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Talk about rewarding bad behavior."<BR/><BR/>Whose bad behavior is being rewarded -- in your opinion?no_slappzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04207475509053402475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17646926.post-54981155556078541902008-07-23T21:24:00.000-04:002008-07-23T21:24:00.000-04:00@ SHINE: Just saw it myself. What is "small enoug...@ SHINE: Just saw it myself. What is "small enough to fail" exactly? At some point, doesn't the US government HAVE to start practicing capitalism instead of just preaching it?KELSO'S NUTShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14636889771989672795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17646926.post-47186003963747883222008-07-23T21:12:00.000-04:002008-07-23T21:12:00.000-04:00I'm sure that you will be glad to hear that they j...I'm sure that you will be glad to hear that they just bailed fannie and freddie out. 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The current problem is hitting a different part of the financial world.<BR/><BR/>You said:<BR/><BR/>"The cost of the S&L crisis is astounding to every taxpayer - $175 billion or more. It impacted the resent value of the dollar today wouldn’t u agree"<BR/><BR/>The impact of the S&L Crisis is long past and no longer affects the economy, except in positive ways. As far as affecting the value of the dollar, well, in the 1980s and 1990s there was a period when the dollar was weak compared with the Japanese Yen. Japanese investors were buying US assets as fast as possible and there was agonizing over a new Japanese invasion, an invasion using money instead of bombs.<BR/><BR/>You said:<BR/><BR/>"Banks are in trouble now folk and economic crimes were called violent crime selling a rock was considered such jones"<BR/><BR/>No. Banks are not in trouble. That's a key point. A couple of banks are under pressure. But there is no widespread problem. Why? Because banks are watched closely by federal and state agencies that are quick to act on problems. <BR/><BR/>Also, "banks" are NOT "savings & loans". The two are legally different, but those differences were minimized as a result of the S&L Crisis.<BR/><BR/>You said:<BR/> <BR/>"We couild reciprocate and say the same about Zionist terror..."<BR/><BR/>Zionist terror? What's that? <BR/><BR/>You said:<BR/><BR/>"...or our form of economic terror called sanctions, these did not occur in isolation of other acts or in a vacuum"<BR/><BR/>Economic terror? What does that mean? Those two words do not go together.no_slappzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04207475509053402475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17646926.post-21963857218654704402008-07-23T14:45:00.000-04:002008-07-23T14:45:00.000-04:00Jay Midnyte I got a copy of that brief LOLdejanae ...Jay Midnyte <BR/>I got a copy of that brief LOL<BR/><BR/>dejanae <BR/>Yea folk got to if I don’t who will<BR/><BR/>T.C. <BR/>Aint that the truth<BR/><BR/>Charece <BR/>Thank u. 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What's wrong with that picture.<BR/><BR/>Unload the extra baggage so the plane can fly and make it to its intended destination.Rich Fitzgeraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02402320643799892517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17646926.post-43114186254823157192008-07-23T08:55:00.000-04:002008-07-23T08:55:00.000-04:001st a complaint and a compliment almost e'vry time...<I>1st a complaint and a compliment</I> almost e'vry time i come ta here, i gotta go look up in a gawd dang dog dictionary for some durn word!<BR/><BR/><I> sulcus !!!!!! </I><BR/><BR/>but you know that smart stuff turns a sistah on!!!<BR/><BR/>from the detroit perspective, the housing market was bust way before they really started getting to the nitty gritty.<BR/><BR/>Personally, I think we (the country) has focused too much on making money and materials outside of the US and too proud to simplify our own means in order to grow. <BR/><BR/>Burn it all down and come back better is a good suggestion for this country, LOL, but I don't think that'll change its state of mind.<BR/><BR/>I could be talking out the side of my ear again or just being the brown blonde and my political opinion don't mattah much, but hey, I think it's a K.I.S.S. solution to a perplexing problem.<BR/><BR/><B>Sylvia Hubbard<BR/><I>Author and Blogger of <A HREF="http://loveablackwoman.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">How to Love A Black Woman</A></I></B><BR/><BR/>PS: Gawd, that pic was too the grossest!Sylvia Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12058864162890325349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17646926.post-89449272894287981402008-07-23T03:44:00.000-04:002008-07-23T03:44:00.000-04:00love the opening graphic to this postreminds me of...love the opening graphic to this post<BR/>reminds me of Call Of Duty 4!! lOl<BR/>"ready...lock and load...watch your bak..<BR/>THROW THE BOMB..go, go...."<BR/>ahahah i love that game.<BR/><BR/><BR/>economist niice.♥SjHarrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06204871747365071151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17646926.post-32926991854896713652008-07-23T00:18:00.000-04:002008-07-23T00:18:00.000-04:00The Savings & Loan Crisis of the 1980s and 199...The Savings & Loan Crisis of the 1980s and 1990s whomped the US economy far harder than the current credit troubles.<BR/><BR/>But when politicians look out over the country and their constituents, they know they can count on their short memories and their absolutely nonexistent interest in economic history.