We have Secretaries of HUD, Commerce and Treasury why do we need a "mortgage czar"?

[RB TexLa]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071003/pl_nm/usa_subprime_congress_dc_2

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic leaders in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday will call for appointment of a "mortgage czar" to deal with a spike in foreclosures and more spending to help troubled homeowners, sources familiar with the plan said.

Senator Harry Reid, the Senate's Democratic leader, along with Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the House of Representatives, will make their call at a press conference scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, the sources said.

[Double T]

1. Rethug politicians ACTUALLY like BIG GOVERNMENT...........

despite their hypocritical claims to the contrary, just like their hypocritical brethren on the other side of the isle. Interesting how the government loves to spend money they don't have.

[flvegan]

2. Erm...looks like a Dem initiative to me.

[Double T]

3. Sorry, I forgot to finish my thoughts before I put up my first response.

Fixed it.

[flvegan]

4. Makes much more sense now.

[librechik]

5. because that will put off grappling with the problem a few more months

while committees ok the whole thing (or not) and they can say they are "doing something" about the problem.

That's what Bush does, contrary to every conservative credo: Got a problem? Create another government bureaucracy that becomes a shelter for cronies and against accountability.

These aren't Republicans (or Democrats, for that matter), remember. They are cold-blooded fascists, period. Government exists for them only to help corporations and cronies. Everybody else should go die in Iraq--or Iran. They don't care.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. To do the same thing the 'war czar' has done?