Where does the money go?

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koop171

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Ok As I wonder about what happens if I lose my job. I begin to wonder what happens to all the money the gov. is giving to big corperations. the newest is to give a possible. 180 Billion to lenders that are in the red. But what happens to all those Zeros? If this money was given to the homeowners to pay off debt. (think getting a letter that says hey it's me uncle sam your house is paid....thank you and you're welcome.) Not just giving morgage holders this untold of some of money.


A few things to consider.

The average home loan is about $130,000

And $ 180,000,000,000 would pay for roughly.

1,384,615 HOMES


And in march of 2007 it was reported that about 2.1 million home owners were behind at least one house payment.

So if the gov. were to pay off lenders debt by paying for the average persons home you would end up giving well over 1.4 million people there homes. In turn they would go out and spend there money on things they could not in the past. (more likly then not a new car) and if people had the money to buy a new car the auto market would be back on track and give way to MANY MANY jobs that are not available as of now.

So what do these large lenders do with this 180 Billion?

I would not be hard pressed to believe that the big wig white collars are going to stuff there pockets and pack there bags.


Now if they were to pay for housing they need to pay for it where it's needed like the middle and lower class. I don't want to see a guy with a 2 million dollar house getting it free. He's allright. they would need to have an income cap like the stimulus checks.


Just some food for thought. Where's the money going and how is it going to be used.

























P.S. I am not sure how this will settle with some so please feel free to post your comments but do not make this political. And do NOT bicker with one another about there views or I am sure this will close fast.



P.P.S mods I am sorry if this should not have been posted but It peaks my curiosity.
 
Most of the $$$ goes to keep the banks open and running since they are not making money coming in from payments. It will be the Great Depression all over again if banks fail.
 
if you do not bolster the economy, we will be all in trouble, try to look at the big picture, it is tough to see if you only think about yourself
 
greed that is what got us to this point, ceo's bonus's salaries, had the banks not made all those risky loans in the first place none of this would be happening now.
 
Zoodiver;2218427; said:
Not just the 'high risk loan' that has the issue right now. A lot of American's are feeling the impact of this mess.

When the entire economy bottoms out it will affect everyone, not just the sub-prime market.

I wonder how many people here have those adjustable rate mortgages?
 
What money? there has to actually be some first... Fact is all this money does not exist it is just once again passing the "on paper" debt to somewhere else so it is on paper somewhere else.. None of this debt, or monetary assets for that matter, exist in reality it is just paper shifted to the next sucker to figure out what to do with it...

Nothing about this bailout will fix the inherent instability that comes from the poker game no one but us (the taxpayer) lose called Market Capitalism.. All of this mess is " light touch" (Read no regulation) policy coming home to roost.

Said it once will say it again... Just read Marx he explained it all very well in Capital... (Capital BTW is about economic theory it is not a political manifesto so leave commie comment out please)
 
Polypterus;2219033; said:
What money? there has to actually be some first... Fact is all this money does not exist it is just once again passing the "on paper" debt to somewhere else so it is on paper somewhere else.. None of this debt, or monetary assets for that matter, exist in reality it is just paper shifted to the next sucker to figure out what to do with it...

Nothing about this bailout will fix the inherent instability that comes from the poker game no one but us (the taxpayer) lose called Market Capitalism.. All of this mess is " light touch" (Read no regulation) policy coming home to roost.

Said it once will say it again... Just read Marx he explained it all very well in Capital... (Capital BTW is about economic theory it is not a political manifesto so leave commie comment out please)

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=175591
 
Whether or not it is the right thing for the government to do is not the main point. The scary thing is that we are AT that point. Americans are not thinking about the big picture, as part of our way of life. Its the fault of the banks and the consumers and the gov. Its a circle that is sinking frightengly fast. I honestly am afraid to have children here now becuase of all that's happening.

P.S Why are you maybe losing your job Koop?
 
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