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May 7, 2008, 23:31 GMT
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No SP4, like you he has lost his fu-king mind. Neo-con idiots the lot of you.
The banks have pushed many potential buyers over the edge in telling them they could afford a mortgage that was in reality not suitable .As the real estate was booming and the prices adopted a steep climb,many have spent too much money on their home ,based on these propspectives of fortune .No bank should ever leant money that people can not afford to pay for a house .That is a simple rule,not only in banking business but in real life .For more than two years the banks knew that sompebody would have to pay for this fake bonanaza.Definitely not themselves,these guys are always on the receiving end ,laws are always made in their favor .
So it had to be the house owners .A case of disease in the family,somebody being made redundant at work,a car accident ,it takes only a minor accident in life to tumble into a different scenarion.our house is gone,you're covered in debts,health insurance refuse to pay .It can happen to most of you.and all the republicans do is makr silly jokes about it à la SP4 and other reneck morons .Ever considered diverting some of the enormous sums spent to armament into more important issues like catering for the needs of your own population ?
G.W.Bush. an umitigated DISASTER of a President.
I bet you now, that you can't find anyone that is stupid enough to say they VOTED for him?
People are responsible for their own money, Tonny. In the gossamar world you live in, there may be babysitters and nannies for adults, but not in the real world.
These defaults are not the product of people with some simple misfortune.
They were the result of poor lending practices AND folks who mis-managed their finances.
Both of them deserve to lose, because BOTH of them brought it about. A child can rationalize what will happen if their house payment goes up, so why not an adult?
At no time was GW Bush consulted on a single, solitary loan.
Now, if you wish to help them, that is laudible, but all it wil do is enable the lenders to go right back out and do it again.
The fact is, home prices, artificailly inflated by this mess, are now back down to realistic numbers, making them mpore affordable for folks, at realistic fixed-mortgage pricing. This should have been the case all along.
No, Tonny, the free market f--ked up, individuals f--ked up and they deserve what they get. Hammering the lenders is the best insurance that they will never do it again.
Be a man or woman, and learn to manage your money.
As of April 2008, the total U.S. federal debt was approximately $9.5 trillion[2], about $31,100 per capita (that is, per U.S. resident). Of this amount, debt held by the public was roughly $5.3 trillion. If, in addition, unfunded Medicaid, Social Security, etc. promises are added, this figure rises to a total of $59.1 trillion. In 2007 the public debt was 36.8 percent of GDP ranking 65th in the world.. The total debt is currently 66.5% of GNP.
It is important to differentiate between public debt and external debt. The former is the amount owed by the government to its creditors, whether they are nationals or foreigners. The latter is the debt of all sectors of the economy (public and private), owed to foreigners. In the U.S., foreign ownership of the public debt is a significant part of the nation's external debt. The Bureau of the Public Debt, a division of the United States Department of the Treasury, calculates the amount of money owed by the national government on a daily basis.
In simple terms George has plenty of money for War but no money for anything else.
Well, f--khead, he won the last election, so it would stand to reason that most, if not all of the republicans voted for Bush. Also, it was the largst number of votes for a president in history, as I remember.
No, I'm afraid no one is buying into your fantasy wank about Bush. Now, they may not like him, but they did greenlight him TWICE. I'm afraid that does not say much for your theory.
Just think how stupid you would have to be to vote for either John Kerry or Al Gore.
As of jan 2009,just when Bush leaves office ( If he hasn't started WWW 111 ) the total U.S. federal debt should be $10.trillion
SP4,are you realy trying to tell us the american people is as stupid as you and your president ?Did they ever vote for a guy who clearly told them that he was going to squander all your resources in a silly armament buildup ?i think not,as usual these issues were never discussed ,as it happens Bush got elected on the promise that he would lower tax for the average american,reduce government spending,etc,etc .Just what he did afterwards was somehow different .Correct me if I'm wrong of course .Have you realy forgotten how the presidential campaigns of the republicans where staged ?If so let me remind you they were conducted much like the future one .Character assasination ,lander,mudslinging ,a very active dirty trick department,the so called swift boat campaaign against Kerry was one fine example of that .As a result you got Bush,Cheney,and of course the cherry on the cake Donal Rumsfeld wh o led you allsingle handedly into the quagmire of Iraq with the fairy tales you are the only one still to cling on .
Another american said this;you can lie to all for a while,you can lie to some for ever,but you can not lie to all forever .I guess that pretty much sums up the dynamics in US politics for the last decade .It certainly fits the popularity of BUsh,perhaps elected with significant figures in a strange voting system
I have watched and read you comments for months.
It is very plain that you want the entire world to run as badly as the country you live in, so that things will improve there.
28% of all people there between the ages of 55-64 are unemployed!!!
Corporate tax rate including all taxes charged is 64.30% of profits!!!
The VW and other major companies have pulled out because of cost!!!
The idea you have of high tax is fine as long as you rob the rich to pay the poor , is only further proof of the lack of drive, and the you owe us everything mentality of someone that is either without skills or ambition or both.--I feel sorry for you
All you keep harping on is the hatred you have for the American way--you don't live here, we don't give a crap what you think--
The Banks did not cause this--stupid people did--I saw them coming down from the Bronx and other seedy parts of large cities --selling what they had at hugh profits, and moving to the south were housing is cheaper to begin with, buying a 'crib' they could in no way afford--a lot were scumbags.Crime left the city of New York and went south to Georiga and Florida.
The big problem for people now is the inflation in food , gas, and other
commodities.
This was partly caused by congress, and yes George Bush turning food into fuel.It caused a run on other grain stocks that spread to all commodities in a greed frenzey.That combined with the lowering of interest rates caused the dollar to come down 40% which added fuel to the spike in commidites which are all based in US dollers..
There you have a small eco lesson--go back to school and read the books this time
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SP4: God, George, Would you????May 8th, 2008 - 02:08:45
I thought, maybe, you had lost your f--king pen!...
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