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	<title>Comments on: Bailing On The Bailout Bill&#8211;UPDATED</title>
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		<title>By: Chris Hutcherson</title>
		<link>http://www.melissaclouthier.com/2008/09/24/bailing-on-the-bailout-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-9528</link>
		<dc:creator>Chris Hutcherson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How long will it be before more money is required, Is this just a short term fix ?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How long will it be before more money is required, Is this just a short term fix ?</p>
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		<title>By: Bobferg</title>
		<link>http://www.melissaclouthier.com/2008/09/24/bailing-on-the-bailout-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-9522</link>
		<dc:creator>Bobferg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think you&#039;re confusing FDIC with FICA. 
It&#039;s still a lousy bill and people need to tell their congressman to vote NO.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think you&#8217;re confusing FDIC with FICA.<br />
It&#8217;s still a lousy bill and people need to tell their congressman to vote NO.</p>
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		<title>By: Kathy</title>
		<link>http://www.melissaclouthier.com/2008/09/24/bailing-on-the-bailout-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-9521</link>
		<dc:creator>Kathy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:43:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In the &quot;bailout&quot; agreement there is a statement that says the FDIC cap will go from $100,000 to $250,000.  I wonder how many people really realize what this means!  It means that if you make less than $250K a year you will still have FDIC taken out of your paycheck.  Grab a paystub, look at the amount.  Then look at your Year To Date Earnings.  Are you close to $100k?  Right now, once you hit $100k for YTD earnings they stop taking out that deduction and that amount goes in YOUR POCKET! For me it would mean an extra $167 a week!  I could sure use that money. If this bailout is approved you have to wait until you make $250k a year for the FDIC deduction to stop!  This is absolutely ridiculous and is in NO WAY helping middle class America!  Call your Representatives now and tell them no way!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the &#8220;bailout&#8221; agreement there is a statement that says the FDIC cap will go from $100,000 to $250,000.  I wonder how many people really realize what this means!  It means that if you make less than $250K a year you will still have FDIC taken out of your paycheck.  Grab a paystub, look at the amount.  Then look at your Year To Date Earnings.  Are you close to $100k?  Right now, once you hit $100k for YTD earnings they stop taking out that deduction and that amount goes in YOUR POCKET! For me it would mean an extra $167 a week!  I could sure use that money. If this bailout is approved you have to wait until you make $250k a year for the FDIC deduction to stop!  This is absolutely ridiculous and is in NO WAY helping middle class America!  Call your Representatives now and tell them no way!</p>
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		<title>By: Clint Hulsey</title>
		<link>http://www.melissaclouthier.com/2008/09/24/bailing-on-the-bailout-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-9512</link>
		<dc:creator>Clint Hulsey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;WE NEED THE BAILOUT
If you have any investment (401K, nest egg, kids’ college…) you probably seen 20%+ of it evaporate today.&quot;

If we bail out wall street, we will have to print 700 billion dollars.  There will be a deadweight loss from inflation.  Then we will lose money on that 700 billion dollars that we loan to wall street at a negative interest rate.  Then we add in the oppotunity cost of the 700 billion dollars.  Then Wall Street will loan the money back to us through bank loans at a high interest rate.  This isn&#039;t a 700 billion dollar bill, but more likely a 3 trillion dollar plus bill, any economist/mathmatician/rational person will tell you that the price tag of this bill is much much more than 700 billion dollars.

This bailout will cost us much much more than if we do nothing.  My theory and math fully support that we should not support this bailout.  This bailout has a CHANCE of saving our 401k&#039;s, but it will most likely cause an increase of inflation by 25%-35% over the next 3 years.  Plus the yield on Treasury bills will fall to a negative percenatage, most like -4%, doesn&#039;t sound like a great bill to me.  
