Friday, September 26, 2008

Those in the middle always get squeezed

I have to say I for one am not looking forward to the ass raping I am about to receive. 700 billion divided by the approximately 150 million of us who pay taxes equates to a little less than $4700 a person. The price tag is high, but not too hard a pill to swallow, but the act which causes the bile to rise up into the back of my throat is that there is no lesson learned. Consequence for actions is a great motivator, one finger in the light socket and a child learns that this is not a wise decision. Everyone gets a pass in this one, clearing a path to grander more calculated levels of financial malevolence. Let it all burn, let consequence take its rightful place and you will see a stronger financial system where common sense is the norm instead of the aberration. If we continue to throw good money after bad to buy something we know is worthless, we deserve the consequences.

I have some concerns about the vagueness of the plan and the fact that not all facets are being considered.

After the federal goverment buys said debt, are they in fact the owner of the house represented by the debt? If said house is in foreclosure, is the federal goverment on the hook to maintain it? What will the federal goverment do with said properties it owns? Will they make it goverment housing? If they own the property, and they are not interested in turning a profit because they are not business, and they do not rely on revenue generated to fund their operations, will they sell these properties at a loss in effect resetting the property values to whatever arbitrary level they deem acceptable? If the property values are significantly harmed, what will happen to the responsible people in the neighborhood, who paid their mortgages, won't this be adding insult to injury?

2 comments:

Adam said...

What I find more frightening is what they want to do with the profits. A great deal of the money earned from the plan is said to go ACORN. For those of you who don't know what that is, it is 100% the cause of the financial crisis. It is the organization that pressured congress to find housing for poor people and adopt the ridiculous no money down mortgages. These fools actually forced banks to increase the risk of their loans and with the help of Barney Frank in Congress let the banks run wild with it. Now billions of dollars are going to go back to these people?!? Liberalism truly is a mental disorder.

Leighton said...

I think this plan is a disgrace to this country and the basic principles of Capitalism. These companies should be allowed to die. The only bailout I have agreed with was Fannie and Freddie, because those companies carried the implicit gaurantee from the very beginning.

For the gov't to step up and throw $700 BILLION at the problem in a matter of days...scares me. Where did this figure come from? Where is it all going?

Not to mention it is a PRIVATE COMPANY that was run into the ground by the very people WE are bailing out. I vote NO to this socialist bailout.