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10-29-2008, 12:15 AM
Welcome to the official David Price website thread!
What North Carolina voters must know about David Price:
Even though David Price has a lot of experience representing North Carolina's Fourth (4th) District in Washington, here are some things that voters must know:
David Price works for the credit card industry, and voted to make our government a collection agency for private banks with 2005's so-called "bankruptcy reform." David Price voted for the administrations's $850 billion Wall Street bailout, despite evidence that it will not reduce foreclosures or ease the credit crisis. David Price voted to deregulate the banking industry by repealing Glass Steagall regulations, thus encouraging banking institutions to become "too big to fail."
David Price supports the "war on drugs" and criminalizing addiction. This past June he voted to give police anti-drug programs in Mexico and Central America over $1.5 billion of our money, when we should be investing in addiction recovery, education, job training, and job creation here at home.
David Price voted for ethanol subsidies and destructive trade policies. His serving agricultural lobbyists results in widespread starvation in developing countries as local agriculture declines, and as we turn food into fuel.
David Price supports NBAF. Price is the Chairman of the Appropriations subcommittee for the Department of Homeland Security, which will fund this facility. Even though the overwhelming majority of people in the 4th district are against this facility, he chooses to stand with his lobbyist and corporate friends.
David Price voted for the PATRIOT Act… but he didn’t stop there. He then voted for H.R. 1955, dubbed the “Thought Crime Bill.” H.R. 1955 would make it a crime to promote viewpoints that the government deems to be wrong or “extremist."
David Price serves corporate interests. Who benefits from his votes for warfare, big government, corporate welfare, and assaulting civil liberties? Follow the money -- corporate PACs have contributed over three million dollars to Price’s campaigns.
Twenty years is long enough.
On November 4th, vote for
William (B.J.) Lawson
and let's make a difference in Washington.
David Price
A friend and reader was kind enough to share this email from Representative David Price in response to a query about his position on the "bailout" bill, which was rejected by the House of Representatives yesterday.
Thank you for contacting me about our country's financial crisis and the proposed recovery legislation. Today the House defeated this legislation, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, by a vote of 205 to 228, despite my support.
Like you, I do not have any interest in "bailing out" Wall Street firms and business leaders who have speculated recklessly, endangered our country's consumers and homebuyers, and resisted regulation that would protect the public interest. My concern is for Main Street - for the people depending on a sound economy and the availability of credit to buy a house or car, to run their business and meet payroll, and to save for college and retirement.
Like it or not, we are all in this together, and the entire economy is threatened as we teeter on the edge of a 1929-style meltdown. Today Wachovia Bank, a North Carolinamainstay, collapsed. But this goes much deeper than bank failures. Last week, the City of Raleigh could not find a buyer for a $300 million bond, and Wake County cancelled its planned $472 million bond issue for school construction, Wake Tech, libraries, and open space acquisition. Both have AAA bond ratings.
Although President Bush lacks the credibility to be of much help, I take the dire warnings of economic analysts very seriously, particularly in light of everything that has happened in the last few weeks. But I could not support Secretary Paulson's request for a blank check for $700 billion to purchase mortgage-backed securities and stabilize the markets.
I thus became part of the intensive discussions over the last ten days to rewrite the Treasury plan in several critical respects. The legislation which came before us today would:
o Provide strict independent oversight and accountability for all activities undertaken by the US Treasury
o Release the $700 billion in installments, with multiple reviews along the way
o Make certain that the entire $700 billion is recaptured by the Treasury and thus by the American taxpayer, by requiring that taxpayers share in any profits resulting from the government's help and providing for assessment of the financial industry for any remaining losses
o Forbid "golden parachutes" and limit other compensation for executives of participating financial institutions.
o Require the government to work with participating institutions and loan servicers to help deserving homeowners negotiate reasonable repayment terms and stay in their homes
The defeat of the bill prolongs and perhaps deepens the crisis. Coordinating with the Senate, the House will need to return within days to try again. Perhaps the economic situation will then lead some members to reconsider. Perhaps the bill can be changed in ways that attract a majority; I certainly have a list of improvements I would like to see. But considering the members who voted "no," I will want to scrutinize carefully any changes designed to attract them.
I am committed over the next few days to continue working to avert financial collapse and get the best possible deal for America's taxpayers and homeowners. I welcome and share your concern about this situation and will be glad to hear from you at any time.
Sincerely,
DAVID PRICE
Member of Congress
To my knowledge, the rejected bill did nothing to eliminate so-called 'golden parachutes" that are written into existing employment contracts for CEOs and other executives of failing and troubled financial institutions. Unlike, for instance, contracts that steel or airline companies had with their union employees to cover pensions and health care for retirees, which were torn up by bankruptcy judges, these golden parachutes are not going to be reconsidered. Similarly, the provision that the taxpayer get all of this bailout money back? Not exactly carved in stone. And i wouldn't bet my mortgage that the bill would "help deserving homeowners negotiate reasonable repayment terms and stay in their homes."
There are other alternatives to the modified Paulson plan that Democrats mostly supported, and Republicans mostly rejected. Why not write a bill that all Democrats can support, pass it in the House and Senate, and let the Republicans and George Bush stand against it? They've spent the past two weeks yelling that the sky is falling. We tried to play their game their way, and they still acted like a bunch of high school bullies.
Fuck 'em.
Isn't this exactly why we elected Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress two years ago?