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;WE NEED THE BAILOUT<br />
If you have any investment (401K, nest egg, kids’ college…) you probably seen 20%+ of it evaporate today.&#8221;</p>
<p>If we bail out wall street, we will have to print 700 billion dollars.  There will be a deadweight loss from inflation.  Then we will lose money on that 700 billion dollars that we loan to wall street at a negative interest rate.  Then we add in the oppotunity cost of the 700 billion dollars.  Then Wall Street will loan the money back to us through bank loans at a high interest rate.  This isn&#8217;t a 700 billion dollar bill, but more likely a 3 trillion dollar plus bill, any economist/mathmatician/rational person will tell you that the price tag of this bill is much much more than 700 billion dollars.</p>
<p>This bailout will cost us much much more than if we do nothing.  My theory and math fully support that we should not support this bailout.  This bailout has a CHANCE of saving our 401k&#8217;s, but it will most likely cause an increase of inflation by 25%-35% over the next 3 years.  Plus the yield on Treasury bills will fall to a negative percenatage, most like -4%, doesn&#8217;t sound like a great bill to me.</p>
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		<title>By: Cyndy</title>
		<link>http://www.melissaclouthier.com/2008/09/24/bailing-on-the-bailout-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-9511</link>
		<dc:creator>Cyndy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The reason that our politicians are being so condescending, saying that we don&#039;t understand the need for this bail out isn&#039;t because we can&#039;t understand it, it&#039;s because they can&#039;t communicate clearly to us---because they don&#039;t understand either. Who wants a representative who&#039;s stupid enough to sign a 700 Billion dollar bail out bill (may be more before it&#039;s over) without fully understanding it? No one who&#039;s worthy of my vote would vote on something so profound without having all of the facts.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The reason that our politicians are being so condescending, saying that we don&#8217;t understand the need for this bail out isn&#8217;t because we can&#8217;t understand it, it&#8217;s because they can&#8217;t communicate clearly to us&#8212;because they don&#8217;t understand either. Who wants a representative who&#8217;s stupid enough to sign a 700 Billion dollar bail out bill (may be more before it&#8217;s over) without fully understanding it? No one who&#8217;s worthy of my vote would vote on something so profound without having all of the facts.</p>
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		<title>By: Cyndy</title>
		<link>http://www.melissaclouthier.com/2008/09/24/bailing-on-the-bailout-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-9510</link>
		<dc:creator>Cyndy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Anyway, here&#039;s a big stinker for you; and I need some quick investigative help and loud questions to be asked. This should be a factor in our Senator&#039;s decisions today regarding the bail out deal.
Here&#039;s what I just e-mailed and faxed to Senators; including John Ensign, as seperate e-mails (This is Ensign&#039;s copy) :
URGENT**** Per your Vegas office, I am sending you the web address to the website for the Las Vegas Real Estate Brokerage tied to Frank Raines:


http://prosofrealty.com/


Also, Google Farrah Gray and Frank Raines, and Ronald Branch and Frank Raines for more links between them. I believe the evidence I am collecting shows that Frank Raines was funneling the Fannie and Freddie foreclosures to this group to list for resale. I talked to a broker who worked there briefly. He heard their names mentioned, but more importantly; the commissions paid to the &#039;brokerage&#039; were maybe 3% of the sales price, but the sales person or selling broker only got maybe $1,500 or less. The brokerage was then funneling the money back to the owner/investors. There is a shell company in the middle, but I am picking up ties to Raines all along the path. This is kind of like the Erin Kenny situation; I could see connections; but in her case it took me a while to find all the connections. One thing I am, is persistent.
Don&#039;t vote yes on this bill today, Senator Ensign.  There is a tie between Frank Raines and this company, and it will blow up this topic shortly. Any one of our politicians who votes yes to this rescue bill today is going to look as though they didn&#039;t look hard enough at the details before they voted. You can&#039;t vote on this without knowing the facts. You need to say that you are not voting for a 700 Billion dollar or more bill to taxpayers without all the information.  Also, I talked to a broker who was working there. He said that basically, this gave Freddie and Fannie execs a reason to foreclose, secretly. They made more money this way, taking these houses back and selling them via these shell brokerage groups; rather than working with any borrowers. 
This bail out bill profits these lenders even more. Many were complicit. 
 From my past experiences , I&#039;ll keep digging up the dirt and taking to the FBI and the Secretary of State until someone does something. I need help, because any of our politicians who vote yes on this bill are going to look like they were complicit. Help me out here, you guys. Let&#039;s go. 
Cyndy</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anyway, here&#8217;s a big stinker for you; and I need some quick investigative help and loud questions to be asked. This should be a factor in our Senator&#8217;s decisions today regarding the bail out deal.<br />
Here&#8217;s what I just e-mailed and faxed to Senators; including John Ensign, as seperate e-mails (This is Ensign&#8217;s copy) :<br />
URGENT**** Per your Vegas office, I am sending you the web address to the website for the Las Vegas Real Estate Brokerage tied to Frank Raines:</p>
<p><a href="http://prosofrealty.com/" rel="nofollow">http://prosofrealty.com/</a></p>
<p>Also, Google Farrah Gray and Frank Raines, and Ronald Branch and Frank Raines for more links between them. I believe the evidence I am collecting shows that Frank Raines was funneling the Fannie and Freddie foreclosures to this group to list for resale. I talked to a broker who worked there briefly. He heard their names mentioned, but more importantly; the commissions paid to the &#8216;brokerage&#8217; were maybe 3% of the sales price, but the sales person or selling broker only got maybe $1,500 or less. The brokerage was then funneling the money back to the owner/investors. There is a shell company in the middle, but I am picking up ties to Raines all along the path. This is kind of like the Erin Kenny situation; I could see connections; but in her case it took me a while to find all the connections. One thing I am, is persistent.<br />
Don&#8217;t vote yes on this bill today, Senator Ensign.  There is a tie between Frank Raines and this company, and it will blow up this topic shortly. Any one of our politicians who votes yes to this rescue bill today is going to look as though they didn&#8217;t look hard enough at the details before they voted. You can&#8217;t vote on this without knowing the facts. You need to say that you are not voting for a 700 Billion dollar or more bill to taxpayers without all the information.  Also, I talked to a broker who was working there. He said that basically, this gave Freddie and Fannie execs a reason to foreclose, secretly. They made more money this way, taking these houses back and selling them via these shell brokerage groups; rather than working with any borrowers.<br />
This bail out bill profits these lenders even more. Many were complicit.<br />
 From my past experiences , I&#8217;ll keep digging up the dirt and taking to the FBI and the Secretary of State until someone does something. I need help, because any of our politicians who vote yes on this bill are going to look like they were complicit. Help me out here, you guys. Let&#8217;s go.<br />
Cyndy</p>
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		<title>By: Sam</title>
		<link>http://www.melissaclouthier.com/2008/09/24/bailing-on-the-bailout-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-9456</link>
		<dc:creator>Sam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>WE NEED THE BAILOUT
If you have any investment (401K, nest egg, kids&#039; college...) you probably seen 20%+ of it evaporate today.
