states we should find ways. guys critics over the years have voiced concerns this would allow muslim extremists a new way to use the u.s. financial system to launder money. iffen 0 the other hand this is a special carveout for those who claim sharia compliance or otherwise subsidize or made easier for a specific subset any demographic or religious or other subdivision of the citizenry that we re going to offer, you know special accommodation for i think could cause more of a problem. so how this would work the bank agrees to buy and hold the title of the home. then they create a separate contract for the muslim home buyer to sell them the house with the agreed upon market price. the buyer agrees to buy the house, ak the house in full installment. this is not just mortgages. this could also guys apply to small business loans as well. very controversial and very
been different version has have been announced when you lose key persons like that can you rebuild a coalition. i don t think so. i don t think that the democrats have democratic votes in the senate to get anything big done and i can guarantee you that republican strategists are dying for the democrats to go into the midterm elections turning it into a referendum on a vast new sweeping energy tax scheme, you know in the teeth of a really nasty recession. all throughout obama s biggest problem was all throughout the debate on healthcare everyone kept saying one healthcare is done he s going to pivot to jobs and the economy, if they go with this pie in the sky cap and trade stuff instead of pivoting to jobs in the economy through this summer while at the same time not fixing the hole in the gulf of mexico, it will be even more disastrous. i think jonah is onto something. i think the smart play for the president and the democrats in
do that. i don t think they k. the house version of cap and trade which may not necessarily be what we get in the coming days, that is really the only legislation the president mentioned last night is a dead letter among democrats, forget among republicans. you talk about the policies, i think the policies are absurd. i think dan is right the president is caught in an awkward place in that the left wanted him to go big and go long last night into and to exploit another crisis for an unrelated legislative program, the same way he somehow said the financial crisis required socialized medicine he now says that a once in 40 years oil rig spill requires that we move off of fossil fuels and onto wind and solar power which would not reduce our consumption of oil one bit. this is another rahm emanuel play of not getting a crisis go to waste. i don t think the american people are much interested in it and the left wants him to run that play again and i don t think it works. he s sort of cau