Dnarever wrote on Dec 14
th, 2010 at 1:42pm:
Verge wrote on Dec 14
th, 2010 at 11:29am:
Dnarever wrote on Dec 14
th, 2010 at 11:03am:
Quote:Joe Hockey says the move to scrap mortgage exit fees will backfire
Not exactly a lot of credability form a member of a former government which did nothing about this.
However what he is saying is the the banks will just find another way to rip off customers, he is probably correct on that and as a liberal would be a supporter of the practice.
Yawn DNA.
If your only response to Hockey is "you did nothing when in power" why dont we just clean the house of every single pollie who is of a former government in power.
Or you could evaluate what they have to say and form an opinion on the principles.
Hockey had nothing to say with principals involved he simply threw out a one liner with little actual meaning on a subject where he has been proven a failure himself.
Hockey has not explained his position, he has no alternate option except to allow the current situation to continue because it is all too hard and the banks will only circumvent the change.
The previous Lib policy in this area was to do nothing and their current policy is the same.
I would think that he is sniping from a position with little strength and no credability.
Care to show me where that is their current position, because according to them this is their position;
Banking Sector Reform – the Coalition’s 9-point policy recommendations:
1: Give the ACCC power to investigate anti-competitive price signalling.
2: Encourage the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority to investigate whether the major banks are taking on unnecessary risks trying to maximise short-term returns.
3: Mandate the RBA to publish regular reports on bank net interest margins, returns on equity, and profitability to determine whether the major banks are extracting monopolistic profits.
4: Investigate allowing Aussie Post to make its 3,800 branches available as distribution channels for smaller lenders.
5: Ask the Treasury and the RBA to investigate ways to further improve the liquidity of the residential and commercial mortgage backed securities markets.6: Explore further simplification of the Financial Services Reform Act, to make the business of actually getting out and doing business easier.
7: Direct the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority to explore whether the risk-weightings on business loans secured by residential properties are punitive.
8: Commission a resolution to the debate about whether the banks should be able to issue “covered bonds”.9: And let’s wrap up all of this work into a full review of the financial system.
A couple look pretty familar too.