Brookhaven, your premise is bogus because you are referring to collective morality or collective salvation. That, indeed, is an argument that the left tries to use to promote socialism.
Conservatives argue for personal responsibility, both spiritually and in secular matters.
That includes keeping your promises, whether they’re in written contract form or just with a handshake. Old fashioned? Sure. The bedrock of our founding values? Absolutely.
I don’t know, and I don’t care, what you mean by “contract morality.” I just know right from wrong, a promise made is a promise to be kept, my word is my bond, and sometimes life is hard.
My grandparents and their children worked like slaves to prevent foreclosure on their dusty old Texas farm during the 30s. Times were much tougher then than now, although we may be headed there. The end result, 80 years later? Descendants who have heard the tales of hunger and sacrifice, but have seen in their elders a character that has served as an example for three generations.
We are not quitters. You don’t walk away from a promise, whether it’s on paper or just words. You have a responsibility to take the high and hard road. Others are watching.
If the bank throws you out, at least you’ve tried to hold up your end of the bargain. Walking away is a shameful path.
If you, my FRiend, are in a mortgage mess, I wish you well in digging out of it and preserving your integrity in doing so.
Conservatives argue for personal responsibility, both spiritually and in secular matters.
That includes keeping your promises, whether they’re in written contract form or just with a handshake. Old fashioned? Sure. The bedrock of our founding values? Absolutely.
Actually, I’m the one arguing that people should keep their promises—both sides of a contract.
You’re arguing that only one side should keep their promises.
If a mortgage didn’t have language that allowed it to be terminated in extreme circumstances (by either party), 90 percent of mortgages would never get signed. The mortgage industry wouldn’t exist. People don’t sign on for lifetime obligations they can never escape.
If the lender promised (in writing no less) that I could get out of my mortgage by exercising a clause of the contract. One that becomes active when I quit making payments.
Yes, people should keep their promises—that includes lenders. They agreed to the out clause, and benefited from including it in the contract (because I and millions of others would have never borrowed money from them in the first place without it).
You’re the one arguing that the lender doesn’t have to keep their promise.