Comments on: The $46,000 Question: What Are the Terms of Chris Christie’s Loan to NJ’s First AUSA? http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/08/17/the-46000-question-what-are-the-terms-for-christies-loan-to-njs-first-ausa/ Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:48:32 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: mntleo2 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/08/17/the-46000-question-what-are-the-terms-for-christies-loan-to-njs-first-ausa/#comment-181769 mntleo2 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:28:18 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/08/17/the-46000-question-what-are-the-terms-for-christies-loan-to-njs-first-ausa/#comment-181769 <p>Now how could Rove be sleeping with Christie when the man he snuck into the<br /> Whitehouse for all those secret overnights was his one and only true love, Guckert? </p> <p>Just sayin’ …</p> <p>Cat In Seattle</p> Now how could Rove be sleeping with Christie when the man he snuck into the
Whitehouse for all those secret overnights was his one and only true love, Guckert?

Just sayin’ …

Cat In Seattle

]]> By: SparklestheIguana http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/08/17/the-46000-question-what-are-the-terms-for-christies-loan-to-njs-first-ausa/#comment-181756 SparklestheIguana Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:00:35 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/08/17/the-46000-question-what-are-the-terms-for-christies-loan-to-njs-first-ausa/#comment-181756 <blockquote><p>I dunno. Have you seen Chris Cristie? If he balloons any more he will explode.</p></blockquote> <p>Ha….glad someone else said it, not me.</p> <p>Could he be storing those organ donor kidneys inside his waistband?</p>

I dunno. Have you seen Chris Cristie? If he balloons any more he will explode.

Ha….glad someone else said it, not me.

Could he be storing those organ donor kidneys inside his waistband?

]]> By: orionATL http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/08/17/the-46000-question-what-are-the-terms-for-christies-loan-to-njs-first-ausa/#comment-181754 orionATL Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:57:52 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/08/17/the-46000-question-what-are-the-terms-for-christies-loan-to-njs-first-ausa/#comment-181754 <p>fatster @25</p> <p>wow!</p> <p>christie’s a 5 gallon bucket of lard* in a suit.</p> <p>*country lingo.</p> fatster @25

wow!

christie’s a 5 gallon bucket of lard* in a suit.

*country lingo.

]]> By: Basharov http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/08/17/the-46000-question-what-are-the-terms-for-christies-loan-to-njs-first-ausa/#comment-181743 Basharov Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:29:40 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/08/17/the-46000-question-what-are-the-terms-for-christies-loan-to-njs-first-ausa/#comment-181743 <p>My back of the envelope calculations show that she’s paying 3.2% per year for the loan. I’m assuming it’s a loan for 10 years, paid back at $499.22 per month, which means that she’ll have paid $59,906.40 at the end of the ten year term. She borrowed $46,000.00, so she’ll pay a total in interest of $13,906.40, which, divided by $46,000 equals .302313. Divide that total by 10 and you’ve got 0.032 which equals an interest rate of 3.2%. </p> <p>Not bad, especially when you consider that there don’t appear to be any collateral involved or a loan contract.</p> <p>I sure wish my boss would loan me (on just my signature — if even that was required) $46,000 for 10 years at 3.2% per annum (which, given the inflation that’s bound to occur by 2017, means she’s getting her money for almost free).</p> <p>It’s good to be the king.</p> My back of the envelope calculations show that she’s paying 3.2% per year for the loan. I’m assuming it’s a loan for 10 years, paid back at $499.22 per month, which means that she’ll have paid $59,906.40 at the end of the ten year term. She borrowed $46,000.00, so she’ll pay a total in interest of $13,906.40, which, divided by $46,000 equals .302313. Divide that total by 10 and you’ve got 0.032 which equals an interest rate of 3.2%.

Not bad, especially when you consider that there don’t appear to be any collateral involved or a loan contract.

I sure wish my boss would loan me (on just my signature — if even that was required) $46,000 for 10 years at 3.2% per annum (which, given the inflation that’s bound to occur by 2017, means she’s getting her money for almost free).

It’s good to be the king.

]]> By: Sparkatus http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/08/17/the-46000-question-what-are-the-terms-for-christies-loan-to-njs-first-ausa/#comment-181738 Sparkatus Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:20:56 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/08/17/the-46000-question-what-are-the-terms-for-christies-loan-to-njs-first-ausa/#comment-181738 <p>With a government promotion you get a raise (if it were private sector, I would only presume that you’d get a raise), which of course makes that loan easier to pay off. It’s not just appearance of impropriety…it is impropriety.</p> With a government promotion you get a raise (if it were private sector, I would only presume that you’d get a raise), which of course makes that loan easier to pay off. It’s not just appearance of impropriety…it is impropriety.

