Comments on: Lenders Have to Lend http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/09/lenders-have-to.html Dispatches from a Small Business Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:09:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: TDK http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/09/lenders-have-to.html/comment-page-1#comment-13982 TDK Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:09:34 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/09/lenders-have-to.html #comment-13982 <p>The usual attitude to lenders is the biblical one: suspicion of usury. The cry now is that people were "forced" to borrow more than they could afford. Once the banks were wicked because they red lined people. Now they are wicked because they didn't.</p> The usual attitude to lenders is the biblical one: suspicion of usury. The cry now is that people were “forced” to borrow more than they could afford. Once the banks were wicked because they red lined people. Now they are wicked because they didn’t.

]]> By: kebko http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/09/lenders-have-to.html/comment-page-1#comment-13981 kebko Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:23:06 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/09/lenders-have-to.html #comment-13981 <p>I've seen the shadow stats site referenced several times here & there & it's tempting to buy some of the ideas. But, it looks to me like in order to believe the stats, you'd have to believe that US GDP is at about the same level as it was in 1985, which just seems silly.</p> I’ve seen the shadow stats site referenced several times here & there & it’s tempting to buy some of the ideas. But, it looks to me like in order to believe the stats, you’d have to believe that US GDP is at about the same level as it was in 1985, which just seems silly.

]]> By: xpatUSA http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/09/lenders-have-to.html/comment-page-1#comment-13980 xpatUSA Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:37:24 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/09/lenders-have-to.html #comment-13980 <p>Interesting that she used credit in the end. Pretty smart for a country gal. Although she was paying about 1%/mo interest, inflation was probably depreciating her payment at a greater rate!</p> <p>See John Williams' Shadow Government Statistics CPI chart here:</p> <p>http://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data</p> <p>Did I get that right?</p> <p>T.C.</p> Interesting that she used credit in the end. Pretty smart for a country gal. Although she was paying about 1%/mo interest, inflation was probably depreciating her payment at a greater rate!

See John Williams’ Shadow Government Statistics CPI chart here:

http://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data

Did I get that right?

T.C.

]]> By: Gil http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/09/lenders-have-to.html/comment-page-1#comment-13979 Gil Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:24:12 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/09/lenders-have-to.html #comment-13979 <p>Good post.</p> <p>About the song... I think it's funny that the song says "With the pictures of the presidents" and then lingers on the image of Franklin, who wasn't one.</p> Good post.

About the song… I think it’s funny that the song says “With the pictures of the presidents” and then lingers on the image of Franklin, who wasn’t one.

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