End of the ‘Ownership Society’

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  • Posted By: St.Francis @ 10/13/2008 8:33:49 AM

    How about starting with Jimmy Carter? Do you not remember that he signed the "Consumer Re-Investment Act" in 1977? And how about ol Billy Clinton who signed NAFTA that drove out of this country thousands of businesses (and TAXES) and hence thousands upon thousands of jobs were lost in this good ol USA which eventually led to outsourcing jobs to other countries such as India?

  • Posted By: boobot @ 10/13/2008 8:28:21 AM

    Sorry Karabell but NO! Subprime loans = democrats
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EyKiOE78yU&feature=user

  • Posted By: boobot @ 10/13/2008 8:27:29 AM

    Ummm NO! Democrats pushed for subprime loans. Democrats have ZERO accountablitliy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EyKiOE78yU&feature=user

  • Posted By: Lubbock @ 10/13/2008 8:24:38 AM

    Now the market will go up we have more socialism; the takeover of all businesses by govenment
    Eternal politicians that tax and spend and print money with no basis
    National debt of 10 TRILLION and increasing daily

  • Posted By: gwingo @ 10/13/2008 8:21:50 AM

    So should we blame Clinton for the run-up and ensuing internet debacle that Geo Bush inherited? Until the media understands that there are cycles in this world, and that constantly portraying these issues in political terms, the people will never understand the economy. The first couple of paragraphs here anchor the entire piece in politics despite the throw-away comment that it all started before Bush. I dream of a world where the reporters either report the news, or comment in a useful way to educate. However, if I were to make a political comment, the theme of this is vaguely communist if not at least socialist. But again, to fall into that trap is not helpful. Thanks for another irritating inconsequential attempt to explain where we are. Useless.

  • Posted By: jpgeorgia @ 10/13/2008 7:22:42 AM

    An article idea for Newsweek: Is our current economic model is flawed? Is there a better model? If so, what is it? If we can fix the current model, what must we do to right it?

  • Posted By: jpgeorgia @ 10/13/2008 7:21:28 AM

    Here is a good question for NewWeek: Is our current economic model is flawed? Is there a better model? If so, what is it? If we can fix the current model, what must we do to right it?

  • Posted By: fsilber @ 10/13/2008 7:18:58 AM

    The idea was good, but what we forgot is that you don't own your house if you have a mortgage -- the bank owns it. To encourage home ownership we should encourage people to save up enough money to buy a small house outright.

  • Posted By: MHWharton @ 10/13/2008 6:57:49 AM

    Where do I post comments on this article?
    All of these post appear to Bush/McCain or Obama bashing.

    We need someone to find a solution to the situation we are in.
    Neither candidate has offered any plan.

    I know it's complicated, but someone should be able to explain to teh American people how we are going to get out of this mess.

  • Posted By: twomiler @ 10/13/2008 6:10:39 AM

    Yeah, it's all George Bush's fault....Barnie Frank and the rest of the Democratic leadership were totally innocent in the whole process. Another Newsweek worthless, biased article!

  • Posted By: Nowforthetruth @ 10/12/2008 10:23:16 PM

    Bill Clinton points to liberal Congressional Democrats' protection of Fannie and Freddie from scrutiny as a primary cause of the current economic meltdown.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsynspIqAoE

    To prove Bill Clinton's point, this is a link to a C-SPAN video clip of the Congressional hearings at roughtly the time McCains attempt at S.190. to fix fannie and freddie.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs

    "Video Unearthed Democrats in their own words Covering up the Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Scam that caused our Economic Crisis"

    The link below describes how some of those Democrats in Congress tried to use the original version of the bailout bill to divert money eventually recovered to groups like ACORN. See: Wall Street Journal

    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122247015469280723.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

    And here is Lou Dobbs reporting on ACORN corruption and ties to Obama, including Obama Campaign paying ACORN $800,000 for voter registration activities, and Obama representing them when he was a practicing attorney.

    http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2008/10/09/ldt.tucker.acorn.under.fire.cnn

  • Posted By: Nowforthetruth @ 10/12/2008 8:02:41 PM

    This link of a CSPAN video clip may help set the context, as these hearings were at the time of McCains attempt at S.190.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs

    "Video Unearthed Democrats in their own words Covering up the Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Scam that caused our Economic Crisis"

