Posted on 05/13/2009 6:19:23 PM PDT by Cindy
Note: The following text is a quote:
THE BRIEFING ROOM
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary _____________________________________________________ For Immediate Release May 13, 2009
TEXT OF A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 12, 2009
Dear Madam Speaker:
Last month, I asked the Congress to consider changes to the level of borrowing authority for the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Today, I formally transmit this request in the accompanying supplemental budget request. I urge that the Congress expand the resources available to the IMF through its New Arrangements to Borrow (NAB) and approve a set of other proposals to strengthen the IMF, including an increase of about $8 billion in the U.S. quota subscription to the IMF.
The NAB is one mechanism that the IMF utilizes to boost its lending ability when its regular resources are at their limit in the face of circumstances that threaten the stability of the international monetary system. This increase in the NAB by the United States and other countries would provide the necessary resources for the IMF to address financial dangers in markets around the world, especially those in developing countries impacted by the global financial crisis.
To that end, I request that the Congress approve both the U.S. expansion of NAB up to $100 billion and the increase in the U.S. quota subscription. The size of the NAB is currently $50 billion. This change, and the U.S. quota increase, should carry a minimal budget score as it is equivalent in some respects to credit activity with very small risk. The request provides that the costs of these proposed NAB and quota increases will be reflected on a net present value basis.
This step is crucial for U.S. economic interests. Many of the developing countries that would benefit from the NAB expansion are experiencing severe economic decline and a massive withdrawal of capital. Should the situation become worse, and should the IMF not be in a position to stem the crisis, currencies could collapse. The experience with the Asian financial crisis shows that such a massive failure would be a catalyst for steeper drops in U.S. growth, jobs, and exports.
This proposal, first discussed at the international level at the recent G-20 meetings in London, came after broad consultation with Congress. The U.S. expansion of $100 billion in the NAB would be part of an overall international expansion of $500 billion. We committed to this expansion, and other countries are looking to the United States to deliver on our commitment.
Sincerely, BARACK OBAMA
Insanity alert.
Did Bela Pelosi ask him if he wants his feet rubbed after?
George Washington ... Farewell address ... 17 September 1796
Asia has established its own facility recently with $180 billion for Asian countries to AVOID having to borrow from the IMF...the amount is symbolic of intent, and can be expanded probably as easily as the POTUS request from Congress is proposed to expand the IMFs capabilities as well as the US influence on the IMF. The IMF has competition now as Asia may be partially decoupling from the West. Sharia banking may have the same idea.
The most absurd comment in the letter:
“...should carry a minimal budget score as it is equivalent in some respects to credit activity with very small risk.”
Yes. Insanity at its finest.
Keep doing what you’re doing and expect different results.
I think that memo is pretty cool. Why? Well, the Treasury will just print money. Hey, it worked for the Wiemar Republic, didn't it? It work for Japan in the '90s didn't it? It worked for Zimbabwe, didn't it? It work for...
We are so screwed.
5.56mm
“We are so screwed.”
OPINION:
Exactly.
Is this Marxist-Turbo-Flatulent-Washington-CodeSpeak for “let’s keep redistributing the wealth”, this time to third-world thugs and banana republics?
The NAB. Surely they thought of the acronym before they assigned it...?
...aka “spreading the wealth” — wealth described as your hard-earned tax payer dollars?
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OPINION:
Yes.
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