The Bush administration tampered with the situation by ,”bailing out,” banks and other financial related institutions and the auto makers with a 700 billion dollar package that only added money to a bad situation having little effect on the decline. A panicked reaction to a panicked situation. The old adage about level heads prevailing has yet to kick in concerning the financial decline over recent months and now the Obama administration takes panicked reaction to a new level.
789 billion dollars in pork spending socialist ,”stimulus,” that promises little true stimulus to a struggling economy and 275 billion more to prop up home loans that should have never been made in the first place. Loans whose lenders knew better and whose recipients either failed to read what they signed or were in many cases irresponsible enough to jump into a situation way over their means.
200 billion of the ,”housing bailout,” is going to Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac, the two government sponsored entities that began this entire debacle in the first place. So Obama is actually using borrowed tax payer money to in essence start the problem all over again.
With every announcement by Obama of more money being borrowed and funneled through the socialist Democrat agenda, Wall Street has reacted with declines that have actually dwarfed the initial crash that took place immediately following the collapse of the housing /mortgage bubble last fall.
In fact since the election of Obama the market has lost more than 18% of its value with most of that happening in the last two months as investors are selling off with almost record declines because nothing that the new administration is doing bolsters the slightest amount of confidence in any of the financial markets. And the prospects for confidence in the markets is at best slim as Obama continues to press an agenda that has no hope of confidence.
Adding to this is the fear of the nationalizing of the Nations banks. Over the past few days Obama has tried to down play this idea but many Senators including RINOS like Lindsay Graham have continued to talk of nationalizing all or part of the nations banks at least on the short term. An idea that I truly believe is dangerous and that Obama in actuality backs.
He is a masterful politician and has yet to stop campaigning as is evidenced by his activity and his campaign type rhetoric daily. The polls show that Americans detest the idea of nationalizing banks so Obama down plays it so that when Congress moves on it and he signs off on it he thinks he comes off looking like he was a reluctant participant.
During the initial stages of the collapse last Fall, the media was constantly following every moment of the Wall Street reaction like a play by play during a sporting event. Every news channel was running a ticker on the screen showing real time market numbers. Bush administration officials were questioned at every turn about market activity and expressed real concern about the decline.
As the declined continued in greater numbers since Obama took office, the media has followed the situation with much less scrutiny and the administration has had almost no reaction to the markets volatility. In fact Obama has not expressed concern at any time of the market declines and the reaction of investors to his agenda.
I believe there are two reason why Obama has had no concern about the huge declines in the market. First much of the decline is due largely, as I mentioned earlier, to the lack of confidence in the socialist style economic agenda that Obama is pursuing. Second, Obama is not concerned about the declines because the more the market falls and the banking industry declines the better he can justify government take over of business and banking which is his ultimate goal.
Obama does not believe in the free market. He believes that only government and government control of the market and the banks can solve the struggling economy. So he pushes an agenda that bolsters no investor confidence, the market and the banks continue to decline and he steps in as the socialist government messiah to save the day.
Bingo, we have nationalized banks, complete regulatory and managing control of struggling companies by an all encompassing Obama administration and government and with the stroke of his pen Obama has instituted total economic socialism in The United States. He justifies it by telling the American people that only he and the government can solve the problem. It will only be temporary but necessary to restore confidence in the economy. But in truth like any government entity it will not end, it will only get worse.
If those who bought his bill of goods during the campaign had actually listened or taken the slightest interest in investigating anything about his past and those whose teachings he followed then this socialistic approach to governing would have been well known BEFORE he was ever elected and we likely would not be facing this take over at the hands of Barack Obama.
But 52 million Americans did not listen and only fell for the messianic hype. The media who was equally worshipping and to a certain extent still are, refused to investigate anything about Obama and now we face the largest take over by government in our history and what has happened in the last month is only the beginning of the Obama agenda and the Obama take over.
Ken Taylor http://theliberalslies.blogspot.com
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Ken, we have the same theory.
Rod_Patrick (Diary) Sunday, February 22nd at 10:22AM EST (link)I think that the “real intentions” of this Government is to destroy the Financial Markets in order to justify the FULL GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER.
My suspicion is based on the recent doomsday scenario on the Financial Criisis made by no less than George Soros.
the consequences of this are a quick way to get money instead of raising taxes
pilgrim (Diary) Sunday, February 22nd at 10:32AM EST (link)If the government takes over then it’s a lot quicker for the government to simply seize assets right and left than it is to get a tax rate increase bill through Congress.
Now, pilgrim.... you're scaring me.
Rod_Patrick (Diary) Sunday, February 22nd at 10:39AM EST (link)But you’re definitely right on this. The end-game for America will be no different from any other communist/socialist country.
… if we do nothing to stop it.
I just hope that the Spirit of Real Americans will prevail in the end.
Isn't there anything unconstitutional about all of this?
penguin2 (Diary) Sunday, February 22nd at 11:12AM EST (link)Will any of this end up in the Supreme Court? I know the three branches of government were set up for a separation of power-now that’s a problem, with one party control. Obama and his minions are doing “sleight of hand” everywhere-I mean ballooning the deficit and then saying they will cut it in four years!! ‘Rightelephant’s posting today-”Here it comes” discusses this nicely.
F.D.R. had a number of Supreme Court rulings go against him-do we have redress in the courts? Legal scholars, are you out there?
Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. – Benjamin Franklin
When Good stands up to Evil, Evil blinks. – Vassar Bushmills
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Achance (Diary) Sunday, February 22nd at 1:45PM EST (link)are in the eye of the beholder. Just depends on what a judge thinks about the legislation or action in question. If they like it, they’ll find a way to justify it, if not, they’ll find a way to find it unconstitutional. And there you have the majesty of the law.
