“I got lambasted as “anti-business” or something for posting about the Vietnam Vet who got flung in the streets by foreclosure mill thugs a while ago.”
Lots of folks here think that if you lose your home you’re a bum. Lots of people here used to think that gold was crap. Lots of people here think the Republicans are conservative. :)
A sliver of America is waking up and are preparing to board The Dartmouth, Eleanor, and Beaver once again.
No.
But a lot of people would be happy to not pay their loan off, and blame someone else for their poor decisions.
And course we will all pay for it.
Someone who loses a job, gets sick, etc is one thing.
But those who are underwater and choose not to keep making payments is another thing entirely.
As Rick Santelli said a couple of years ago, who wants to pay their neighbors mortgage?
I don't.