Comments on: The Stimulus Is Unimportant Compared To The Real Mess http://themoderatevoice.com/26354/the-stimulus-is-unimportant-compared-to-the-real-mess/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:41:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: StockBoySF http://themoderatevoice.com/26354/the-stimulus-is-unimportant-compared-to-the-real-mess/comment-page-1/#comment-172313 StockBoySF Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:28:47 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/26354/the-stimulus-is-unimportant-compared-to-the-real-mess/#comment-172313 The Public-Private Investment Fund, the public-private partnership solution is the most intriguing. it appears that this entity will use a combination of public and private funds to take toxic assets off the banks' books. It also seems to be sort of a "market maker" in pricing the toxic securities... Obviously without all the detials this is difficult to determine at this time, but I'd be willing to bet money that this fund will be a good way to earn a good return on an investment. Particularly those assets maturing five years or more from now. The Public-Private Investment Fund, the public-private partnership solution is the most intriguing. it appears that this entity will use a combination of public and private funds to take toxic assets off the banks' books. It also seems to be sort of a “market maker” in pricing the toxic securities… Obviously without all the detials this is difficult to determine at this time, but I'd be willing to bet money that this fund will be a good way to earn a good return on an investment. Particularly those assets maturing five years or more from now.

]]> By: Silhouette http://themoderatevoice.com/26354/the-stimulus-is-unimportant-compared-to-the-real-mess/comment-page-1/#comment-172307 Silhouette Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:25:18 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/26354/the-stimulus-is-unimportant-compared-to-the-real-mess/#comment-172307 So we stop the bleeding at the source then. We subsidize people's mortgage interest for a temporary period, keep them in their homes, stabilize housing values and therefore the bad paper that's making banks insolvent, people take the money they're not sinking into interest each month on mortgage payments (which is a huge chunk of their monthly outflow), and the S-P-E-N-D it. On CARS, manufactured goods, food, clothing, entertainment...<br><br>Which creates jobs and keeps Chrysler and Co from going bankrupt.<br><br>Yippee!<br><br>We, the masses, won't hoard the bailout money like the banks did or party down on lavish, mostly imported goodies for a very brief period. We the masses will spend spend spend that extra cash every month month month until the economy comes back back back. <br><br>Get it? More bank solvency, more loans made, more small business born, more people spending, more jobs being created...<br><br>And allllll from one magic bullet: mortgage subsidies for homeowners...the little working guys and gals who keep the blood pumping through the patient. So we stop the bleeding at the source then. We subsidize people's mortgage interest for a temporary period, keep them in their homes, stabilize housing values and therefore the bad paper that's making banks insolvent, people take the money they're not sinking into interest each month on mortgage payments (which is a huge chunk of their monthly outflow), and the S-P-E-N-D it. On CARS, manufactured goods, food, clothing, entertainment…

Which creates jobs and keeps Chrysler and Co from going bankrupt.

Yippee!

We, the masses, won't hoard the bailout money like the banks did or party down on lavish, mostly imported goodies for a very brief period. We the masses will spend spend spend that extra cash every month month month until the economy comes back back back.

Get it? More bank solvency, more loans made, more small business born, more people spending, more jobs being created…

And allllll from one magic bullet: mortgage subsidies for homeowners…the little working guys and gals who keep the blood pumping through the patient.

]]> By: elrod http://themoderatevoice.com/26354/the-stimulus-is-unimportant-compared-to-the-real-mess/comment-page-1/#comment-172292 elrod Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:11:09 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/26354/the-stimulus-is-unimportant-compared-to-the-real-mess/#comment-172292 I'm not sure there's even an actual plan in there. I suppose that's why the market is reacting this way. Geithner has a plan to have a plan. That's helpful.<br><br>I hope the chorus of support for full nationalization grows after today. I'm not sure there's even an actual plan in there. I suppose that's why the market is reacting this way. Geithner has a plan to have a plan. That's helpful.

I hope the chorus of support for full nationalization grows after today.

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