Fannie/Freddie/Housing - STOP THE BAILOUT

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[coolray1953]

AIG after getting 85 billion of our money The Fat Cats went on a half million dollar vacation

[crs070868]

i agree. there is no doubt that it is going to hurt everybody.but a bailout only delays what is going to happen anyway. i hate to say but this deal needs to fall through and let irresponsible buyers, the government, and these corporations learn their lesson.

[tcorourke2007]

Haha, What the hell is Suzy Orman doing on this? Summarizing the problem after the fact...

[Charlie12241]

Isn't our country Capitalist? Isn't that all about making it on your own? If it is why do they get the help they need so quickly and we regular people have to wait for anything?

[tickyul]

The best idea is to DISMANTLE both Fannie and Freddie. The idea of both of these companies is to inject liquidity into the mortgage markets, by freeing banks capital which would otherwise be tied up in the loans if it were not for F&F buying. The problem is when F&F get burned, the government gets burned. Also, I am sure banks are a lot less careful doing their underwriting due to the fact that F&F are going to soon be taking the stinky paper off thier hands, Will F&F ever die, oink oink, never.

[von fouch]

The bills were introduced in the U.S. Senate by Phil Gramm (R-Texas) and in the U.S. House of Representatives by Jim Leach (R-Iowa). The third lawmaker associated with the bill was Rep. Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. (R-Virginia), Chairman of the House Commerce Committee from 1995 to 2001. On May 6, 1999, the Senate passed the bills by a 54-44 vote along party lines (53 Republicans and one Democrat in favor; 44 Democrats opposed

[von fouch]

This combination, announced in 1993 and finalized in 1994, would have violated the Glass-Steagall Act and the Bank Holding Company Act by combining insurance and securities companies, if not for a temporary waiver process.[1] The law was passed to legalize these mergers on a permanent basis. Historically, the combined industry has been known as the financial services industry.

[von fouch]

The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) allowed commercial and investment banks to consolidate. For example, Citibank merged with Travelers Group, an insurance company, and in 1998 formed the conglomerate Citigroup, a corporation combining banking and insurance underwriting services under brands including Smith-Barney, Shearson, Primerica and Travelers Insurance Corporation

[von fouch]

The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, also known as the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Services Modernization Act, Pub.L. 106-102, 113 Stat. 1338, enacted November 12, 1999, is an Act of the 106th United States Congress which repealed part of the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933, opening up competition among banks, securities companies and insurance companies. The Glass-Steagall Act prohibited a bank from offering investment, commercial banking, and insurance services.