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Obama says Bail-out Bill Must Allow deadbeat Homeowners to Keep Their Homes
CNBC | 9/24/08

Posted on 09/24/2008 1:52:57 PM PDT by pabianice

Obama on CNBC now. Has announced that he and McCain are suspending their campaigns to deal with financial mess. Obama says Dems will allow no bail-out bill that does not let "all homeowners in trouble" to keep their homes. This seems to mean that those millions of deadbeats who took mortgages they knew they couldn't honor will get their homes on the taxpayers' dime. This seems even worse than the government taking possession of bad loans. It suggests excusing the loans. Also, bill must contain some sort of punishment for business executives.

If this is as Obama says, it seems unlikely that any bill will occur before January and that whatever bill passes will punish the responsible and hard-working. If Obama wins the election, then all bets are off.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bailout; congress; economicpolicy; financialcrisis; govwatch; housingbubble; obamabiden
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To: mewzilla
Or blacks to whites?
I personally believe they are whites fleeing cities to the suburbs, and taking the no down payment offers.
No cost is too great to get out of the City school systems,,,,at least what they think.
101 posted on 09/24/2008 3:18:02 PM PDT by BilLies
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To: TDT

But, but, but, the Oklahoma mainstream media says Oklahoma is in great shape, and isn’t being affected by the present problems.


102 posted on 09/24/2008 3:24:29 PM PDT by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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To: MissEdie
No, it’s that he doesn’t know how to deal with important issues.

Yup! He doesn't want others to see that side of him.

He needs a teleprompter to read to know what to say.

I watched him give his press conference this afternoon. He kept looking to the left and looking to the right, but never straight ahead. I was getting dizzy by his head motion.

103 posted on 09/24/2008 3:33:41 PM PDT by mlocher (USA is a sovereign state.)
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To: TDT
What sort of McMansion you got there, the median BA home is less than $200,000
104 posted on 09/24/2008 3:51:55 PM PDT by MilspecRob (Most people don't act stupid, they really are.)
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To: mlocher
"He kept looking to the left and looking to the right, but never straight ahead."

Image. Physical characteristics can sway some sheeple and he doesnt want anyone else to notice that he has Dumbo ears.

I knew a woman who wouldnt vote for Dole because he had a bum hand, "I dont want to vote for a president that everyone will call Flipper."

105 posted on 09/24/2008 3:55:10 PM PDT by gnarledmaw (...their safety and interest require that they should promote such manufactories....)
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To: johncocktoasten

Early results are that Obama is getting away with dising McCain. Obama’s rap about McCain not being able to do two things at once is gaining traction, dammit.


106 posted on 09/24/2008 4:09:47 PM PDT by pabianice
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To: pabianice

No, mine is paid for. Make them pay for theirs too or lose it!


107 posted on 09/24/2008 4:41:38 PM PDT by Salvation ( †With God all things are possible.†)
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To: sunmars
Reid cannot tell McCain to stay away, McCain is a senior sitting Senator who holds sway with an enormous amount of senators, thats more than Reid and Pelosi can do.

The problem with Senator Reid is that he doesn't have the anywhere close to the influence of Senator McCain, who's been in the US Senate for 22 years and has the ear of most of the Senate on both sides of the aisle. We need leaders NOW, not obstructionists like the Democratic leadership in Congress.

108 posted on 09/24/2008 5:31:34 PM PDT by RayChuang88
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To: muawiyah
"No doubt you are benefiting from the recent housing shortage in the Houston/Galvaston area."

I benefit from hard work you jackass. And quit being a jackass about my area getting hit by a hurricane. You are pathetic.

109 posted on 09/24/2008 9:35:08 PM PDT by avacado
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To: SJSAMPLE

I’m with you . The core of the problem is that every body and his brother were getting home loans with no means of payment. Here in NJ no proof of income was required. If you don’t have the money you can’t have it .TOUGH SH*T that’s life.


110 posted on 09/24/2008 9:41:24 PM PDT by sonic109
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To: MilspecRob

No one’s building 200K homes in BA these days..lots are (or were) 70K min.


111 posted on 09/25/2008 1:05:59 AM PDT by TDT
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To: pabianice

NO BAIL OUT!


112 posted on 09/25/2008 1:07:52 AM PDT by PureSolace (God save us all)
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To: pabianice

Screw the deadbeat homeowners. Socialism is only for the rich thieves that don’t participate in class warfare...


113 posted on 09/25/2008 1:07:52 AM PDT by Tempest (No more bailouts. No More Fear Mongers.)
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To: mlocher
"Obama very non-committal in terms of suspending campaign. I think he does not want to be seen "in action" in Washington. He would be but a bit player."


Come now! Surely they need someone on hand to vote "Present."
114 posted on 09/25/2008 1:11:07 AM PDT by shibumi (...vampire outlaw of the milky way...)
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To: shibumi
Come now! Surely they need someone on hand to vote "Present."

LOL!!!!!!!!! You mean as in "let's give a 'present' to wall street and those who can no longer afford their house"?

115 posted on 09/25/2008 5:11:51 AM PDT by mlocher (USA is a sovereign state.)
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To: avacado
A hurricane? You had a hurricane? Now how would we know that?

It's a total surprise to me.

116 posted on 09/25/2008 10:04:19 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: pabianice
Crap...I own my home outright. Maybe I could get a second mortgage to take advantage of Obama’s socialist giveaways.
117 posted on 09/25/2008 10:08:41 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (Sorry,no tag line today.)
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To: Tempest
The deadbeats got foreclosed in early 2007. Later as prices plunged 20% (on average) folks started walking away from mortgages for more than their homes were worth.

Now we have about 5% of homeowners whose homes have continued to plunge in price and despite their having had as high as 50% equity in their homes just 2 years ago, they now find their mortgages are way out of line with their homes' current worth.

118 posted on 09/25/2008 10:09:21 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: pabianice

if the plan is to reset all the defaulted mortgages at market value - it seems like a good time to get into the appraisal business.


119 posted on 09/25/2008 10:20:25 AM PDT by palomonte (see the light or feel the heat)
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To: Bringbackthedraft
DITTO’s. Screw em, stop paying my mortgages in a timely manner. That's it, screw that efing bank.

These bastards are TOTAL idiots! How the Ef did these Marxist pigs get into office???

The citizens keep reelecting the same a-holes, and this crap just goes round and round.

120 posted on 09/25/2008 10:24:59 AM PDT by gathersnomoss (General George Patton had it right.)
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