<BR/><BR/>Despite a couple of oil shocks in the 1970s, the US oil industry was boomed into 1983. Then it acted like it had been shot in the head. Everything crashed. <BR/><BR/>Oil prices had been at record levels. Then they crashed. We had a glut. Drilling rigs were suddenly idle. A supply bubble in the Natural Gas industry began to kill the industry. <BR/><BR/>Banks were in trouble. Big loans for oil drilling rigs and all the other oilfield equipment went into default when oil demand collapsed. Oil companies began to lay off workers. Soon workers had trouble paying their mortgages. Worse for the Savings & Loans was the fact that looser regulations allowed them to invest directly in office buildings, shopping malls, condos and more. <BR/><BR/>But suddenly companies were closing and had no need for office space; shoppers were too short of cash to shop; and the housing market collapsed. <BR/><BR/>Collapsed. In many areas of the Oil Patch housing prices fell MORE than 50%. People mailed their keys to the bank and moved. Mortgage rates were 12%. Certificates of Deposit paid 12%, sometimes more if it was issued by a Savings & Loan that was desperate for cash to improve its regulatory capital base.<BR/><BR/>Bankruptcies soared. <BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, the US was spending madly on defense. New everything for the military, which had been shortchanged since the Vietnam War ended. The country was heading deep into debt. Reagan was accused of spending recklessly on advanced missile systems to keep the US ahead of the Soviet Union.<BR/><BR/>Cities were in trouble. Violent crime was soaring. Cocaine was everywhere; crack had hit the streets. AIDS appeared, and the spread of AIDS brought many people to the edge of panic. AIDS deaths began to accelerate. People demanded a cure from the government, and claimed that deliberate foot-dragging by the Reagan administration was the reason no cure was forthcoming.<BR/><BR/>In 1983, muslim terrorists committed their first suicide bombing when two of them drove a truck full of explosives into the Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 241 Marines. Several years later, muslim terrorists from Libya detonated a bomb on Pan Am Flight 103 over Scotland, killing almost 300 passengers, mostly students heading home to the US.<BR/><BR/>In 1984 Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro ran against Reagan and Bush. Despite voters' concerns that the country was coming apart at the seams, the Reagan/Bush team won big. Four years later Bush beat a hapless Mike Dukakis. <BR/><BR/>A year before Dukakis was trounced, the stock market crashed. It tanked in October 1987. Nevertheless, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was higher at the end of the year than the start. Along the way the Savings & Loan Crisis got worse. Hundreds and hundreds of S&Ls collapsed and were seized by the government. They were insured by the Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation, which itself collapsed due to the magnitude of the problem. <BR/><BR/>The S&L Crisis was brought under control through a Taxpayer-Funded Bailout -- Unlike today's financial problems, which might not require government (taxpayer) help.<BR/><BR/>However, I think the turning point of all turning points was reached when Ross Perot was running for president in 1992. He spoke at fund-raising dinners, probably retelling the same tale I heard at the Grand Hyatt over Grand Central Terminal in New York City.<BR/><BR/>He placed his flip-charts and other visual aids on a stand and gave a detailed accounting of his claim that CitiCorp was a bankrupt institution and it would keel over dead soon. Very soon. At that point, with its large troubled-loan portfolio, CitiCorp stock was trading around $3 a share. I think it bottomed the day Perot spoke in NYC. <BR/><BR/>Then Citi stock began an upward run that lasted more than a decade. Perot was the perfect contra-indicator. And his presence in the presidential race took enough votes from Bush 41 to give Clinton the White House.<BR/><BR/>In summary, American life is always a little messy, but the economy always recovers. Moreover, it seems as though each recovery springs the economy to significantly higher peaks.no_slappzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04207475509053402475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17646926.post-2786063576875593232008-07-22T22:39:00.000-04:002008-07-22T22:39:00.000-04:00There is nothing like the economy to get people fi...There is nothing like the economy to get people fired up huh.<BR/><BR/>Any expanding economy must contract, hence recession is inevitable. Now, certain people (i.e. folks in particular industries etc) are more vulnerable to economic downturns than others. We should have safety nets (personal and federal) to buffer the effects of a slow economy. <BR/><BR/>I must say, however, that the challenges that US economy currently faces—massive unemployment, bank failures (I never thought I would see a run on a bank…that’s insane), inflation, and an energy crisis—are reminiscent of the Great Depression. <BR/><BR/>I am interested to see what approach the next president takes. Shall it be progressive like that following the Great Depression? Shall we see an increase in humanitarianism and a concern for the well being of ALL Americans, particularly the poor, the largest subgroup being children?Economy of Stylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07111245408159263211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17646926.post-49430628325563586922008-07-22T22:37:00.000-04:002008-07-22T22:37:00.000-04:00It always takes me a minute to catch up with ya, b...It always takes me a minute to catch up with ya, <BR/><BR/>but yeah, <BR/><BR/>america has hit the downward spiral on many levels, time will tell if we will rise up, take hold and move past this. Our short term thinking is killing us.<BR/><BR/>Peace you, <BR/>RRobynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15674791257112254258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17646926.post-51257931889497020202008-07-22T21:58:00.000-04:002008-07-22T21:58:00.000-04:00Damn dude... you be killin me with this -ish! Got ...Damn dude... you be killin me with this -ish! Got my pons (I think thats what you call em') workin. You know I'm still trying to get used to your lingo, but you be on some real deep stuff bruh! I love it. Open my mind up to something new! Thats what all black folks need! We need to start thinking about our economic status in this hell hole and what do we stand to gain by living the way we are present day!!! YOU BETTER PREACH BOY!Candyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09562299747795344025noreply@blogger.com