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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 07:06 PM Original message |
Barney Frank: Expects government to recover most if not all bailout costs |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. There is NO WAY this is free |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Yeah, that Barney Frank, he doesn't know what he's talking about |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 07:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. Not gonna happen |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 07:44 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. You do realize the govt made money on several prior bailouts right? nt |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 07:54 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. I do |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 07:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Oh, I see. The actual land of America is not a real "solid asset" |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 08:08 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Nope, not an asset |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 08:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. OK, so to discuss this with you we have to be in ... |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 08:46 PM Response to Reply #40 |
52. No |
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endthewar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 09:37 PM Response to Reply #40 |
56. If only half of this nation would be financially responsible for this bailout, |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 08:13 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. They will sell our assets |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 08:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
43. What's your point? I've personally met the man and spoken with him privately at the 2005 FDP conven |
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endthewar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 09:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
55. And Bush is the President of the United States |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. Thanks for some sanity, Barney Frank and HamdenRice. nt |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. If those mortgage-products were valuable, the private sector would buy them. |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 06:20 AM Response to Reply #3 |
68. Exactly. Frank is trying some sleight-of-tongue here, or doesn't understand what he's talking about |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. OK. Let's make banks legally obligated to repurchase the "cleansed" securities.... |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
6. Barney Frank C-SPAN interview on bail-out: |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. PIMCO's Mohamed El-Erian says the same |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 07:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Do you have a link? I would find his perspective fascinating! nt |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 06:32 AM Response to Reply #18 |
70. Sorry, no link |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
8. Yeah, and I expect they are lying as usual. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. You realize that Barney Frank is a liberal Democrat, right? nt |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 07:20 PM Original message |
No, I don't think there's any such realization.... |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
19. And I think you don't know anything about me and are jumping to conclusions. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 07:39 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. then go ahead and run for office, and let's see you do a better job. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 07:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Weak answer. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 08:08 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. Dearie, talk about "weak"--calling Barney Frank a liar is about as weak as it gets. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 08:10 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. He's a politician. He is a liar. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 08:19 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. So, maybe you are, too. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 08:20 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Adios. nt |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 07:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. I love Barney Frank |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 08:45 PM Response to Reply #28 |
51. Thanks for posting actual facts rather than just accusations. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 07:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. I know exactly who Barney Frank is. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 08:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
35. how interesting that you link him to Specter. And the OP is one of the |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 08:11 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Hi Cali. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
10. No, the money is NOT being used to buy good mortgages. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 07:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Facts? Data? Do you have any at all? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
33. As I said, it's clear you were not paying attention 20 years ago. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 08:08 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. "mouthing GOP talking points" -- Yep Barney Frank, spouter of GOP talking points |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 09:08 PM Response to Reply #38 |
53. Yes, GOP talking points. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 09:09 AM Response to Reply #53 |
73. You seem to have no actual information |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 08:22 PM Response to Reply #33 |
48. There are no "good" and "bad" mortgages, as someone as smug as yourself must know |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 09:32 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. Of course there are good and bad mortgages. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 09:38 PM Response to Reply #48 |
57. doesn't make any sense. |
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stranger81 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
11. if this were true, then private actors would be stepping up to buy up the trouble institutions |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 07:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I have no "dog in this fight" other than that I hope the entire financial system |
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David Dunham (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 07:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. We will LOSE big time if a Dem Congress stops the bailout. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 07:47 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. "Here, quick, shove this up your ass, don't ask questions!" |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 07:57 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Do you believe that??? |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. You sound bitter, disillusioned. |
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clear eye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
13. I'm sorry, but Frank doesn't have a good track record on big economic decisions. |
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galileoreloaded (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 06:13 AM Response to Reply #13 |
67. Frank is grasping at straws, justifying his job and trying to keep it as long as he can...nt |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
17. If they're so valuable, why does the Fed have to buy them? |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 07:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. In a liquidity crisis normal rules don't apply |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 09:38 PM Response to Reply #17 |
58. Barney Frank is talking out his ass. |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
21. WHO WILL BUY THE "FIXED" SECURITIES? |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 07:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Read the super super excellent "This American Life" piece on |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 07:44 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Your bank just missed going belly-up because you bought too much mbs... |
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pberq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
44. Recover the money???? |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
45. They're too big to fail and we're too small to matter.. |
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Olney Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 08:38 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. Very good post, Doug. |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 06:30 AM Response to Reply #45 |
69. Consider posting this as a thread |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
49. Wow, so even Frank is trying to sell swampland |
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endthewar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 09:39 PM Response to Reply #49 |
59. It's only about $3,000 per tax payer |
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sam kane (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
60. Barney Frank is Newt Gringrich |
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Marsala (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 06:06 AM Response to Reply #60 |
66. Well, it's not so astonishing... |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
61. HamdenRice |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 06:03 AM Response to Reply #61 |
64. No one can predict, but if the feds do nothing, a great depression is highly probable |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 06:43 AM Response to Reply #64 |
71. The Effing Great Depression |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 06:55 AM Response to Reply #64 |
72. Thank you for taking the time to explain your point of view |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
62. Hi mole! |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
63. You are enabling a giant ripoff, HR. |
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KewlKat (867 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 06:06 AM Response to Original message |
65. We have about as much of a chance of |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
74. Iraq will pay for itself; people will meet us with flowers. nt |
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