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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Obama Now Supports FDIC Idea?
Posted by: Matt Lewis at 11:14 AM
According to the AP,

"Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama said Tuesday the government should raise the federal deposit insurance limit from $100,000 to $250,000 as part of a renewed approach to shoring up the U.S. economy."

This idea was proposed by House Republican negotiators on Saturday evening -- but was strongly rejected by Democrats. 

This is the first time Obama has called for a specific proposal -- and it is one supported by conservatives.  Very interesting, indeed ...

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Don writes: Tuesday, September, 30, 2008 2:49 PM
DOW up 300!
Tell me again how much money we need to bail out who?

All the politicians and political pundits need to sit down and STFU! All they have acheived is to create panic by yelling that the sky is falling!

Let the free market work and stop trying to influence the election!

Don C
Tiger184 writes: Tuesday, September, 30, 2008 1:29 PM
Nobama has been MIA
There is NO WAY that Nobama can take credit for this. He has been hiding somewhere in a hole.

This is what you could expect if Nobama were president and a crisis happened.

"Call Me" Nobama
RASHUM writes: Tuesday, September, 30, 2008 1:04 PM
hambones
I agree with what you are saying about confidence. WaMu would have failed regardless. However, there are lots of banks in danger right now. By raising the FDIC you lower the risk of these banks having runs which would lead to their demise.
hambones writes: Tuesday, September, 30, 2008 12:56 PM
rashum
Raising the FDIC limit is not about protecting banks from failure. The higher limit would have done nothing for WaMu. The limit is about helping to restore public confidence in banks. Hugh was right, the practical effects of this are merely to make it easier for depositors to limit the number of banks they have to deal with.
Screwtape writes: Tuesday, September, 30, 2008 12:50 PM
Kathy
LOL! Well, I meant besides the obvious reasons. :)
Kathy writes: Tuesday, September, 30, 2008 12:39 PM
screwtape
You asked why would democrats reject it? Because democrats reject any and everything that makes sense. That is obvious.
RASHUM writes: Tuesday, September, 30, 2008 12:15 PM
Hugh
I use to think the same thing. However, there are over 9,000,000 accounts with balances over $100,000. With tough times like these we run the risk of having several banks fail if we do not raise the FDIC limit.
miss vicky writes: Tuesday, September, 30, 2008 12:05 PM
Present only Rookie often afraid to act!
So it was the Republican idea and the reactive Obama follows along. At least he mustered up the good sense to jump aboard. Before it is over 'O' will try to take credit for initiating the plan, as he often misleads and takes unde-served credit. The emptysuit/mind can't win on his own leadership so he dreams up whatever will make him sound good and win for him! The puppet 'O' plays it safe, waiting for the public opinion, polls and his handlers to pull his strings before he stands! God help America. Ex Democrat
Pasadena Phil writes: Tuesday, September, 30, 2008 12:00 PM
Honestly, you guys...
Give John Fund a call Matt. He reports that the FDIC limit can be raised by executive order without Congressional order. Bush can make it so today. Just like the mark-to-market issue.

This is just like the amnesty debacle where the government absolutely refused to perform its constitutional duty to secure the border unless a "comprehensive" socialist agenda was enacted first.

Pathetic.

This is your one-party socialist government in action folks. Could we stop reaaching across the aisle already?

Please NoBama writes: Tuesday, September, 30, 2008 11:55 AM
THIS DOES NOTHING
Anyone who currently has over $250,000.00 in banks has it spread into different accounts at different banks anyway. I always leave only $90,000.00 in any single account and make sure it never exceeds the $100,000.00 FDIC covered amount.

So what if I have five accounts, so now I'll only need two accounts. Big Freakin Deal.
RASHUM writes: Tuesday, September, 30, 2008 11:53 AM
Democrats and ACORN
Democrats support ACORN and the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) which is responsible for this mess yet do not want to raise the FDIC which will help out everyone and more importantly responsible people who live within their means! They are UNBELIEVABLE!
Cosmox writes: Tuesday, September, 30, 2008 11:48 AM
(political) Credit Matters
The news media is crediting Obama for this, completely ignoring that the House republicans proposed it and were slapped down.

Only Fox gives McCain a passing mention regarding credit for this idea.

In a tough race, this type thing matters a lot.

argh.
LauraG writes: Tuesday, September, 30, 2008 11:43 AM
Obama will say or do anything
to get into the white house. It's just another lie from a known liar.
RASHUM writes: Tuesday, September, 30, 2008 11:24 AM
FDIC
FDIC should actually raise the limit to $1,000,000. But since liberals have such a limited, actually that is being generous, zero understanding how the economy works I am not surprised they were opposed to the increase in the FDIC limit.
Screwtape writes: Tuesday, September, 30, 2008 11:24 AM
Why would this be a bad thing?
And why would Democrats reject it? Although it seems to be to be mere spitting the wind of the financial hurricane.
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