Are you ready to see a bigger chunk of go up in smoke?
I aggree wall street doesn&#039;t deserve a bailout. But now the thieves are gone with the money, do you want to be the one left holding the empty bag?
A bailout will ensure that you have some money left in the bag while hopefully the stipulations in it allows us to go after the theives...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WE NEED THE BAILOUT<br />
If you have any investment (401K, nest egg, kids&#8217; college&#8230;) you probably seen 20%+ of it evaporate today.<br />
Are you ready to see a bigger chunk of go up in smoke?<br />
I aggree wall street doesn&#8217;t deserve a bailout. But now the thieves are gone with the money, do you want to be the one left holding the empty bag?<br />
A bailout will ensure that you have some money left in the bag while hopefully the stipulations in it allows us to go after the theives&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Keith</title>
		<link>http://www.melissaclouthier.com/2008/09/24/bailing-on-the-bailout-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-9450</link>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If they pass this bill...they will all be scrambling in a month or less.. trying to say they were lied to.. Paulson and Bernanke need to go NOW</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If they pass this bill&#8230;they will all be scrambling in a month or less.. trying to say they were lied to.. Paulson and Bernanke need to go NOW</p>
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		<title>By: judy</title>
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		<dc:creator>judy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:50:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>heres an idea , 
why not if the issue is about protecting the american working people, why not instead of bailing out these banks give every american working tax payer , 300,000.00 having to pay tax on this of course ,just like they want to pay these top dogs of these companys that got us into this mess..they donot deserve a package, they should be in the same boat as any of person lossing ajob, find another scale yourself down... let them get caught up on their mortgage (if they can afford to stay in their home,if not auction these homes off, they will be bidders for them) pay for gas help them over their job loss etc and let these banks duke it out on their own , put some of this debt out for some others to purchase, how about it mccain and obama , wouldn&#039;t this jump start the ecomony,  just a thought</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>heres an idea ,<br />
why not if the issue is about protecting the american working people, why not instead of bailing out these banks give every american working tax payer , 300,000.00 having to pay tax on this of course ,just like they want to pay these top dogs of these companys that got us into this mess..they donot deserve a package, they should be in the same boat as any of person lossing ajob, find another scale yourself down&#8230; let them get caught up on their mortgage (if they can afford to stay in their home,if not auction these homes off, they will be bidders for them) pay for gas help them over their job loss etc and let these banks duke it out on their own , put some of this debt out for some others to purchase, how about it mccain and obama , wouldn&#8217;t this jump start the ecomony,  just a thought</p>
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		<title>By: Headless Unicorn Guy</title>
		<link>http://www.melissaclouthier.com/2008/09/24/bailing-on-the-bailout-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-9381</link>
		<dc:creator>Headless Unicorn Guy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here comes Santa Claus,
Here comes Santa Claus,
Right down Bailout Lane!
Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac
A-pullin&#039; on the reins!
Gummint Gravy Train pouring in,
All is Happy and Bright!
Dream of condos to flip flip flip
&#039;Cause Santa Claus comes tonight!
Here comes Santa Claus,
Here comes Santa Claus,
Right down Bailout Lane...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here comes Santa Claus,<br />
Here comes Santa Claus,<br />
Right down Bailout Lane!<br />
Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac<br />
A-pullin&#8217; on the reins!<br />
Gummint Gravy Train pouring in,<br />
All is Happy and Bright!<br />
Dream of condos to flip flip flip<br />
&#8216;Cause Santa Claus comes tonight!<br />
Here comes Santa Claus,<br />
Here comes Santa Claus,<br />
Right down Bailout Lane&#8230;</p>
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