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    Ask Yourself WHY the SEC is even considering banning ALL short selling.....

    My question is why is the SEC not banned ????????
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    US Govt Hedge Fund....Managed By Buffett

    Well now..... The perception to a large degree is to possibly lose $700 Billion....or a lot more.... The message should be just the opposite....that this is not a give away/loss program.... Someone that the public trusts by track record needs to run it..... To be paid based on...
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    US Govt Hedge Fund....Managed By Buffett

    This would be a perfect solution.... This would send the right message.....
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    Bailout Ends Up FUBAR... Maybe That's EXACTLY What We Need..?

    Getting rid of the democracy by advertising budgets has to go.... They have been given quite a bit of time to succeed, but have been gamed..... This means consumption taxes only, localized government, no lobbyists, and no political offices.... This means projects by internet vote on a...
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    Complexity Slows Progress

    One cannot expect lowly paid SEC lawyers, nor politicians to understand the complex problems associated with the derivatives market. Thus one cannot expect a solution from them. It is only possible to form a solution with the likes of Paulson.....and maybe not even Bernanke understands...
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    $5 Trillion Will Be Needed

    http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/09/5-trillion-needed-to-stop-bank-crisis.html
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    What's Good About The Bailout ?

    All important points.... But here is why.... Given the position, how do I best solve it ? With the best tools I have ? Or lessor tools ? Why choose lessor tools ?
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    What's Good About The Bailout ?

    Exactly.....Reward those who help you win..... As a matter of fact.... What the government should do is to cut a deal with Paulson to make the most money possible for the US Taxpayer....in the new US Govt Hedge Fund...and pay him and his staff purely on performance... This is something...
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    What's Good About The Bailout ?

    If structured properly, the US Government could make a lot of money for taxpayers..... And help ease current credit angst.... .................................................... The current environment of high emotions is creating golden opportunities..... As it always does....
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    Iraq Begins To Pay Off

    http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/23/africa/23iraq.php
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    The US Govt Hedge Fund

    Owned by the taxpayers for profit.... Run it like any other vulture fund... Hire the best...and pay them well based on performance.... Why not ......
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    E pluribus hokum

    http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/JI23Dj06.html
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    Hopefully regulators learned a lesson today about short selling bans

    I doubt it.... ie Greenspan.... Educated far far beyond his intelligence..... If anything they should single out the big volume nakeds..... F'in idiots..... A bigger than normal position is very visible....and how it was executed.... This is not difficult... Leave it to the...
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    The Truth Will Scare You

    In short..... At some price it works...... In the supposed free market...... ................................................. The government does not create value....it simply directs payments.... An interruption in the free market is just that...and when the free market is...
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    The Five Major Failures Of The SEC

    What I am certain of is the increase in pay when a SEC employee crosses over to the corporate legal side.... What this results in is quite clear. ................................................... Not entirely different from the brokerage industry when it decided to pay brokers on a...
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    The Five Major Failures Of The SEC

    http://seekingalpha.com/article/96487-5-failures-of-sec-chairman-cox
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    Lehman Employees To Get 2.5 Billion In Bonuses

    http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/09/key-lehman-employees-to-get-25-billion.html
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    Oil Market Collapse Waiting to Happen........

    http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/JI19Dj02.html
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    The Government's Solution....What It Really Is.....

    The government solution is to simply provide qualified assistance to those business labels that are attached to the problem assets which are mostly securitized mortgages, credit cards, etc.... In return for this assistance, the government will try to structure some of these deals whereby...
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    Senator Bunning For President

    And Ron Paul as VP
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