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Newt Gingrich Wants End to Bailouts

Newt Gingrich is out today with some helpful pointers for the Obama Administration. he wants an end to the bailouts that keep getting us into bigger messes.

Thanks to the Bush-Obama-Geithner policy of bailing out failing companies, we now have the worst of all possible scenarios: A taxpayer subsidized, government supervised private company; an unsustainable public/private hybrid that is too public to make its own decisions and too private to be responsible to the taxpayers that are keeping it alive.

Outrages like the fat cat bonuses currently dominating the headlines will only continue as long as the rule of politicians supplants the rule of law on Wall Street.

Congress should rethink this entire process. The dangers of a domino-like financial meltdown are real. But so, too, is the danger that the outrage of the American people will reach the point that we no longer trust the dire warnings — or the righteous indignation — coming from Washington.

You can check him out here.

COMMENTS

  • http://franklinslocke.blogspot.com/ franklinslocke

    Right now, in the news, Freddie and Fannie bonuses are an issue. AIG was yesterday. There will be more and more problems with other companies and other bailouts. This is only the beginning.

    BUT…the genie is out of the bottle now. What are we going to do? Ask for our money back? I doubt it. This is the exact reason why I was against the bailouts in the first place.

    I say no more bailouts. I say to the companies, fix it with what we gave you or file for bankruptcy. And, that is it! We have to stop this madness!

    http://franklinslocke.blogspot.com/

  • momac

    Seems like only yesterday he was out enjoying the anti-Rush accolades of the moderate-lovers, now he’s here to soak up some anti-bailout praise, and only a few months late to the bandwagon. It’s almost as though he can see political winds shift and then ever so deftly follow them.

  • randy streu

    he’s pretty much been against the bailouts this whole time. So it’s not as though he’s changed position on that.

  • DGaines

    him running point for us. He has too much baggage. Plus being against any more bailouts at this point is hardly a difficult position for a Republican.

    Below is from abcnews on Sept 29th, 2009

    “ABC News’ Teddy Davis Reports: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich reversed course on Monday, issuing a statement saying that if he were still in office he would “reluctantly and sadly” support the $700 billion Wall Street bailout bill.

    Gingrich, who led the charge against the bailout last week, explained his change in position by saying that the House Republicans, “reinforced by John McCain,” have improved the bill “significantly” so it is “less bad” than the original proposal offered by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. ”

    Please find me someone who was smart enough to oppose the first one.

  • DGaines

    Gad I had that.

  • http://www.fredmaidment.com Fred Maidment

    …on Constitutional grounds?

    That won’t happen, of course. If you can’t give money to businesses for failing, you clearly can’t give money to private citizens for failing. That means Welfare would be on the chopping block!

    Ah, if only I had $2 million for a SCotUS case…