tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post5168599681453950474..comments2024-01-04T07:21:18.243-05:00Comments on John In Carolina: Bailout deal includes ACORN moneyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-83516517637639065652008-09-28T08:30:00.000-04:002008-09-28T08:30:00.000-04:00Anybody reading this post should follow up with a ...Anybody reading this post should follow up with a look at JiC's 9/27/08 post <A HREF="http://johninnorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2008/09/dodds-acorn-graft-bailout-we-pay.html" REL="nofollow">Dodd's ACORN Graft Payout.</A> Amazing and appalling. I can only hope (forlornly?) that this provision was stripped from the compromise that the crony-capitalists and crony-socialists supposedly reached on Saturday night.AMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08872008617279528583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-18184297178518588222008-09-27T16:59:00.000-04:002008-09-27T16:59:00.000-04:00The Democrats and the Republicans both need the ot...The Democrats and the Republicans both need the other party for cover in this debacle. If the Republicans have even a modicum of integrity (which I am convinced they do not), they will make it clear to the Democrats that they will under no circumstances tolerate the inclusion of ACORN in this legislation as a recipient of government largesse. There was a time when the GOP had principles, integrity, and moral strength; they have apparently traded all of these attributes in for political power--now they have neither. Perhaps they can find their way out of this maze, but supporting this bill to rescue the greedy is not the way. If the GOP were entirely blameless in this contretemps, they would have grounds upon which to pound the Democrats, but each party is guilty and must admit that before recompense can even be discussed. The Democrats forced the banks to grant mortgages to people who had no business buying homes, and the Republicans lacked the backbone to call them on it.<BR/>Tarheel HawkeyeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-59506305390688247902008-09-27T08:59:00.000-04:002008-09-27T08:59:00.000-04:00Does "profit" mean "money the Treasury receives fo...Does "profit" mean "money the Treasury receives for the sale of the assets" or does it mean "money received for the sale of the assets, over and above what Treasury paid for them"? Clearly, it should be the second definition, but when enablers for a group like ACORN are writing legislation, it might not pay to assume anything.AMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08872008617279528583noreply@blogger.com