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ParticipantTry bankrate.com. They have a section under safe banks which rates them. Bush is on record saying the FDIC is good for up to insurable limits. Suze Orman has a letter from the FDIC chairman confirming they will pay all claims, even is their current reserves evaporate. The bail out may ease pressure on banks, assuming it’s adopted. Many people are in the same position, and it really is a case of keeping your ear to the ground, and if you get spooked, take action.
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ParticipantTry bankrate.com. They have a section under safe banks which rates them. Bush is on record saying the FDIC is good for up to insurable limits. Suze Orman has a letter from the FDIC chairman confirming they will pay all claims, even is their current reserves evaporate. The bail out may ease pressure on banks, assuming it’s adopted. Many people are in the same position, and it really is a case of keeping your ear to the ground, and if you get spooked, take action.
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ParticipantTry bankrate.com. They have a section under safe banks which rates them. Bush is on record saying the FDIC is good for up to insurable limits. Suze Orman has a letter from the FDIC chairman confirming they will pay all claims, even is their current reserves evaporate. The bail out may ease pressure on banks, assuming it’s adopted. Many people are in the same position, and it really is a case of keeping your ear to the ground, and if you get spooked, take action.
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ParticipantTry bankrate.com. They have a section under safe banks which rates them. Bush is on record saying the FDIC is good for up to insurable limits. Suze Orman has a letter from the FDIC chairman confirming they will pay all claims, even is their current reserves evaporate. The bail out may ease pressure on banks, assuming it’s adopted. Many people are in the same position, and it really is a case of keeping your ear to the ground, and if you get spooked, take action.
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Participant[quote=Veritas] “…the fundamentals of the U.S. economy remain strong.”
[/quote]He obviously hasn’t been watching the news since McCain said the same thing.
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Participant[quote=Veritas] “…the fundamentals of the U.S. economy remain strong.”
[/quote]He obviously hasn’t been watching the news since McCain said the same thing.
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Participant[quote=Veritas] “…the fundamentals of the U.S. economy remain strong.”
[/quote]He obviously hasn’t been watching the news since McCain said the same thing.
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Participant[quote=Veritas] “…the fundamentals of the U.S. economy remain strong.”
[/quote]He obviously hasn’t been watching the news since McCain said the same thing.
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Participant[quote=Veritas] “…the fundamentals of the U.S. economy remain strong.”
[/quote]He obviously hasn’t been watching the news since McCain said the same thing.
September 24, 2008 at 12:04 PM in reply to: Carlyle group urges fast approval of bailout so it can help taxpayers #27465834f3f3f
Participant[quote=CA renter] Since we, the taxpayers, get to pay the banks’ wishing prices, the govt will probably “discover” after-the-fact that they really weren’t worth that much after all.
So…the banks get rid of their bad paper at their wishing price, the govt (that’s us) overpays for them, then they will be resold back into the private market at their true market price (much less than what we paid for them).[/quote]
I wouldn’t blame anyone for thinking this, but watching Paulson last night, I got the impression some Senators where asking the right questions, about how to establish the correct price in the so-called reverse auction.
Paulson doesn’t inspire confidence, but that may be just a personal prejudice, and Bernanke seems to play his cards close to his chest. The question that we are all dying to hear the answer to is; what is the consequence of no bail-out? Presumably, the reason we are being denied this, is because of the “run” it will have on those institutions as they are named. What is just as troubling is the push to rush this through, when really something like this needs to be very thoroughly debated.
The tax payer does of course have one recourse, and that is don’t pay your tax. Or maybe we should just dump all these toxic loans into Boston Harbor.
September 24, 2008 at 12:04 PM in reply to: Carlyle group urges fast approval of bailout so it can help taxpayers #27490534f3f3f
Participant[quote=CA renter] Since we, the taxpayers, get to pay the banks’ wishing prices, the govt will probably “discover” after-the-fact that they really weren’t worth that much after all.
So…the banks get rid of their bad paper at their wishing price, the govt (that’s us) overpays for them, then they will be resold back into the private market at their true market price (much less than what we paid for them).[/quote]
I wouldn’t blame anyone for thinking this, but watching Paulson last night, I got the impression some Senators where asking the right questions, about how to establish the correct price in the so-called reverse auction.
