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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:29 AM Original message |
More than 40 pct. leave Obama mortgage-aid program |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
1. Many refused to verify their income and dropped or could not verify income and were dropped |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Originally Obama's plan let them in without verification. |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
2. Ouch |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
4. Program is a farce, I know people trying to get help and their banks are thwarting all their efforts |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 12:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. So it's the banks once again that are putting up the |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 03:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
32. Yah my buddy goes to the gov't site, put's in all his info, it says |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 03:50 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. That's why they should have been allowed to fail |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
5. How do you make any sane aid program... |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 12:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. What's wrong with orderly bankruptcy? |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. The original sin was banks giving out risky loans... |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 01:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Someone applied for each and every one of those loans. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 01:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Yup. And in sane times, those applications are rejected by the banks |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 01:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. So you do see where borrower greed played into it. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 01:52 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. What's changed? Borrowers are always greedy |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 03:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
31. You are wrong. |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 04:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
35. As a matter of fact, I was an unsuspecting victim on the street. |
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activa8tr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 01:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. There was often no "original sin" by the borrower, who had a job and lost it! |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 01:51 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. It's not a matter of sin. |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 02:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Life ain't fair! |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 03:10 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Lucky Duckies! |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 02:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. If losing one's job these days is "bad luck", |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 02:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. My wording wasn't the best, but.. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 02:15 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. "factoring in risks like potential unemployment is something everyone should do prior..." |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 04:02 PM Response to Reply #23 |
34. I agree that finance capitalism is fundamentally immoral. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 04:58 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Id prefer a smart hybrid |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 03:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
30. Bankruptcy for borrowers, but not banks? |
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brettjv (42 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 08:15 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. This ^^^ |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. My line of work intersects with this program quite often. It's extremely disappointing. nt. |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
8. This didn't have to be this way. Look at ALL the money that went to........ |
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tinkerbell41 (722 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
9. Took me from May to December |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 01:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. It took us from March to January of '10 |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
10. Asking the banks nicely won't work |
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SomeGuyInEagan (872 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 02:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. Banks - and corporations - will only respond under threat of lawsuit, fine or prison ... |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 02:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Simply allowing bankruptcy cram-downs of 1st mortgages |
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SomeGuyInEagan (872 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 03:13 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. "And it wouldn't harm the lenders ..." |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. It's true. Foreclosures are bought are firesale prices, and |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-10 09:56 AM Response to Reply #28 |
38. Big lenders often behave stupidly |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
27. No jobs = No mortgage payments |
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