]]> By: prostratedragon http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/08/17/the-46000-question-what-are-the-terms-for-christies-loan-to-njs-first-ausa/#comment-181720 prostratedragon Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:05:16 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/08/17/the-46000-question-what-are-the-terms-for-christies-loan-to-njs-first-ausa/#comment-181720 <p>[Um, as might somehow appear elsewhere on this blog,] I get a farthing under 5.5% p.a. using a standard 17B II. From the story, the loan sounds like a second mortgage which under the AUSA’s family circumstances especially, would be priced more like a subprime loan —higher.</p> <p>By 2007 sometime, both seconds and subprimes dried up abruptly and haven’t really recovered since, making the effective interest rate on one a very large number.</p> [Um, as might somehow appear elsewhere on this blog,] I get a farthing under 5.5% p.a. using a standard 17B II. From the story, the loan sounds like a second mortgage which under the AUSA’s family circumstances especially, would be priced more like a subprime loan —higher.

By 2007 sometime, both seconds and subprimes dried up abruptly and haven’t really recovered since, making the effective interest rate on one a very large number.

]]> By: ThingsComeUndone http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/08/17/the-46000-question-what-are-the-terms-for-christies-loan-to-njs-first-ausa/#comment-181719 ThingsComeUndone Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:58:34 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/08/17/the-46000-question-what-are-the-terms-for-christies-loan-to-njs-first-ausa/#comment-181719 <p>So how are we going to get some answers out of him on this question? And why is she still employed with this questionable loan when Monica Goodling handled hiring and firing being a Lesbian was enough to get you tanked.<br /> But taking a no interest loan from your boss who is thinking about running for governor?<br /> When you consider all the things the Dept of Justice can do to help win an election I’m sorry but either she transfers to another area away from Chris or she gets fired.</p> So how are we going to get some answers out of him on this question? And why is she still employed with this questionable loan when Monica Goodling handled hiring and firing being a Lesbian was enough to get you tanked.
But taking a no interest loan from your boss who is thinking about running for governor?
When you consider all the things the Dept of Justice can do to help win an election I’m sorry but either she transfers to another area away from Chris or she gets fired.

]]> By: marc http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/08/17/the-46000-question-what-are-the-terms-for-christies-loan-to-njs-first-ausa/#comment-181717 marc Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:50:07 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/08/17/the-46000-question-what-are-the-terms-for-christies-loan-to-njs-first-ausa/#comment-181717 <p>This American Life had a hysterical/sad story of Chris Christie’s buffoonish prosecution of a 70 year old sad sack and not too bright Indian women’s clothing salesman for terrorism. Chris Christie was able to prove that the old man would, if a terrorist approached him, which they wouldn’t, so the government had to supply the terrorist. Provide weapons such as missiles and submarines, which he couldn’t, so after waiting almost 2 years the FBI got tired of his inability to actually supply weapons. The FBI arranged for Russian agents to contact him about a stinger missiles for sale,the very thing the government’s fake terrorist/informant was seeking to buy. So the government provided the fake missile from a phony arms dealers for for a not so bright Indian women’s clothing salesman to sale to the fake terrorist/informant. All of this only cost around a million or so dollars to accomplish.<br /> This keystone caper of an investigation and conviction is the number one resume item for Chris Christie’s run for governor. If he pads that resume a little further with a few more contrived cases I’m not surprised.</p> This American Life had a hysterical/sad story of Chris Christie’s buffoonish prosecution of a 70 year old sad sack and not too bright Indian women’s clothing salesman for terrorism. Chris Christie was able to prove that the old man would, if a terrorist approached him, which they wouldn’t, so the government had to supply the terrorist. Provide weapons such as missiles and submarines, which he couldn’t, so after waiting almost 2 years the FBI got tired of his inability to actually supply weapons. The FBI arranged for Russian agents to contact him about a stinger missiles for sale,the very thing the government’s fake terrorist/informant was seeking to buy. So the government provided the fake missile from a phony arms dealers for for a not so bright Indian women’s clothing salesman to sale to the fake terrorist/informant. All of this only cost around a million or so dollars to accomplish.
This keystone caper of an investigation and conviction is the number one resume item for Chris Christie’s run for governor. If he pads that resume a little further with a few more contrived cases I’m not surprised.

]]> By: rosalind http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/08/17/the-46000-question-what-are-the-terms-for-christies-loan-to-njs-first-ausa/#comment-181716 rosalind Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:36:54 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/08/17/the-46000-question-what-are-the-terms-for-christies-loan-to-njs-first-ausa/#comment-181716 <p>wonder if christie’s <a href="http://bluejersey.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=11727" rel="nofollow">“mentor”</a> mark sanford took him by C St. to meet the prayer group before introducing him at the <a href="http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2009/02/gop_govs_gearin.php" rel="nofollow">RGA (Republican Governor’s Association) gala</a> in February.</p> wonder if christie’s “mentor” mark sanford took him by C St. to meet the prayer group before introducing him at the RGA (Republican Governor’s Association) gala in February.

]]> By: bmaz http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/08/17/the-46000-question-what-are-the-terms-for-christies-loan-to-njs-first-ausa/#comment-181715 bmaz Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:34:22 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/08/17/the-46000-question-what-are-the-terms-for-christies-loan-to-njs-first-ausa/#comment-181715 <p>I dunno. Have you seen Chris Cristie? If he balloons any more he will explode.</p> I dunno. Have you seen Chris Cristie? If he balloons any more he will explode.

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