Paulson doesn’t inspire confidence, but that may be just a personal prejudice, and Bernanke seems to play his cards close to his chest. The question that we are all dying to hear the answer to is; what is the consequence of no bail-out? Presumably, the reason we are being denied this, is because of the “run” it will have on those institutions as they are named. What is just as troubling is the push to rush this through, when really something like this needs to be very thoroughly debated.
The tax payer does of course have one recourse, and that is don’t pay your tax. Or maybe we should just dump all these toxic loans into Boston Harbor.
September 24, 2008 at 12:04 PM in reply to: Carlyle group urges fast approval of bailout so it can help taxpayers #27491134f3f3f
Participant[quote=CA renter] Since we, the taxpayers, get to pay the banks’ wishing prices, the govt will probably “discover” after-the-fact that they really weren’t worth that much after all.
So…the banks get rid of their bad paper at their wishing price, the govt (that’s us) overpays for them, then they will be resold back into the private market at their true market price (much less than what we paid for them).[/quote]
I wouldn’t blame anyone for thinking this, but watching Paulson last night, I got the impression some Senators where asking the right questions, about how to establish the correct price in the so-called reverse auction.
Paulson doesn’t inspire confidence, but that may be just a personal prejudice, and Bernanke seems to play his cards close to his chest. The question that we are all dying to hear the answer to is; what is the consequence of no bail-out? Presumably, the reason we are being denied this, is because of the “run” it will have on those institutions as they are named. What is just as troubling is the push to rush this through, when really something like this needs to be very thoroughly debated.
The tax payer does of course have one recourse, and that is don’t pay your tax. Or maybe we should just dump all these toxic loans into Boston Harbor.
September 24, 2008 at 12:04 PM in reply to: Carlyle group urges fast approval of bailout so it can help taxpayers #27495934f3f3f
Participant[quote=CA renter] Since we, the taxpayers, get to pay the banks’ wishing prices, the govt will probably “discover” after-the-fact that they really weren’t worth that much after all.
So…the banks get rid of their bad paper at their wishing price, the govt (that’s us) overpays for them, then they will be resold back into the private market at their true market price (much less than what we paid for them).[/quote]
I wouldn’t blame anyone for thinking this, but watching Paulson last night, I got the impression some Senators where asking the right questions, about how to establish the correct price in the so-called reverse auction.
Paulson doesn’t inspire confidence, but that may be just a personal prejudice, and Bernanke seems to play his cards close to his chest. The question that we are all dying to hear the answer to is; what is the consequence of no bail-out? Presumably, the reason we are being denied this, is because of the “run” it will have on those institutions as they are named. What is just as troubling is the push to rush this through, when really something like this needs to be very thoroughly debated.
The tax payer does of course have one recourse, and that is don’t pay your tax. Or maybe we should just dump all these toxic loans into Boston Harbor.
September 24, 2008 at 12:04 PM in reply to: Carlyle group urges fast approval of bailout so it can help taxpayers #27497834f3f3f
Participant[quote=CA renter] Since we, the taxpayers, get to pay the banks’ wishing prices, the govt will probably “discover” after-the-fact that they really weren’t worth that much after all.
So…the banks get rid of their bad paper at their wishing price, the govt (that’s us) overpays for them, then they will be resold back into the private market at their true market price (much less than what we paid for them).[/quote]
I wouldn’t blame anyone for thinking this, but watching Paulson last night, I got the impression some Senators where asking the right questions, about how to establish the correct price in the so-called reverse auction.
Paulson doesn’t inspire confidence, but that may be just a personal prejudice, and Bernanke seems to play his cards close to his chest. The question that we are all dying to hear the answer to is; what is the consequence of no bail-out? Presumably, the reason we are being denied this, is because of the “run” it will have on those institutions as they are named. What is just as troubling is the push to rush this through, when really something like this needs to be very thoroughly debated.
The tax payer does of course have one recourse, and that is don’t pay your tax. Or maybe we should just dump all these toxic loans into Boston Harbor.
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