HEY, WHERE'S THE STIMULUS MONEY?
Where The STIMULUS Money Went
Despite hundreds of billions of dollars given to banks in late 2008 and early 2009, they're plainly not lending as much as they could. Instead, much of the money has gone to build up capital, acquire other companies and make sure that no executive misses a fat paycheck for the leadership efforts that created the mortgage meltdown in the first place.
As an example, the New York state comptroller's office says that in 2008 “the bonus pool paid by the securities industry to its employees in New York City totaled $18.4 billion in 2008 based on personal income tax collections and other factors, including industry revenue and expense trends. This represents a decline of 44 percent compared with the $32.9 billion paid in 2007. The decline is the largest on record in absolute dollars and the largest percentage decline in more than 30 years, but the size of the bonus pool is still the sixth largest on record.”
It was Adam Smith who said we are each guided by the “invisible hand of self-interest.” In the case of the nation's banking system there's nothing invisible about it. Money from the U.S. government that was plainly intended to restore the lending process has instead been diverted into lender vaults and executive accounts. Having been spent for other purposes, that money is simply unavailable to mortgage borrowers, regardless of their credit standing or the value of their homes.
So, this explains to me why I have a First Time Homebuyer that has been waiting for almost 2 months for a CLEAR TO CLOSE. Thank GOD for patient sellers!!
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Katie
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