note) is amended by striking "October 1, 2011 and
    inserting "October 1, 2008.

    (this matches with the combat troops to be deployed inside the US
    according to Army Times magazine reported by Democracy Now website)

    SEC. 131. EXCHANGE STABILIZATION FUND REIMBURSEMENT.

    (b) LIMITS ON USE OF EXCHANGE STABILIZATION FUND.—The Secretary is
    prohibited from using the Exchange Stabilization Fund for the
    establishment of any future guaranty programs for the United States
    money market mutual fund industry.

    (small investor mutual funds... not covered ever!)

    to get the full understanding of what is being passed you will need
    to look up the referenced statutes. This is where the exceptions to
    the rules are located and where the "gotcha's" are hidden
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  • tyler 2008/09/28 23:07:38
    I think that...
    tyler
    +1
    Know one is God only he knows.

    Random poll http://sodahead.com/question/...
  • pdshanny 2008/09/28 22:13:16
    I think that...
    pdshanny
    +2
    It is a enormous tax on the people at the bottom. Inflation to pay debt is a tax that is paid by all of us at the same rate. Our tax system is supposed to tax at a rate based on our ability to pay. The rich who made the money by doing this are being paid for doing it by us and our getting a tax break also. The people are stupid and docile like sheep.
  • Pete 2008/09/28 21:32:43
    I think that...
    Pete
    +1
    The government is the worst organization for running a program like this. Congress is inept at best. This is a free market and the market needs to work this through. The government should insure the bad loans and let the market deal with the problem.
  • Ice 2008/09/28 19:14:22 (edited)
  • Niggy 2008/09/28 17:54:32
    I think that...
    Niggy
    +2
    it wont work. has anything bush done worked.... NO!!!
  • Legend Niggy 2008/09/30 03:13:25
    Legend
    +1
    This quagmire started long before Bush was born!

    In 1912, Woodrow Wilson made a contract with the international bankers that would give them control of our money. In return, they would finance his campaign.

    "These Bankers are connected to London Banking Houses, which, ultimately, control the FED. When England lost the Revolutionary War with America, they planned to control us, by controlling our banking system, with the profit, on the printing of our money, and our ever increasing debt."

    "On Sunday, December 23, 1913, two days before Christmas, while most of Congress was on vacation, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act into law.

    Wilson would later express profound regret over his tragic decision, stating:

    "I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men. We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated governments in the civilized world - no longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and duress of a small group of dominant ..."

    This quagmire started long before Bush was born!

    In 1912, Woodrow Wilson made a contract with the international bankers that would give them control of our money. In return, they would finance his campaign.

    "These Bankers are connected to London Banking Houses, which, ultimately, control the FED. When England lost the Revolutionary War with America, they planned to control us, by controlling our banking system, with the profit, on the printing of our money, and our ever increasing debt."

    "On Sunday, December 23, 1913, two days before Christmas, while most of Congress was on vacation, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act into law.

    Wilson would later express profound regret over his tragic decision, stating:

    "I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men. We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated governments in the civilized world - no longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and duress of a small group of dominant men."

    http://www.wakeupfromyourslum...
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  • MS 2008/09/28 16:42:45
    I think that...
    MS
    +1
    You should watch this and learn something about the mess and where it came from
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?...
  • mommaD 2008/09/28 07:16:46
    I think that...
    mommaD
    +1
    They should first nail the ones responsible for this. Fine the ones who reaped millions in bonuses. Then look at the contractors in Iraq who bilked the government for millions paid for by taxpayers. Make these good old boys pay it off until THEY are bankrupt or poor. Want more of the same? Put another Republican in. The fat cats get fatter and the working class foot the bill. That's the problem with the trickle down theory, it never gets past the first few layers. It does not work.
  • JULIE mommaD 2008/09/28 12:15:45
    JULIE
    +2
    Sweden had this same problem and handled it a lot differenly: Sweden prosecuted the responsible and made them pay restitution: which means they bankrupted everyone responsible.
  • MS mommaD 2008/09/28 16:41:54
  • Bill 2008/09/28 03:37:29
    The effects of this plan do not justify the price tag.
    Bill
    +2
    I, frankly don't think any plan will work. I still hear car and home ads on TV and on the radio where they state "No credit, slow pay, it's o.k." They are not changing their policies, and are offering credit to people they know will not pay.
  • Blue collar Blackman 2008/09/28 02:21:39 (edited)
    I think that...
    Blue collar Blackman
    +2
    Will it work? Hell yea it will work! work it's way right into Bush and work yea work work bushChaney and MCains pockets. It's the economy stupid!!!
  • sonny Blue co... 2008/09/28 04:46:31
    sonny
    +3
    700 billion dollars is just a drop in the bucket compared to what has already been taken by Bush,Cheany and McCain, it was like playing monopoly and now the game is almost over and everyone who was playing for the past eight years will walk away with park place and board walk and several get out of jail free cards. game playing years walk park board walk jail free cards
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