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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 06:27 PM Original message |
Activists bare teeth over foreclosures |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. Here's a hint |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 07:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. What if you could afford it before job loss or sickness? |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 07:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I get that |
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sepulveda (271 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 07:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. paycheck to paycheck |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 11:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. I say punish the charlatans, not their marks n/t |
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sepulveda (271 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 12:45 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. i say caveat friggin emptor |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 01:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Let's factor in aggressive and not-so-forthright marketing of mortgages |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. And let's factor in... |
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sergeiAK (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 02:03 AM Response to Reply #24 |
49. I may not read the same news as you |
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sepulveda (271 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. i am |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 01:05 AM Response to Reply #6 |
44. That's very sensible and of course the way it worked for decades. |
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bulloney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 07:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. DS1 is right on a lot of people. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 09:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Perhaps. . But not MOST. I object to him jumping on that smaller |
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sepulveda (271 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 12:48 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. i bought |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. I live in Michigan. I don't see many of those people. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. I'm hearing you, Knitter. I'm just outside of Detroit. Same situation. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Six months' savings does nothing if you're out of work for longer. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 01:25 AM Response to Reply #28 |
45. I don't think posters here are talking about Ohio and Michigan |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #45 |
51. What a great way to lead the nation, huh. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 11:51 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. It's just that the offshoring / free trade bastards hit manaufacturing states first |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 02:39 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Thousands on a kid's birthday party?! |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #56 |
65. Yeah, she was hiring |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:22 AM Response to Reply #65 |
67. That almost sounds like a form of illness. |
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verdalaven (495 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Hello there from the Thumb! |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Hey, there from Battle Creek! |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
34. And I'm a paralegal who spent over three years |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 01:31 AM Response to Reply #34 |
46. May I ask the most common thing the lenders were doing |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 01:02 AM Response to Reply #4 |
43. Back in the days before ARMS, which wasn't all that long ago, |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
60. That's what mortgage protection insurance is for... |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. That's un-American! |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 12:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. Here's anothe hint |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 03:30 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. If "my victim was stupid" were a valid defense in court, the dockets would be empty |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 04:35 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. same goes for "my victim was greedy" |
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sergeiAK (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 10:43 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. What if both parties were stupid and greedy? -nt |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 11:40 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Whichever one committed the crime goes to jail |
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sergeiAK (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 12:20 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Again, what if both parties committed crimes? |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #42 |
59. Probably the bigger fish |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 10:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
36. Here's a hint. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
55. Some people, many people, have little choice. |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
66. Sometimes, it is just too easy to blame the party in power or their acolytes ... |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's sharks all over the lawn! |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. Good for them! If the government won't crack down on predatory lenders |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 07:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. you are so right |
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trthnd4jstc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
9. Many People have a simple idea of what other peoples lives are like. |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 08:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. So sorry |
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trthnd4jstc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 08:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I am finding a silver lining to all of this. |
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InkAddict (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 12:08 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. It wasn't ineptitude... |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 01:35 AM Response to Reply #9 |
47. No it clearly is not fair |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 03:18 AM Response to Reply #9 |
50. This was probably all spelled out in the contract |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 05:26 PM Response to Reply #50 |
58. I'm sure a lot of that has to do with your income |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. It actually has to do with being humble |
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annm4peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 03:15 AM Response to Original message |
17. I work in Mortgages, and a lot of crooked stuff going on !!!!!! |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. A small number of people being foreclosed is their own problem |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 01:56 AM Response to Reply #19 |
48. They understand is the problem. The game is to get their money out |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 01:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. I'm at the back end of the mortgage debacle. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 09:44 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. How could that happen? |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 10:41 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Stated income loans. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 11:12 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. frankly - that is a lender problem |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #40 |
57. But you can't completely hold the lendee non culpable either, though. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 07:43 PM Response to Reply #57 |
63. Which I did not do in my post... |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 08:06 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Point taken. |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 03:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. A state official in the Midwest told me basically the same thing |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
21. I posted this in the Poverty forum and GD. It's a great story. |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
38. I can't wait for some DUer to complain that they abhor this as "violence." |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #38 |
52. Somebody could step on one of those plastic sharks and hurt their foot. Terrorist toy flingers. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
54. damn it! Too late to recommend! |
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goforit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
61. Now if they would only do the same with the CEO of Monsanto. |
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