DEAR AMERICAN:
I NEED TO ASK YOU SUPPORT AN URGENT SECRET BUSSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH TRANSFER OF FUNDS OF GREAT MAGNITUDE.
I AM MINISTRY OF TREASURY OF THE REPUBLIC OF AMERICA. MY COUNTRY HAS HAD CRISIS THAT HAD CAUSED THE NEED FOR LARGE TRANSFER OF FUNDS OF 800 BILLION DOLLARS USD. IF YOU WOULD ASSIST ME IN THS TRANSFER, IT WOULD BE MOST PROFITABLE TO YOU.
I WORKING WITH MR. PHIL GRAM, LOBBYIST FOR UBS, WHO WILL BE MY REPLACEMENT AS MINISTRY OF THE TREASURY IN JANUARY. AS A SENATOR, YOU MAY KNOW HIM AS LEADER OF THE AMERICAN BANKING DEREGULATION MOVEMENT IN THE 1990S. THIS TRANSACTIN IS 100% SAFE.
THIS IS A MATTER OF GREAT URGENCY. WE NEED A BLANK CHECK. WE NEED THIS FUNDS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. WE CANNOT DIRECTLY TRANSFER THESE FUNDS IN THE NAMES OF OUR CLOSE FRIENDS BECAUSE WE ARE CONSTANTLY UNDER SURVEILLANCE. MY FAMILY LAWYER ADVISED ME THAT I SHOULD LOOK FOR A RELIABLE AND TRUSTWORTHY PERSON WHO WILL ACT AS A NEXT OF KIN SO THE FUNDS CAN BE TRANSFERRED.
PLEASE REPLY WITH ALL OF YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, IRA AND COLLEGE FUND ACCOUNT NUMBERS AND THOSE OF YOUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN TO WALLSTREETBAILOUT@TREASURY.GOV SO THAT WE MAY TRANSFER YOUR COMMISSION FOR THIS TRANSACTION. AFTER I RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION, I WILL RESPOND WITH DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT SAFEGUARDS THAT WILL BE USED TO PROTECT THE FUNDS.
YOURS FAITHFULLY
MINISTER OF TREASURY PAULSON
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是不是跟精英政权的道理一样?选一个像凯撒大帝那样的,然后把权力都交给他.省得我们这些民众傻乎乎每四年就要头痛选谁?火星狗 wrote:其实在这件事情上我比较相信Paulson和Benack的判断，当然I am nobody and my opinion is unimportant and irrelevant。也许这700B会打水漂，但是我不觉得他们和小树丛一样是出于对特殊利益阶层的考虑。看他们怎么让LEH破产和接管AIG的狠劲，我觉得把纳税人的钱放在他们手里也许并不是一个坏主意。而且以我对金融系统两眼一抹黑的知识背景，这两个人的判断肯定比我superior无数倍。十有八九暴风雨是避免不了的，也许这两个人都是作的无用功，也许they can help a little。
昨晚听这个来着:Unprecedented Power Shift In Bailout, Prof Warns 很恐怖.好像在看HBO的"ROME", 重新上演凯撒大帝了这是?那obama上台是不是就变成octavian了?!
好奇害死猫
谁说美国不是社会主义我跟谁急。
我以后就用它了。多谢白金。 
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... d=95026117
Finding Alternatives To Bailout Proposal
by John Ydstie
Morning Edition, September 25, 2008 ・ President Bush, the Treasury secretary and the Federal Reserve chairman have all suggested we have no choice: One way or another, they've said, the economy is in danger without a $700 billion bailout of the financial services industry. But the original bailout plan is changing in Congress, and outside economists have suggested different approaches.
Simon Johnson, a former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, had a note of disbelief in his voice as he described the proposal made by the Bush administration Friday.
"Seven hundred billion dollars of taxpayer money has been put on the table at the express request of a Republican administration to bail out banks, bank managers, bank shareholders, bank creditors," Johnson said.
He doesn't think the administration's idea of taking distressed mortgage securities off the hands of financial institutions is the right approach. He says it's a backdoor way of injecting money into the firms, boosting their capital and making them more willing to lend again.
Johnson and a number of other prominent economists suggest a Warren Buffet approach instead: Buy shares in the company.
"You don't want to do this in a halfhearted, backdoor way," he said. "You gotta be transparent, come all out, go for preferred shares for the government in return for new capital. Wall Street is not going to like it, but that's tough. We're way beyond only doing things that Wall Street likes."
'If It's A Dog, It's Your Problem'
Johnson thinks there's another approach that would be superior to the Treasury's plan ― giving government loans to the struggling financial firms and taking their distressed mortgage securities as collateral.
"Think of it like this: If you need some cash, and you have a secondhand car that's in pretty dubious condition, if I buy the car from you and the car turns out to be a complete dog, that's my problem," he explained. "But if I lend you money against the collateral of that car, ultimately you're going to pay back the loan, and it's your car so if it's a dog it's your problem."
So, by not buying the distressed securities that are the equivalent of the used car, taxpayers aren't holding the bag if the securities turn out to be dogs. But the financial firms do get the money they need in the form of a loan to help them get on their feet again.
The Japanese Model
On Wednesday, as he answered questions before the House Financial Services Committee, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson critiqued some of the alternatives to his approach. He said it's a bad idea to inject capital into banks without removing their troubled assets, calling it "the Japanese solution."
During its financial crisis in the 1990s, Japan propped up its failing banks instead of forcing them to get rid of bad assets, and the country stagnated for a decade.
"They were in a very long recession for many years. You know, you put capital in the banks, and the government is essentially in many ways running them," Paulson said.
There are many other alternatives to Paulson's plan ― among them, forcing banks to stop paying out dividends in order to build up their capital, or suspending capital-gains taxes to make financial institutions more profitable, an idea being pushed by Republican lawmakers.
Open To Alternatives
Democrats are supporting other measures, including providing funds to help homeowners facing foreclosure. After all, it's foreclosures that are making those mortgage-backed securities toxic.
Many of the alternatives have made their way into draft legislation, and some will probably make it into the final bill. The administration has softened its all-or-nothing approach. In Wednesday's hearing, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke seemed open to using some of the alternatives to attack the problem.
"It's the intention of the secretary, certainly I would advise him to be flexible and respond to conditions as they change, and if this process is not working effectively, there are other ways to use this money that will, again, purchase assets or purchase capital and support the banking system," Bernanke said.
Negotiations over the final shape of the rescue plan continue Thursday.
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