{"id":1829,"date":"2007-08-20T22:54:02","date_gmt":"2007-08-21T05:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=1829"},"modified":"2008-01-08T20:33:33","modified_gmt":"2008-01-09T03:33:33","slug":"so-if-there-has-to-be-a-bail-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1829\/so-if-there-has-to-be-a-bail-out\/","title":{"rendered":"So if there has to be a bail out…"},"content":{"rendered":"

What if Jeff<\/a> and Brian<\/a> are right?\u00a0 What if it is preordained in the cards that a federal bail out of Countrywide is an absolute necessity and a foregone conclusion should the behemoth lender fail?\u00a0 While Jeff certainly provides a well reasoned and thrilling John Grisham version of a Countrywide rescue; why wouldn’t we look at some other (less plausible no doubt) bail out options?<\/p>\n

Let me say this first and foremost: I don’t support a bail out of Countrywide.\u00a0 Period. I think its a horrible idea for all the same reasons bail outs in the past have been bad ideas – they reward the wrong-doers.\u00a0 Why do we reward the Mozilos and their billions of dollars while punishing the American public? \u00a0\u00a0 If I am forced to accept a bail out, I would rather it be a bail out of the American public rather than a few rich puppeteers overlooking the pacific ocean from their posh Malibu homes.<\/p>\n

Here are a few outrageous ideas that probably won’t work for a million reasons, and have a shot longer than you do of being hit by an asteroid tomorrow morning; but just for fun lets float a few out there.\u00a0 My bail out options to keep from rewarding the greedmongers:<\/p>\n

A couple of general guidelines:<\/p>\n