http://iowaindependent.com/6279/on-the-bailout-bill-the-center-would-not-hold Iowa politics, news and commentary Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:06:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://iowaindependent.com/6279/on-the-bailout-bill-the-center-would-not-hold/comment-page-1#comment-24219 daddysteve Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:40:01 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=6279#comment-24219 The problem is these extremely leveraged S.I.V's can only be profitable in good times. Leverage destroys in even a slight downturn and the government trying to prop up the underlying mortgage assets is nothing but depression era price fixing. The faster we get rid of this financial voo-doo garbage and allow housing to reach sustainable price levels, the faster we can begin economic healing. Yes, there are certainly rough times ahead no matter what we do but spending the country deeper into debt doesn't sound like a viable alternative. I'm not a liberal democrat but thank you Bruce Braley for voting no on the bail-out. The problem is these extremely leveraged S.I.V's can only be profitable in good times. Leverage destroys in even a slight downturn and the government trying to prop up the underlying mortgage assets is nothing but depression era price fixing. The faster we get rid of this financial voo-doo garbage and allow housing to reach sustainable price levels, the faster we can begin economic healing. Yes, there are certainly rough times ahead no matter what we do but spending the country deeper into debt doesn't sound like a viable alternative. I'm not a liberal democrat but thank you Bruce Braley for voting no on the bail-out.

]]> http://iowaindependent.com/6279/on-the-bailout-bill-the-center-would-not-hold/comment-page-1#comment-20307 daddysteve Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:40:01 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=6279#comment-20307 The problem is these extremely leveraged S.I.V's can only be profitable in good times. Leverage destroys in even a slight downturn and the government trying to prop up the underlying mortgage assets is nothing but depression era price fixing. The faster we get rid of this financial voo-doo garbage and allow housing to reach sustainable price levels, the faster we can begin economic healing. Yes, there are certainly rough times ahead no matter what we do but spending the country deeper into debt doesn't sound like a viable alternative. I'm not a liberal democrat but thank you Bruce Braley for voting no on the bail-out. The problem is these extremely leveraged S.I.V's can only be profitable in good times. Leverage destroys in even a slight downturn and the government trying to prop up the underlying mortgage assets is nothing but depression era price fixing. The faster we get rid of this financial voo-doo garbage and allow housing to reach sustainable price levels, the faster we can begin economic healing. Yes, there are certainly rough times ahead no matter what we do but spending the country deeper into debt doesn't sound like a viable alternative. I'm not a liberal democrat but thank you Bruce Braley for voting no on the bail-out.

]]> http://iowaindependent.com/6279/on-the-bailout-bill-the-center-would-not-hold/comment-page-1#comment-13612 daddysteve Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:40:01 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=6279#comment-13612 The problem is these extremely leveraged S.I.V's can only be profitable in good times. Leverage destroys in even a slight downturn and the government trying to prop up the underlying mortgage assets is nothing but depression era price fixing. The faster we get rid of this financial voo-doo garbage and allow housing to reach sustainable price levels, the faster we can begin economic healing. Yes, there are certainly rough times ahead no matter what we do but spending the country deeper into debt doesn't sound like a viable alternative. I'm not a liberal democrat but thank you Bruce Braley for voting no on the bail-out. The problem is these extremely leveraged S.I.V's can only be profitable in good times. Leverage destroys in even a slight downturn and the government trying to prop up the underlying mortgage assets is nothing but depression era price fixing. The faster we get rid of this financial voo-doo garbage and allow housing to reach sustainable price levels, the faster we can begin economic healing. Yes, there are certainly rough times ahead no matter what we do but spending the country deeper into debt doesn't sound like a viable alternative. I'm not a liberal democrat but thank you Bruce Braley for voting no on the bail-out.

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