In 1999 Clinton convinced freddie and fannie to loosen up on the lending criteria so that "low income" people could purchase a home - even if their credit didn't support that loan. Feel good stuff that tends to divide us. Then Bush carried that forward supporting the same concept. After 9/11 the economy slowed a bit and the Federal Reserve Bank lowered interest rates - in my opinion way too far and way too fast. Couple that with the loose lending criteria and here we are. Paying the price for 16 years of bad policy. It's easy for Democrats to point fingers at Republicans and Republicans at Democrats but the fact is the both parties have failed America. They spend more time fighting amongst themselves than they do addressing the important problems that face our nation.
Cut ALL taxes across the board. Let Americans keep more of what they earn. Shrink the size of the federal govt. - it wasn't designed to be this big. We'll save BILLIONS. Socialist govts. are big. Get back to the basics. We now face some of the very issues that started the revolutionary war. Is that what we want?
Quit sending taxpayers money overseas until we get our sh*t together here at home. I can appreciate the plight of those in third world countries (oh sorry PC violation "developing nations") but we have children here at home who go to bed hungry and have no decent clothes or healthcare. Charity starts at home, folks.
Start NOW drilling offshore for oil AND refining oil shale. Start now pulling the govt. off of the backs of Americans who would like to pursue alternate sources of energy. I'm not saying that we should not have oversight on nuke plants to maintain safety and environment integrity, but remove the bureaucratic red tape that makes the whole process cost so much more than it must.
No more "redistribution of wealth". It's a foolish concept to punish those who work long hard hours everyday so that they can be taxed more heavily in order to give more money to those who refuse to work. New plan for people who are able yet refuse to work - work or go hungry.
I find it interesting that each political party claims to be the one that is best for America, yet they both divide us. Remember 9/11? There were no political parties after that - just Americans. Were we divided after the attack on Pearl Harbor?
We Americans do our BEST work when we are united. We are now at a crucial point in America. Our financial well being is at stake as is our standing in the world theater. Our national security is vulnerable on many fronts. With all of this going on it seems ridiculous that our elected representatives can't seem to pull it together without squabbling. A $700 billion dollar bail out bill and it's packed with pork. Can you believe this?
It's time that we demand better from those we elect. Stop dividing our country because a house divided CANNOT STAND! We should demand that they stop all of this petty arguing and pull this nation together again as one. Hear us or stand down so that people capable of uniting our country can get to work. We are at a crossroads here. We The People need to make a stand. We can do this.
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ReplyDeleteStep one, save any and all jobs for the hard working legal tax-paying Americans.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a compellation of all my writings. Have you been in my head Grand D ad?
ReplyDeleteFolks this is so simple. Remove all the complexities in life. Most of it comes from big government. Go back to loving our neighbors as ourselves, not just loving our democratic or rebuplican neighbors. As a whole, there is more hate across political lines than there ever has been across racial lines. This is absurd. Polititians love big government because it gives them power. Power gives them wealth. Wealth makes them out of touch with us all. If they are out of thouch, they can never understand what we are going through.
Oh, BOTH? parties have contributed to this problem?
ReplyDeleteNice try! The Democrats are up to their foreheads in this mess!
Don't you find it interesting that the dems are trying to rush thru a bailout plan?
Where's all the congressional investigations now?
Shumer, Dodd, Frank, and Slick Willie (Bubba Clinton) are the ones responsible for this mess.
I wish the main stream media would quit running propaganda for the DNC.
Why should we trust the governement to fix the disaster caused by two HUGE government run institutions?
ReplyDeleteIf our economy requires a bailout, lets start first by EXCLUDING those who systematically opposed stricter regulations on Fannie & Freddie, all of those who shielded & those who benefitted from them.
Why is Chris Dodd, Barney Franks, Obama, Schummer and many others Fannie & Freddie accomplices on Capitol hill anywhere near a "baillout" negociation? Weren't they the ones who screamed bloody murder if anyone questioned the failed giants, and now they want a quick blank check, for what? to cover their A$$$$ even more????
I am so sick of it.
honestaby
America has gone to the dogs.
ReplyDeleteThe politicians and the greedy finding was to swindle americans out of money.
The bail out as they call it is just another way of swindleing ameican tax payers out of money.
Why not give the american taxpayers abt 500 thousand a piece and you will see the economy start all over again. Let us pay taxes on it and start all over again.
Where we are headed now is down the same road.
The rich investers will not show us the way they will only swindle the taxpayer again, and remember-- you heard it here first.......
Who controls the media, Who controls the money?
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ReplyDeleteMy point is that by finger pointing we perpetuate the division of our nation. Divide and conquer is the oldest trick in the book. A united America is a strong America. This back and forth banter is destroying us! Yes! BOTH parties play a role in this. Both parties enjoy pork barrel spending. It's ridiculous. They engage in this behavior to line their pockets and buy votes.
We have to seal our borders, deal with the corruption and wasteful spending taking place here and now, and get back to being the best nation in the world. What's done is done. Learn from it and move on in a way that we don't let it happen again. Standing around and pointing our fingers isn't getting anything fixed.
We are tired of handing out free food and free housing and money to every minority in the US. That's what needs to change ! We have been doing it so long , the idiots think that is the way they live their life . A revolution is comming and I can't wait!
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ReplyDeleteI'm glad to see there are patriotic Americans willing to do whatever it takes to take our country back. Let's hope it doesn't come to that. Remember the real reason for the 2nd amendment is exactly what your talking about.
"In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot."
ReplyDeleteMark Twain
Wow! Once again minoritites get blamed for everything. Check your facts please.
ReplyDeleteThe blame belongs somewhere else.
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
ReplyDeleteThomas Jefferson
The blame lies squarely on the shoulder of the Democrat party, they refused to listen to Republicans that warned of abuse by Frannie and Freddie, the CEO's of the government agencies made millions, and now they are advisers to Obama, Johnson and Raines. The mayor of Chicago who is an asshole buddy of Obama has enough evidence against him to indict. Tony Rezko is already in jail another buddy of Obama's. Then you have terrorist William Ayers who bombed the Pentagon and is proud of it , another asshole buddy of Obama. What is wrong with the Democrat party. oh yeah it is owned by Auchi and Soros.
ReplyDeleteAnnon 4:27 pm you are confused. Stop telling and believing lies. You really sound foolish.
ReplyDeleteMinorities are NOT the only people feeding at the welfare trough....
ReplyDeleteHowever,do not expect anyone to put a stop to all the freebies anytime soon.It would put human services employees at federal,state and local levels out of work and they will not go without a fight.They and their unions will pressure politicians at every level.They will invoke heartbreaking stories of all the people who will
"suffer" if public aid is cut,but its all about self-preservation.I find it ironic that while with one child,because I can only afford to raise one child,I pay 25% of my pay from my PT job for childcare and a mother with 4,5 or 6 kids who has not planned her family responsibly gets %100 paid childcare from the state as an "incentive" to work instead of collecting benefits.Where is the fairness in that?Great post,Grandad.
I wish we'd stop sending money by the barrels to foreign countries. There are just as many people and causes right here in the USA to help, why wouldn't we help Americans first? Until such time as we've gotten our own troubles sorted out and solved we need to keep our "aid" home.
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ReplyDeleteExactly! A genuine Bipartisan push to put America FIRST! Dealing with the ISSUES that bring our economy down rather than wasting time attacking each other and wasting money buying votes.