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The answer to the banking problem

After the defeat of the "bail out" yesterday, many people are asking what should we do.   One thing that would do a lot of good is to raise the amount the FDIC insures for customers that deposit money in banks.   This will stop the run on banks, many are already seeing people take the money of of the banks  to the level that the FDIC insures.   But if you raise or eliminate the amount of money that is insured, people will not take money out of banks and will keep the money in the banks so they do not go under. 

Another thing that should be done is get rid of the capital gains tax or cut it in half.  This will have more people invest in the stock market and will not punish people from investing money and infusing money into the market.

Another thing that should be done is lower the corporate taxes so more money can be used to make jobs.  This will get more people back to work.  We have the second highest corporate tax in the world, this is ridiculous ion this time and go against what this country was founded on.   

And there should be a "work out" to get the people that are defaulting or not paying their mortgages to an amicable resolution.   They can lower the rates that they are charged and make the time to pay  the money back longer and not enforce many penalties.   This will be a win win situation for both the people that were in over their head in buying a home or were lied to or hoodwinked by crooked mortgage companies into buying ARMs .  This would be the same as how many credit card companies get resolution from customers that loose a job or got into credit debt.

And what about the failing banks.  Well, let them fail and go into bankruptcy.   Why should the taxpayers bail out the banks when the taxpayers did no wrong.   That is the real reason the "bail out" deal failed.   Too many CONgressman were getting flooded by constituents telling them not to bail out the fat cats that mostly made a killing on the backs of the regular folks.

Here is a good article from CNN, of all places, about why we should not bail out the banks  .

Editor’s note: Jeffrey A. Miron is senior lecturer in economics at
Harvard University. A Libertarian, he was one of 166 academic
economists who signed a letter to congressional leaders last week
opposing the government bailout plan.

…

The current mess would never have occurred in the absence of
ill-conceived federal policies. The federal government chartered Fannie
Mae in 1938 and Freddie Mac in 1970; these two mortgage lending
institutions are at the center of the crisis. The government implicitly
promised these institutions that it would make good on their debts, so
Fannie and Freddie took on huge amounts of excessive risk.

Worse, beginning in 1977 and even more in the 1990s and the early part
of this century, Congress pushed mortgage lenders and Fannie/Freddie to
expand subprime lending. The industry was happy to oblige, given the
implicit promise of federal backing, and subprime lending soared.

…

The obvious alternative to a bailout is letting troubled financial
institutions declare bankruptcy. Bankruptcy means that shareholders
typically get wiped out and the creditors own the company.

Bankruptcy does not mean the company disappears; it is just owned by
someone new (as has occurred with several airlines). Bankruptcy
punishes those who took excessive risks while preserving those aspects
of a businesses that remain profitable.

…

So what should the government do? Eliminate those policies that
generated the current mess. This means, at a general level, abandoning
the goal of home ownership independent of ability to pay. This means,
in particular, getting rid of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, along with
policies like the Community Reinvestment Act that pressure banks into
subprime lending.—CNN

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Dhimwit of the Month Honors

IT is also time for the Reigion of Peace’s Dhimwit of the Month Honors also.  And this months winner is Sally Lopez.

Dhim·mi
(dîm-mî
or zîm-mî) – An Islamic term that refers to a subjugated non-Muslim
person living in a Muslim society.  Second-class status is confirmed by the
legal system and dhimmis do not share the rights of their Muslim rulers. 
(ex. of use:
"Hey Jimmy, if you want to be a dhimmi, then you’d better learn how to
shimmy.")

Dhim·wit (dïm-wît)
- A non-Muslim member of a free society that abets the stated cause of Islamic
domination with remarkable gullibility.  A dhimwit is always quick to

extend sympathy to the very enemy that would take away his or her own freedom
(or life) if given the opportunity.

September 2008 Dhimwit:
Ms. Sally Lopez

Sally Lopez survives her brush with reality.

Our dhimwit nominees are usually
chosen from the ranks of misguided government officials or public celebrities. 
Occasionally, however, an "ordinary" person comes along who just can’t be
ignored.  This month, Sally Lopez of Lemoyne, Pennsylvania is that
individual – and we’re pretty sure that she will appreciate the attention.

Here’s a question, let’s say
that you get something through the mail with which you disagree… a political
advertisement or commercial propaganda, for example.  What would you do next?

Well, most truly "ordinary" people
would simply throw it away and forget about it.  A few might actually write
the sender to have themselves taken off the mailing list or perhaps send back
their own
opinion in less-than-tactful fashion.

But it takes a special kind of person
(or at least someone
who thinks they are special) to call up the local newspaper and request a photographer. 
And this is exactly what Ms. Sally Lopez did when she
found a copy of the anti-Jihad DVD,

Obsession: Radical Islam’s War against the West, in her mailbox. 
According to the Patriot News
article:

 

Lopez said she was
offended by the DVD…. "My thing is, I’m not stupid.   There are definitely
radical Islamic cells all over the world, but we also have the Aryan Nation, the
[Ku Klux Klan], all kinds of hate groups out there.  They’re just
instilling fear in us. I’m tired of living in fear."

The poor dear is offended that
someone is trying to warn her about Islam and its merry band of sociopaths. 
Why?  Well, the reasoning is a bit sketchy.  It seems that there are
other hate groups out there as well, so there’s no point in hearing
about the only one that happens to be piling up dead bodies by the hour…

At this point, it’s probably
understandable why Ms. Lopez felt it necessary to tell us that she isn’t
stupid.  She may very well be the sort of woman who skips regular breast
examinations because there are "all kinds" of other things that can kill you. 
(But don’t call her stupid).

Our guess is that she did not watch
the DVD and knows little about it outside of the title and description  For one thing,
Obsession is a wonderful documentary that justifies itself.  Then
there’s the small matter of the fact that the envelope (which appears unopened
in the picture) wasn’t really addressed to her.

Did we forget to mention that? 
Yes, actually the DVD was mailed to her daughter’s husband, who isn’t
even living in
the house.  Ms. Lopez is apparently every man’s nightmare – the
mother-in-law who makes the business of others her own and doesn’t seem to care
if the world knows it.

Of course, it isn’t the content of the
DVD that upsets this woman, despite her contrived indignation.  Like other
sanctimonious types, Ms. Lopez is simply anxious that others understand what a
tolerant and generous soul she is, so willing to accept people of other
religions and defend them from offense.  (Perhaps her son-in-law should
consider converting).

At the end of the day, our
nomination of Sally Lopez is really more of an indictment of the many people in
the West who are too consumed by self-righteousness to pay attention to what the
Qur’an says about them and their way of life.  For now, they can afford
this state of blissful ignorance… 

Their children probably won’t
have the luxury.