Are you confused about mortgages? Good. At least you know you are confused. The world economy has collapsed. Much of the world lays the blame for the collapse at the feet of greedy Americans. While this is patently unfair (who’s not happy to sell us crap?), it is true that three American parties do share the blame. The first two are those who bought homes they couldn’t afford and those who gave them mortgages. Of these, the most dangerous and most responsible party, the Federal Reserve Bank, is also the malefactor fingered the least.
The Federal Reserve increased the amount a bank could loan relative to the amount the bank holds in deposits. It is hard to argue that the increase to a 30-1 ratio was simple idiocy. Jon Stewart repeatedly hammered this point home when demolishing Mad Money host Jim Cramer on March 12th. Why is Republican Congressman Ron Paul the only politician in Washington pointing at the Federal Reserve Bank? Why are heads not rolling and careers ending at Treasury?. And they should pay. Congress must rescind the Bank’s charter and replace it with a central bank controlled by the Treasury Department.
Mortgage brokers concocted obtuse mortgage contracts and then began shilling subprime loans to unqualified buyers. They dit it in a way that would make the most hardened magazine subscription telephone sales person squirm.
When the FRB raised the ratio it flooded the market with more money, which went out in loans to unqualified buyers which were then bundled as the infamous ‘asset backed paper.’. An other word for a so called toxic asses is a liability. And that’s what the governement is buying. Your tax money is being used to the American government.
And lastly are the people who bought homes they couldn’t afford, and then started whining that they didn’t know they had an adjustable rate mortgage. I know that’s harsh, but it is the truth. Pity them, yes. Bail them out? Not a chance.
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