Watch out-Bank of America is about to pick your pockets…all of our pockets, in fact.
Jolted by its enormous losses resulting from the subprime mortgage crisis (which turns out to be a clever coverup for what this really is–illegal bank dealing)–the BofA actually has the nerve to propose to Congress what amounts to a bail out of the banking industry (make that read–Bank of America).
The Bof A is proposing a Federal Homeowners Preservation Corporation…an agency that would, at taxpayer expense, purchase billions in mortgages at huge discount rates.In other words, the government—taxpayers–would help Bank of America service its debt resulting from bad loans.
According to a New York Times account, the BofA’s proposal “warns that up to $739 billion in mortgages are at ‘moderate to high risk’ of defaulting over the next five years and that millions of families could lose their homes.’”
Nice scare tactic guys. Probably true, of course. Still, to use this as a way to justify a taxpayer bailout of the bank is outrageous.
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St. George homes
May 11th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
1Thomas Jefferson warned us of the power we place in banks and its direct negotiation with the U.S. government. I don’t think Americans should ever accept the responsibility to pay for the missuse of bank funds/dept/ and social responsibility. There is a tremendous exchange of wealth that we need to stop!
Konto ohne Schufa
December 11th, 2009 at 11:21 pm
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James
January 22nd, 2010 at 2:46 am
3They decide now that $739 million is moderate to high risk? How does this happen? Were there not internal control procedures that would pick up on $3/4 billion worth of risky business? There are so many questions that can be asked of this. If the government doesnt offer this bail out and the bank collapses will it have to pay out a lot more to the public because the banks savings accounts are insured by the FDIC? Whether its a bonus based culture or just bad management thats behind this it looks like the financial world has gone mad.
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