Clueless about the economy

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Registered: 03-17-2006
Clueless about the economy
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Tue, 09-16-2008 - 7:37am
Does John McCain really believe that our economy is fundamentally sound? Is this guy out of his freakin’ mind? He is either too old or too stupid to be president. Umployment is down. Wages are down. The price of everything is up. The deficit is up. The national debt is up. Yeah, sounds like the economy is in great shape, John. Perhaps it is time for another tax break for those who make over $250,000 a year. We could use some of that Reagan trickledown voodoo economics about now.
Perhaps when McCain is elected, his new treasury secretary Phil Gramm will straighten all of us whiners out?
The guys seem to be clueless about the economy.

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Registered: 09-09-2008
Wed, 09-17-2008 - 1:17pm
It seems that people so easily swayed by "hope and change" can just as easily be swayed by "fear mongering" and finger-pointing.
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Registered: 09-09-2008
Wed, 09-17-2008 - 1:19pm
especially when they keep saying that we're no safer now. If it never happened in their minds, then maybe there's nothing to compare it too. I guess that explains their reasoning. ; )
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Registered: 01-05-2008
Wed, 09-17-2008 - 1:50pm

I disagree with your argument.

 

 

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Registered: 03-18-2000
Wed, 09-17-2008 - 1:57pm

"(interest-only loans, no money down loans, sub-prime adjustable loans, etc.)"


I'd never heard of some these 'creative' mortgage loans

 


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Registered: 03-25-2007
Wed, 09-17-2008 - 2:16pm

Why, then, do you think Bush and cronies felt it necessary to strong-arm out state banking regulators?

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Registered: 03-18-2000
Wed, 09-17-2008 - 2:34pm

See video at link.........


Obama Saw Subprime Mortgage Meltdown Coming, Tried to Stop It!


If you want to understand the difference between how Senator McCain and I would govern as President, you can start by taking a look at how we've responded to this crisis. Because Senator McCain's approach was the same as the Bush Administration's: support ideological policies that made the crisis more likely; do nothing as the crisis hits; and then scramble as the whole thing collapses. My approach has been to try to prevent this turmoil. In February of 2006, I introduced legislation to stop mortgage transactions that promoted fraud, risk or abuse. A year later, before the crisis hit, I warned Secretary Paulson and Chairman Bernanke about the risks of mounting foreclosures and urged them to bring together all the stakeholders to find solutions to the subprime mortgage meltdown. Senator McCain did nothing.


 


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Registered: 01-23-2008
Wed, 09-17-2008 - 2:38pm
We don't get the NY Times.
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Registered: 03-18-2000
Wed, 09-17-2008 - 2:47pm

Here's the link to the NY Times.


You have

 


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Registered: 08-29-2008
Wed, 09-17-2008 - 4:21pm

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,423701,00.html

Lehman Brothers collapse is traced back to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two big mortgage banks that got a federal bailout a few weeks ago.

Freddie and Fannie used huge lobbying budgets and political contributions to keep regulators off their backs.

A group called the Center for Responsive Politics keeps track of which politicians get Fannie and Freddie political contributions. The top three U.S. senators getting big Fannie and Freddie political bucks were Democrats and No. 2 is Sen. Barack Obama.

Now remember, he's only been in the Senate four years, but he still managed to grab the No. 2 spot ahead of John Kerry — decades in the Senate — and Chris Dodd, who is chairman of the Senate Banking Committee.

Fannie and Freddie have been creations of the congressional Democrats and the Clinton White House, designed to make mortgages available to more people and, as it turns out, some people who couldn't afford them.

Fannie and Freddie have also been places for big Washington Democrats to go to work in the semi-private sector and pocket millions. The Clinton administration's White House Budget Director Franklin Raines ran Fannie and collected $50 million. Jamie Gorelick — Clinton Justice Department official — worked for Fannie and took home $26 million. Big Democrat Jim Johnson, recently on Obama's VP search committee, has hauled in millions from his Fannie Mae CEO job.

Now remember: Obama's ads and stump speeches attack McCain and Republican policies for the current financial turmoil. It is demonstrably not Republican policy and worse, it appears the man attacking McCain — Sen. Obama — was at the head of the line when the piggies lined up at the Fannie and Freddie trough for campaign bucks.

Sen. Barack Obama: No. 2 on the Fannie/Freddie list of favored politicians after just four short years in the Senate.

Next time you see that ad, you might notice he fails to mention that part of the Fannie and Freddie problem.

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Registered: 08-29-2008
Wed, 09-17-2008 - 4:25pm

Check this out from Govtracks:

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/record.xpd?id=109-s20060525-16&bill=s109-190

Quote from John McCain: "For years I have been concerned about the regulatory structure that governs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac--known as Government-sponsored entities or GSEs--and the sheer magnitude of these companies and the role they play in the housing market. OFHEO's report this week does nothing to ease these concerns. In fact, the report does quite the contrary. OFHEO's report solidifies my view that the GSEs need to be reformed without delay."

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