  • Posted By: cani77 @ 10/12/2008 4:36:21 PM

    In a few weeks we will make a choice that will decide our future.
    I follow an economist named Bob Proctor. He has called the top and bottom of every market crash since the 70s correctly.
    Also, he perfectly predicted the current real estate market meltdown and the picture he paints about what will happen in the next couple years
    is terrifying.He thinks it will be worse then the great depression.
    The banks in the U.S. are going under one after the other. Countrywide ,Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch , Fanny and Freddy Mae ,AIG
    The government took them over because they are essentially bankrupt. Even with the goverment nationalizing hundreds of billions of dollars in debt the stock market is crashing
    the credit markets are frozen and all of us may suffer beyond anything in the last 80 years.
    McCain just like Bush " doesn't understand the economy".
    That not just my opinion its his own words. Not only does he not understand how to fix it but he does not understand exactly what is broken.
    It is no surprise that he doesn't. The people that make up these securities use complex mathematical models very few people understand.
    Bush and McCain both can take the credit for this mess since they helped deregulate the laws that were protecting us.
    Bush's economic advisor Phil Graham wrote the deregulation bill that allowed banks to take huge risks with all of our future.
    Now, Phil Graham is the head of McCain's economic policy.He is also McCain's choice for the next secretary of the treasury.
    No one in this country can afford for that to happen. The last time Bush met with his economic advisors was in March. He didnt realize that anything was wrong. Phil Graham had the guts to say that we are in a mental recession after he helped create the worst economy meltdown in our lifetime. Check out this link to the truth http://my.barackobama.com/keatingvideo
    It will take the best and brightest minds in the world to get us out of this nightmare. As bad as Bush has done, McCain would be
    even more destructive because things are in much worse shape. The next president will not inherit a surplus like Bush did but a crashing economy and a 11,600,000,000,000 (trillion) dollars deficit. Most of it Bush created and it will take decades to pay it back.
    If you do what you have always done then you will get what you have always got.
    When it comes to policy Bush and McCain are the same 90 percent of the time.
    So why are the polls even close then ?
    Mccains team just said they no longer want to talk about the economy.Instead they would like to spend time talking about obama
    which means running the biggest smear campaign in history.
    They think they can just tell you lies and you wont be smart enough to see through it
    Let's teach him we are smarter than that .
    Elect Obama Biden 2008


    Check out this video of sarah palins interview and ask your self if she understands what she is talking about.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r36Xc0GG4iQ

  • Posted By: cani77 @ 10/12/2008 4:36:02 PM

    In a few weeks we will make a choice that will decide our future.
    I follow an economist named Bob Proctor. He has called the top and bottom of every market crash since the 70s correctly.
    Also, he perfectly predicted the current real estate market meltdown and the picture he paints about what will happen in the next couple years
    is terrifying.He thinks it will be worse then the great depression.
    The banks in the U.S. are going under one after the other. Countrywide ,Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch , Fanny and Freddy Mae ,AIG
    The government took them over because they are essentially bankrupt. Even with the goverment nationalizing hundreds of billions of dollars in debt the stock market is crashing
    the credit markets are frozen and all of us may suffer beyond anything in the last 80 years.
    McCain just like Bush " doesn't understand the economy".
    That not just my opinion its his own words. Not only does he not understand how to fix it but he does not understand exactly what is broken.
    It is no surprise that he doesn't. The people that make up these securities use complex mathematical models very few people understand.
    Bush and McCain both can take the credit for this mess since they helped deregulate the laws that were protecting us.
    Bush's economic advisor Phil Graham wrote the deregulation bill that allowed banks to take huge risks with all of our future.
    Now, Phil Graham is the head of McCain's economic policy.He is also McCain's choice for the next secretary of the treasury.
    No one in this country can afford for that to happen. The last time Bush met with his economic advisors was in March. He didnt realize that anything was wrong. Phil Graham had the guts to say that we are in a mental recession after he helped create the worst economy meltdown in our lifetime. Check out this link to the truth http://my.barackobama.com/keatingvideo
    It will take the best and brightest minds in the world to get us out of this nightmare. As bad as Bush has done, McCain would be
    even more destructive because things are in much worse shape. The next president will not inherit a surplus like Bush did but a crashing economy and a 11,600,000,000,000 (trillion) dollars deficit. Most of it Bush created and it will take decades to pay it back.
    If you do what you have always done then you will get what you have always got.
    When it comes to policy Bush and McCain are the same 90 percent of the time.
    So why are the polls even close then ?
    Mccains team just said they no longer want to talk about the economy.Instead they would like to spend time talking about obama
    which means running the biggest smear campaign in history.
    They think they can just tell you lies and you wont be smart enough to see through it
    Let's teach him we are smarter than that .
    Elect Obama Biden 2008


    Check out this video of sarah palins interview and ask your self if she understands what she is talking about.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r36Xc0GG4iQ

  • Posted By: Democrat-Hillary @ 10/12/2008 9:09:31 AM

    Look the truth here as well....

    Sarah Palin, the AIP, and the Extremist Fringe
    October 11th, 2008
    By MICHAEL STICKINGS, Assistant Editor
    http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/sarah-palin/23395/sarah-palin-the-aip-and-the-extremist-fringe/

    Remember McCain is 72 and 4 times with CANCER and both father and gd- father died at 72!. 47% of Americans think he will not survive the 1st term and you want Sarah Palin and Todd (acused already of abuse of power) and with dangerous ties to take the WH?

    Well what about the Clintons, Rubin, Buffet and the likes helping this country than the AIP guys?


  • Posted By: Nowforthetruth @ 10/12/2008 1:32:36 AM

    This link of a CSPAN video may help set the context, as these hearings were at the time of McCains attempt at S.190.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs

    "Shocking Video Unearthed Democrats in their own words Covering up the Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Scam that caused our Economic Crisis"

    • Posted By: Democrat-Hillary @ 10/12/2008 8:59:30 AM

      Get over it!!! It is the DE REGULATION MENTALITY OF REPUBLICAN that created this. The S&L crisis was the first collapse and who was behind it ? McCain supporting Keating. Read about the Keating Five first. Then, it was with Ronald Reagan that the de-regulation flourished, so give me a break!
      I know you may feel awful for voting TWICE for Bush, meaning you have your share of guilt of present situation and YET you want to continue with McCain.
      Take your Responsibilities and stop blaming the only party that have done good to this country, not destroy it like republicans have done, squandering the surpluses and leaving the worst debt and bigger government in US history!

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