Re: Bailout Bill Dangerous, Inflationary, Unnecessary, and Unconstitutional

Thurman Senn — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:49:03 -0000

I am posting this Comment. I'm also staying up late sending this same message to as many Congressmen and women as I could.

First, I’m mad as **** that Congress is even having to consider such legislation. What did my tax dollars pay for when it was paying the salaries of all of the regulators at the Federal Reserve, FDIC, and SEC that allowed the problem to get this bad? Why should my tax dollars bail out all the idiots and/or crooks that have gotten themselves into this mess? I have a mortgage that I pay for every month. My father doesn’t have a mortgage. It's unfair for us to pay for all this.

Second, I strongly urge everyone to oppose the proposal until we get some clear answers to some fundamental questions.

1. Where did the $700 billion number come from? What data supports this number? How exactly does our economy get destroyed if we don't do this?

2. What exactly will the federal government be buying – prime mortgages, second lien mortgages, subprime mortgages, “stated income” (liar loan) mortgages, etc.?

3. What price is being paid? How and who is determining the price? Using what criteria?

4. Who exactly will be the sellers? Who decides?

5. What is the government going to do with whatever it buys? If the government isn’t going to do it (e.g., service the mortgages) who’s going to get hired and at what price? What standards measure performance? If loans are going to be restructured, who decides what the revised mortgage loan terms are going to be? Will everyone get the same deal or will there be "favorites" getting better deals than others?

6. What can the selle’s do with the money they receive? Since they’ve already bungled the money they had, what’s to prevent them from making poor investments the second time?

None of these questions are being answered to my satisfaction in the news reports.

Also, I noted that the proposed bill from Treasury allowed for purchases of commercial mortgages. What??! Why are we (the taxpayer) buying commercial mortgages?

$700 billion!!! Legislators fight like a dog over a few million. I expect all voters and citizens to demand answers and hold people accountable. I certainly will be the next time I have to vote.

Thurman Senn
Louisville, Kentucky

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