Quote from TM_Direct:
Vaid points but each one has a ton of reasons.....the fed clearly f-ed up, no doubt....but remember the internet bubble burst combined with 9-11????? staggflation of jimmy carter when int. rates were 18-20 % and 10% of the country was out of work?
The Internet "bubble" was only one sector of the Economy and occurred while the Federal Govt. was still working with a budget surplus.
It's a whole different ballgame now with fuel at $140 per barrel and Fannie Mae literally being "insolvent" during a time of huge federal budget deficits.
Remember, Fannie Mae was behind 70% of all mortgage origination out there, and that comes to $5 TRILLION DOLLARS . . . roughly twice the Federal Debt!
The dollar will only come back for a sustained period of time if our Government finally stops all of this DISCRETIONARY spending that has gone on under Congess and the Bush Administration for the past 7 years.
Even if the Bush tax cuts were extended, the OMB is estimating a 2013 deficit of $443 Billion.
For me, one has to wonder why we even have a government to begin with, given all of the FAILURES that we are seeing across the board with regards to public policy.
Just think . . .
FNM might have to get bailed out by the government. Imagine that?
The Govt. bailing the govt. out.
Now how's that for credibility???
