Who Should Take The Blame For The Mortgage Loan Meltdown
Are you confused about mortgages? Good. At least you know you are confused. The world economy has collapsed. Much of the world lays the blame for the collapse at the feet of greedy Americans. While this is patently unfair (who’s not happy to sell us crap?), it is true that three American parties do share the blame. The first two are those who bought homes they couldn’t afford and those who gave them mortgages. Of these, the most dangerous and most responsible party, the Federal Reserve Bank, is also the malefactor fingered the least. I’ve been reading a lot about geld lenen met bkr in Dutch.
The Federal Reserve increased the amount a bank could loan relative to the amount the bank holds in deposits. It is hard to argue that the increase to a 30-1 ratio was simple idiocy. Jon Stewart repeatedly hammered this point home when demolishing Mad Money host Jim Cramer on March 12th. Why is Republican Congressman Ron Paul the only politician in Washington pointing at the Federal Reserve Bank? Why are heads not rolling and careers ending at Treasury?. President Barack Obama’s failure to replace Ben Bernake at Treasury and the failure of Congress to set about replacing the Federal Reserve Banking System are unconscionable.
Mortgage brokers tried selling a sub-prime mortgage to any prospect that had a pulse. With interest rates at historic lows (until now, and God help us), mortgages were made to people that mortgage brokers knew could not afford the payments if interest rates were to return to their historic averages.
When the FRB raised the ratio it flooded the market with more money, which went out in loans to unqualified buyers which were then bundled as the infamous ‘asset backed paper.’. Question: What is another word for a toxic asset? Answer: A liability. Your tax money is being used to the American government.
Finally, the people who sit and tell CNN cameras that they didn’t know that they had an adjustable rate mortgage are simply too stupid to own a home. I cannot conceive of people so clueless that they make the largest financial commitment of their lifetimes without reading the document they are signing – or at least paying a lawyer or advisor to do so. Does that sound pessimistic? Good, because if you are not pessimistic now, you are a fool.
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