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To: KyrosL who wrote (30873)	3/13/2008 6:26:36 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217541

There were noises about having the FHA buy up all the subprime mortgages in the market. Something like that will eventually happen if things get dire enough. You heard the noises because you were supposed to; a trial balloon, in other words, to get everyone used to the idea that it is an OK thing to do. Such a move will tank the dollar and Treasuries, send gold, the Yen and the Swissie into orbit and put the US on the road to parity with Argentina. Of course the rest of the world will suffer, too. It will incite vicious competition for natural resources, including bare-knuckle fights perhaps involving threats of military action. The world needs to come to the dollar's rescue, not out of charity but out of self-interest. The Fed cannot do it and the rest of our government is too incompetent.

To: KyrosL who wrote (30873)	3/15/2008 2:12:46 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217541

What's an extra $300 billion? No big deal. <What's an extra hundred billion or two. > That's only $1000 per American. If we consider Americans are on average worth about $2 million, the USA's total assets are worth $2,000,000 x 300,000,000 = $600 trillion. $300 billion seems a lot in round numbers, but it's not a big deal compared with $600 trillion. If $300 billion is added each month for a year, that's still only $3 trillion or 0.5% of the USA's total value. It's true that such debt growth can't go on forever, but after ten years, it would be only 5% of the USA's total value. Mqurice