Comments on: What The 2008 Democrat Platform Says

By: Liberals Demise

Liberals Demise — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:34:39 +0000

How people ever elected these arrogent bastards is beyond me. Why they still have a job is more of a puzzle! These are the samey-same RUINITES that cut the stilts out from under housing and now they are playing the shell game with you and me. I don’t usually pray but……

By: BillK

BillK — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:36:47 +0000

I love "we’ll ask them to give back a portion of the Bush tax cuts." "Ask" as in "Sir, would you please get out of the car" as said by a Police officer with their weapon drawn. Of course remember that income taxes are only going up for "the rich." Payroll and FICA will likely be going up for everyone, and what about those making less than $250,000 who received a benefit from Bush's tax cuts? Whoops, those will go away too, but that's OK because that's not a tax increase, just the expiration of an undeserved tax cut. Of course let's not forget the cries of discrimination and redlining that will inevitably occur when credit cards are either no longer available to those with a FICO under 700, or interest rates will be fixed at a constant 30% APR.

By: imnewatthis

imnewatthis — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 07:22:18 +0000

I agree with “Banned. Why do people think (nowadays) it’s everyone’s right to own a home? I think it’s something you get if you want it bad enough that you work hard, plan, research, and prioritize. I have never owned a home. Straight out of college I was too poor. When I eventually got a good job I was living for the moment and never cared about buying a house. Then I was an at-home mother for a long time (my priority then) and we barely scraped by. Now I have a decent job again but I have one kid in college and one planning to go next year, and believe me there’s no extra money for buying a house. I certainly never felt anyone owed me a house, nor is one necessary for survival.

By: Perdido

Perdido — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:01:07 +0000

>>…and the necessity of transparency and opportunity for each and every American. <<

the necessity of transparency??? Could someone explain what the hell that is supposed to mean? Democrats, anyone?

By: Perdido

Perdido — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:56:27 +0000

>>We will establish a Credit Card Bill of Rights to protect consumers and a Credit Card Rating System to improve disclosure. Americans need to pay what they owe, but they should pay what’s fair. <<

What’s the chances they could write legislation outlawing the Credit Cards raising the interest rate on purchases already complete? It’s bad enough that the CC companies are completely breaking the law when they loan credit (the money is created when one makes a payment, that means they are printing money,: no no no, only the govt of the united States is allowed to do that), but then having the right to raise the interest on a completed transaction is an outrage.

Campaign contribu….Oh, what was I thinking…??!!

By: curvyred

curvyred — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:52:53 +0000

Banned:

It was precisely that kind of thinking backed by legislation that got us right where we are, and loose credit just about sunk our ship, you would think they would try some “change”!

By: BannedbytheTaliban

BannedbytheTaliban — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:27:36 +0000

“The housing crisis has been devastating for many Americans. Minorities have been hit particularly hard—in 2006, more than 40 percent of the home loans made to Hispanic borrowers were subprime, while more than half of those made to African Americans were subprime. ”
…………….”We will crack down on predatory lenders and make it easier for low-income families to buy homes.”

Umh, maybe I missed something. But wasn’t this kind of thinking that got us into this mess to begin with?