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The Mortgage Rescue Bill... with a Trial Lawyer Earmark Thrown in
ChamberPost ^ | 05/08/2008 | Bryan Quigley

Posted on 05/08/2008 8:02:19 AM PDT by MrLegalReform

Pop quiz question: Who are the victims of the recent housing crisis?

A. Borrowers who signed mortgages they couldn't afford

B. Owners who have seen the values of their homes plummet

C. Local governments who are dealing with neighborhoods of vacant, foreclosed housing and a shrinking tax base

If you chose any of the above, you are wrong. According to the latest legislation getting ready to pass the House, the answer is: D. Plaintiffs' trial lawyers.

(Excerpt) Read more at chamberpost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government
KEYWORDS: congress; earmark; housing; triallawyer
Couldn't that $35 million be better spent?
1 posted on 05/08/2008 8:02:21 AM PDT by MrLegalReform
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To: MrLegalReform

thnik of it as greasing the skids of democracy... with slime.


2 posted on 05/08/2008 8:08:59 AM PDT by TeleStraightShooter (What value does Black Liberation Theology hold in a post racial Republic?)
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To: MrLegalReform

So who put / sponsored the earmark?


3 posted on 05/08/2008 8:22:18 AM PDT by blackdog
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To: MrLegalReform

I’m glad the poor trial lawyers are finally going to receive the federal financial assistance they have desperately needed for so long, now.


4 posted on 05/08/2008 8:22:31 AM PDT by WayneS (Don't Blame Me, I voted for Kodos!)
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To: MrLegalReform
And, according to the article, a $15 million earmark for La Raza. Swell.

President Bush, veto this dog!

5 posted on 05/08/2008 8:24:55 AM PDT by HoosierHawk
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To: HoosierHawk

I believe somewhere that he said he is going to veto. So all of this is going to be “for show”.


6 posted on 05/08/2008 8:37:30 AM PDT by acoulterfan
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To: MrLegalReform

Trial lawyers learned well from the mafia - if you don’t pay them off first, you can’t get anything done.


7 posted on 05/08/2008 8:39:06 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ("One man's 'magic' is another man's engineering. 'Supernatural' is a null word." -- Robert Heinlein)
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To: blackdog

Looks like Rep. Melvin Watt (D-NC):

http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=90483


8 posted on 05/08/2008 8:51:03 AM PDT by MrLegalReform
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