[.38sw]

This really burns me up. My family's tax dollars are going to help other people buy houses, just because they are "minorities". My husband and I have been married for 10 years, and just last year were able to buy our first house (and we are NOT young). It was difficult to do, since we were paying hubby's huge student loans from medical school on top of high taxes. And now, we're helping someone else buy homes. Just makes me feel all warm and fuzzy to be able to help...

When we got a pitch for money from the Republican Congressional Committe, I sent back the solicitation with no check, but included my feelings on a number of issues, this one included, on which I believe the Republicans are selling us out.

[vikingcelt]

"When we got a pitch for money from the Republican Congressional Committee, I sent back the solicitation with no check, but included my feelings on a number of issues, this one included, on which I believe the Republicans are selling us out."

Good for you!!! I do the same thing. I get several of these solicitations every single week and every single week I send them back with comments everywhere. A couple of times I sent back (along with the solicitation with a great big $0 FOR YOU on it) a large sheaf of articles I had printed out about illegal immigration and the terrible things it is doing to our country. I absolutely refuse to give them money when they are selling us out and my daughter's and granddaughter's futures too.

[stickywillie]

I agree. My wife and I own rental units, and this will make it harder to rent them because people will be buying their own houses with our money, instead of renting. And what you say about college loans...when we run credit checks on prospective tenants, we run into an inordinately high number of college loans which are going unpaid. So, now I see you, who paid off the college loan, get treated far more harshly than the dead beats who will receive the free downpayment and closing costs. Katherine Harris didn't think this one through.