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What North Carolina voters must know about David Price:
Even though David Price has a lot of experience representing North Carolina's Fourth (4th) District in Washington, here are some things that voters must know:
David Price works for the credit card industry, and voted to make our government a collection agency for private banks with 2005's so-called "bankruptcy reform." David Price voted for the administrations's $850 billion Wall Street bailout, despite evidence that it will not reduce foreclosures or ease the credit crisis. David Price voted to deregulate the banking industry by repealing Glass Steagall regulations, thus encouraging banking institutions to become "too big to fail."
David Price supports the "war on drugs" and criminalizing addiction. This past June he voted to give police anti-drug programs in Mexico and Central America over $1.5 billion of our money, when we should be investing in addiction recovery, education, job training, and job creation here at home.
David Price voted for ethanol subsidies and destructive trade policies. His serving agricultural lobbyists results in widespread starvation in developing countries as local agriculture declines, and as we turn food into fuel.
David Price supports NBAF. Price is the Chairman of the Appropriations subcommittee for the Department of Homeland Security, which will fund this facility. Even though the overwhelming majority of people in the 4th district are against this facility, he chooses to stand with his lobbyist and corporate friends.
David Price voted for the PATRIOT Act… but he didn’t stop there. He then voted for H.R. 1955, dubbed the “Thought Crime Bill.” H.R. 1955 would make it a crime to promote viewpoints that the government deems to be wrong or “extremist."
David Price serves corporate interests. Who benefits from his votes for warfare, big government, corporate welfare, and assaulting civil liberties? Follow the money -- corporate PACs have contributed over three million dollars to Price’s campaigns.
Twenty years is long enough.
On November 4th, vote for
William (B.J.) Lawson
and let's make a difference in Washington.
David Price
A friend and reader was kind enough to share this email from Representative David Price in response to a query about his position on the "bailout" bill, which was rejected by the House of Representatives yesterday.
Thank you for contacting me about our country's financial crisis and the proposed recovery legislation. Today the House defeated this legislation, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, by a vote of 205 to 228, despite my support.
Like you, I do not have any interest in "bailing out" Wall Street firms and business leaders who have speculated recklessly, endangered our country's consumers and homebuyers, and resisted regulation that would protect the public interest. My concern is for Main Street - for the people depending on a sound economy and the availability of credit to buy a house or car, to run their business and meet payroll, and to save for college and retirement.
Like it or not, we are all in this together, and the entire economy is threatened as we teeter on the edge of a 1929-style meltdown. Today Wachovia Bank, a North Carolinamainstay, collapsed. But this goes much deeper than bank failures. Last week, the City of Raleigh could not find a buyer for a $300 million bond, and Wake County cancelled its planned $472 million bond issue for school construction, Wake Tech, libraries, and open space acquisition. Both have AAA bond ratings.
Although President Bush lacks the credibility to be of much help, I take the dire warnings of economic analysts very seriously, particularly in light of everything that has happened in the last few weeks. But I could not support Secretary Paulson's request for a blank check for $700 billion to purchase mortgage-backed securities and stabilize the markets.
I thus became part of the intensive discussions over the last ten days to rewrite the Treasury plan in several critical respects. The legislation which came before us today would:
o Provide strict independent oversight and accountability for all activities undertaken by the US Treasury
o Release the $700 billion in installments, with multiple reviews along the way
o Make certain that the entire $700 billion is recaptured by the Treasury and thus by the American taxpayer, by requiring that taxpayers share in any profits resulting from the government's help and providing for assessment of the financial industry for any remaining losses
o Forbid "golden parachutes" and limit other compensation for executives of participating financial institutions.
o Require the government to work with participating institutions and loan servicers to help deserving homeowners negotiate reasonable repayment terms and stay in their homes
The defeat of the bill prolongs and perhaps deepens the crisis. Coordinating with the Senate, the House will need to return within days to try again. Perhaps the economic situation will then lead some members to reconsider. Perhaps the bill can be changed in ways that attract a majority; I certainly have a list of improvements I would like to see. But considering the members who voted "no," I will want to scrutinize carefully any changes designed to attract them.
I am committed over the next few days to continue working to avert financial collapse and get the best possible deal for America's taxpayers and homeowners. I welcome and share your concern about this situation and will be glad to hear from you at any time.
Sincerely,
DAVID PRICE
Member of Congress
To my knowledge, the rejected bill did nothing to eliminate so-called 'golden parachutes" that are written into existing employment contracts for CEOs and other executives of failing and troubled financial institutions. Unlike, for instance, contracts that steel or airline companies had with their union employees to cover pensions and health care for retirees, which were torn up by bankruptcy judges, these golden parachutes are not going to be reconsidered. Similarly, the provision that the taxpayer get all of this bailout money back? Not exactly carved in stone. And i wouldn't bet my mortgage that the bill would "help deserving homeowners negotiate reasonable repayment terms and stay in their homes."
There are other alternatives to the modified Paulson plan that Democrats mostly supported, and Republicans mostly rejected. Why not write a bill that all Democrats can support, pass it in the House and Senate, and let the Republicans and George Bush stand against it? They've spent the past two weeks yelling that the sky is falling. We tried to play their game their way, and they still acted like a bunch of high school bullies.
Fuck 'em.
Isn't this exactly why we elected Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress two years ago?
David Price sandwich board socialist North Carolina David Price. Will you take Prices King David inherent evil in Congress? Liberty is priceless. These SEO gibberish phrases about good old boy corrupt bastard David Price are experimental.