In Vino Veritas
Full Government Takeover
djemi (Diary) Sunday, February 22nd at 11:18AM EST (link)can only take place with the help of the military, and I for one have faith in the common GI’s character to stand with the Amereican people.
“If I can’t shoot rabbits,then I can’t shoot fascist”
“With age, comes Wisdom, but only if you are paying Attention, son” my ‘Old Man’
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I disagree. Full takeover will be
antisocial (Diary) Monday, February 23rd at 12:18AM EST (link)via “government owning the economy”. Once the government has taken over the economy it becomes easy to dole out entitlements and “fundamentally alter” the capitalist systems of rewards and risks to the point it is no longer recognizable.
Do we really think someone will stand up and say we are now a Socialist Nation? NO. Nobody will say and it will be a socialist nation in all but name.
I personally think 2010 is going to be a critical election which will either help stop this madness or accelerate it.
I also think military is going to stay out of it. At least history suggests that.
Obama Doctrine – Boot On The Throat
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What is to be done?
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The Emperor has no clothes!!!
You and Ken and Pil' below all nailed it - nt
Mike gamecock DeVine (Diary) Sunday, February 22nd at 11:27AM EST (link)Mike DeVine’s Examiner.com, Charlotte Observer and The Minority Report columns
“One man with courage makes a majority.” – Andrew Jackson
Stop Obama or the US will cease to exist
izoneguy (Diary) Sunday, February 22nd at 12:37PM EST (link)The point cannot be made often enough: Modern liberalism, as embodied in the Obama presidency, is the defender of the status quo. And the status quo is a road to economic ruin. Political forces cannot redistribute the wealth that the economic system does not produce.
Another Winner from Izoneguy....
speciallist (Diary) Sunday, February 22nd at 1:42PM EST (link)“It’s time we started acting like grownups”
YES YES YES!!!
It’s time to Speak up!
Nice catch on Keyes.
Rod_Patrick (Diary) Wednesday, February 25th at 5:20AM EST (link)I fear that one of these days, Keyes will need to start planning for a political asylum. elsewhere.
I agree, but for one thing...
jazzycmk (Diary) Sunday, February 22nd at 6:45PM EST (link)Obama’s reaction has not been “panicked”. I think it has been very calculated.
Rahm Emanuel said that you shouldn’t waste a good crisis, and that is exactly what is playing out now.
Obama & co. are betting that regardless of what they do, the economy will recover in time. Thus, they have a “stimulus” bill packed full of social reforms. When / if the economy recovers, Obama will be only to happy to take the credit and point to the stimulus package. His social programs will be implemented, and he can hope to cement and strengthen his already strong positions in Congress. He can then become only bolder in trying to implement some of his more radical ideas.
jcmk
“90% of people don’t care about your problems…..and the other 10% are glad you have them” – former football coach Lou Holtz
And the Dow drops another 200 points today
scottbomb (Diary) Monday, February 23rd at 9:40PM EST (link)But hey, it’s just another day in the Obama administration.
That’s a headline that can be used just about every day recently. Now I’m no economist, but one thing I have observed in life is that when it comes to economic policy, the market tends to respond either favorably or unfavorably to to new of ecomomic policy coming from the all-power Washington D.C. Ever since Obama has been elected, the market been on a downward slide, worse than it did in Sept. and Oct. One would think the American people would eventually get a clue and realize that the new adminstration is NOT making things any better with The One’s pie-in-the-sky promises of “stimulous”.
www.HowObamaGotElected.com
“The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of ‘liberalism’, they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened.” – Norman Thomas, U.S. Socialist Party presidential candidate 1940, 1944 and 1948
If you watch Fox 5 news in DC...
DONTREADONME (Diary) Monday, February 23rd at 10:33PM EST (link)then you would never get a clue from their reporting what is going on in the market. The reporters are still claiming that the economy has everything to do with the market and not what Obama says. Unfortunately, this is a disservice to the DC population, no wonder they vote democrat. Yes, the economy is in a recession but investors like me want no part of the market so we are dumping the garbage and waiting to see what happens. So I sell my stocks, bonds and mutual funds which drives the market index down especially with the blue chip stocks that I did own. I quit the market in November, I have pretty much begun running my own affairs and retirement until the Government stops meddling with the market.
Government intervention has made the market chaotic and I am not going to play around with my money until either the Obama administration gets its hands off and the raising of corporate taxes are reversed. Ignorance in this country is costing me a fortune along with the damage to my 401k and SEP IRAs.
Actually, it dropped 250 and change. nt
mbecker908 (Diary) Monday, February 23rd at 9:56PM EST (link)a win win
Common_Cents (Diary) Monday, February 23rd at 10:24PM EST (link)Bush will inherit the downside and Obama will claim the upside. A win win situation for da DEMS.
Obama=Golfer in Chief, Leading from,
behind, the Back Nine.Leaders don’t create movements. Movements create leaders. Get involved. Your future depends on it.
Govt “invests” YOUR tax money for POLITICAL return rather than economic return.
There ain't going to be any side left
izoneguy (Diary) Monday, February 23rd at 10:27PM EST (link)n/t
The point cannot be made often enough: Modern liberalism, as embodied in the Obama presidency, is the defender of the status quo. And the status quo is a road to economic ruin. Political forces cannot redistribute the wealth that the economic system does not produce.
Comparisons to pre-depression era
MGamo (Diary) Tuesday, February 24th at 2:56PM EST (link)Greg Mankiw directed me to this book by Herbert Stein titled “The Fiscal Revolution in America”. I just finished Hoover’s presidency and the similarities to the actions being done in 1930-32 are being done by Obama. Although our economy is much more diverse and technological than pre-depression, I’m afraid to see the results of Obama’s actions.
“A man who never quits is never defeated.” – Fred D. Thompson