Comments on: Fixing What Congress Broke http://themoderatevoice.com/23110/fixing-what-congress-broke/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Mon, 28 May 2012 21:04:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: T_Steel http://themoderatevoice.com/23110/fixing-what-congress-broke/comment-page-1/#comment-155973 T_Steel Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:49:00 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/congress/23110/fixing-what-congress-broke/#comment-155973 Negative equity in homes.... YIKES! That's one sobering link mikkel. Negative equity in homes…. YIKES! That's one sobering link mikkel.

]]> By: mikkel http://themoderatevoice.com/23110/fixing-what-congress-broke/comment-page-1/#comment-155967 mikkel Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:12:18 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/congress/23110/fixing-what-congress-broke/#comment-155967 Insuring subprime bonds would cost a lot more than $50 billion.....of course subprime isn't the problem anymore as almost all the losses have been realized.<br><br>Alt-A and Prime are waaaaaaaaaaay bigger and there are potential losses <a href="http://calculatedrisk.blogspot.com/2008/09/homeowners-with-negative-equity.html">that dwarf</a> subprime. Insuring subprime bonds would cost a lot more than $50 billion…..of course subprime isn't the problem anymore as almost all the losses have been realized.

Alt-A and Prime are waaaaaaaaaaay bigger and there are potential losses that dwarf subprime.

]]> By: GreenDreams http://themoderatevoice.com/23110/fixing-what-congress-broke/comment-page-1/#comment-155963 GreenDreams Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:56:17 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/congress/23110/fixing-what-congress-broke/#comment-155963 Good points, Jazz on the link. One issue: I don't know where the idea that capital gains tax elimination costs the taxpayer nothing. Eliminating government revenue is the same as increasing spending, dollar for dollar, on the federal balance sheet. No? Good points, Jazz on the link. One issue: I don't know where the idea that capital gains tax elimination costs the taxpayer nothing. Eliminating government revenue is the same as increasing spending, dollar for dollar, on the federal balance sheet. No?

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