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‘Zero US effort’ on housing slammed
The Financial Times ^ | 10/29/07 | Matthew Garrahan

Posted on 10/29/2007 8:59:36 PM PDT by bruinbirdman

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1 posted on 10/29/2007 8:59:37 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
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“In terms of tangible effort from the federal government...there has been no programme, no federal effort, no legislative assistance – zero,” he said.

You, sir, are sounding like an idiot extraordinaire.

Why in the h*ll do you think the government ought to bail your butt?

It’s fun watching liberals whine.

2 posted on 10/29/2007 9:04:05 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
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To: bruinbirdman

What does he think he is - a farmer?


3 posted on 10/29/2007 9:04:13 PM PDT by Last Dakotan
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Don’t tell me the government is actually letting the market deal with the situation.


4 posted on 10/29/2007 9:04:26 PM PDT by americanophile
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zero effort=bail out


5 posted on 10/29/2007 9:06:13 PM PDT by BGHater (Bread and Circuses)
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What is it about California that makes their property values so much higher than the rest of America?
And why should the rest of us care about bailing out people who are stupid enough to pay those inflated prices to live in a congested desert fault zone, subject to brush fires and landslides?


6 posted on 10/29/2007 9:06:53 PM PDT by o_zarkman44 (No Bull in 08!)
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...the government is actually letting the market deal with the situation.

Now THAT is a truly scary thought.

For those idiots.

7 posted on 10/29/2007 9:07:38 PM PDT by LasVegasMac (Islam: Bringing the world death and destruction for 1400 years!)
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To: bruinbirdman

“In terms of tangible effort from the federal government...there has been no programme, no federal effort, no legislative assistance – zero,” he said.”

Good.


8 posted on 10/29/2007 9:08:44 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (...."We're the govt, and we're here to hurt."....)
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As long as [house] values keep falling, the subprime situation will get worse.”

Would someone explain that to me? I don't get it.

9 posted on 10/29/2007 9:09:19 PM PDT by gitmo (From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.)
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Angelo Mozilo, chief executive of Countrywide Financial

This scumbag Mozilo - - the same scumbag who happily cashed his substantial paychecks while his company was raking in the dough making risky loans to bums - - now wants the taxpayers to save his fat rear end? Drop dead, Mozilo.

10 posted on 10/29/2007 9:09:19 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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What does he think he is - a farmer?

LOL

11 posted on 10/29/2007 9:09:33 PM PDT by freedomdefender
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What is it about California that makes their property values so much higher than the rest of America?

Nothing at all. It all sucks. Stay home. We're full.

12 posted on 10/29/2007 9:09:33 PM PDT by Dinsdale
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Why did you purposely lend money to people that you knew couldn't pay it back?
13 posted on 10/29/2007 9:09:52 PM PDT by mortal19440
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This mortage scandal is without doubt the boldest and most expensive SWINDLE in the history of the world. The government should be putting tens of thousands in JAIL not billions in BAILOUT.


14 posted on 10/29/2007 9:10:16 PM PDT by nkycincinnatikid
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I agree that the Government needs to do much more about the subprime mess.

Step #1: arrest and convict Mozillo.


15 posted on 10/29/2007 9:11:35 PM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free
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Angelo Mozilo guarantees that this house of cards will be stable if the federales just add another deck or two to shore it up.


16 posted on 10/29/2007 9:13:52 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (May the heirs of Charles Martel and Jan Sobieski rise up again to defend Europe.)
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You’ve got to love him speaking to the ‘Milken Institute’.


17 posted on 10/29/2007 9:14:07 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: gitmo
As long as [house] values keep falling, the subprime situation will get worse.

Subprime loans are usually low (or no) downpayment loans to bums. Once a loan balance exceeds the value of a home, the bum figures, "Why bother?" And then the bum waves goodbye to the house and basically says to the bank, "Enjoy your new house." Because he's a bum.

As values fall, more and more bums take their cue.

18 posted on 10/29/2007 9:14:22 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Dinsdale

“Stay home. We’re full.”
No problemo.


19 posted on 10/29/2007 9:15:51 PM PDT by o_zarkman44 (No Bull in 08!)
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To: gitmo

Tough to refinance a $ 500 000 house with a $ 450 000 mortgage when the price of the home drops to $ 400 000 in value. Value of the home is smaller than the loan amount. The $ 450 000 mortgage note held by the lender could not be bundled and sold to a re mortgage company because they cannot come up with a discount price for the mortgage. If the lender cannot sell off his mortgage notes, he cannot go to the bank to borrow more money to lend to new home buyers. The cash flow starts to freeze up, making the money available to new homebuyers, carbuyers and business to borrow. Economy starts to gum up.


20 posted on 10/29/2007 9:16:24 PM PDT by Fee (An American empire can only be built by leaders with the stomach of Romans.)
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