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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 11:20 AM Original message |
Bush's Bad Mortgage Medicine |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
1. He's not doing this to help the dupes who got had by the predetory mortgage scams |
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dantyrant (278 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 11:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. I've never met any of the so-called liberals |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 12:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. They had the stink of the "independant quasi-self made men/women" they want to be seen as: |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 01:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. Dupes? |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 01:48 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. "Dupes" is a strong word. "The hoodwinked" might be better |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. You know, that's just fucking crap. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 04:06 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. What's crap? They got duped? They of course should have read the document! |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 04:20 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. should have, but didn't. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Well then we agree, but honestly my pity is rather "cheap"...I'm only offering it out of empathy. |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 10:41 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. To extend your analogy - it was the predatory lenders who "ran the red light" - and it is |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
2. k/r |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
3. This is only being done to keep the snow ball from rolling even faster. |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 11:43 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Good lord 11%?? WHo could pay that? |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 12:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. That is what some of the Arm's were adjusting up to come March. |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 01:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
30. Not about education |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 04:43 PM Response to Reply #30 |
41. I will give you the greed but it is about lack of education. |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
4. Is the rule"if you can't help everybody, don't help anybody?" |
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Brrrp (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 01:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. No, the point is that this problem deserves more than a token gesture. nt |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 04:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
39. we should let those people lose their homes |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
5. I oppose the Bush mortgage bill |
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Spinzonner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
8. He's always been pushing Snake Oil |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
9. There's another problem with his plan |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 12:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Oh, Dear God |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 01:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. The investors are not the banks |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 03:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
35. I Guess That's Frequently True |
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Brrrp (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 01:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. How is it any different from Nixon's wage price freeze? |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 01:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Wages are not guaranteed or promised |
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Brrrp (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 01:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Union contracts also guaranteed wages. |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. The Unions oppposed Nixon's wage freeze, but said they wouldn't contest them |
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Brrrp (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 01:27 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. This doesn't bear on the issue of legality. |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 01:29 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. You're reaching |
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Brrrp (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 01:35 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. That's not an argument. |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 12:56 AM Response to Reply #19 |
43. Well, there's risk associated with investments. Foreclosures don't return |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 01:15 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. the investors have contractual agreements... |
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Brrrp (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 01:19 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Union workers had contracts, too. |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 01:27 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. By agreement |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
10. "Politicians want to look like they are doing something while not doing something," |
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Brrrp (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. Exactly. nt |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
11. This little plot will keep the dam from completely bursting open |
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Trucker Bob (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
15. Is this Legal? |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 01:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. It's illegal |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 02:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
33. I don't believe any branch of government has the authority to do that |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 02:52 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. When did "not legal" ever stop them? |
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