This is the difference between compassionate conservatism and liberalism. Liberalism will throw out a few fish. More votes, more fish. Compassionate conservatism teaches people to fish.
I can understand the government working with private enterprise, to secure low interest loans for minorities and poor folks in general. Having a shot at buying a house is the American dream. But this action by the President is more social engineering, that we can't afford. Add this $200 million to all the other millions and bilions of dollars spent every year, to make everyone equal and then remember whose paying the price here. It's the hardworking American taxpayers who are funding these government programs. Small or large, its comes out of my pocket and your pocket.
How will people become responsible citizens if they're given everything? Short answer, they won't.
The 300 pound gorilla that nobody wants to take about and which is at the heart of this initiative is citizenship.
Without proof of citizenship there is usually no conventional loan. This is euphemistically referred to in the article as the difficutly of the purchasing process.
More of 43's pandering to the illegal alien tide engulfing our country.
Maybe it is a cultural thing and evil white people should respect these differences and leave them alone. I think it is totally unfair to expect these wonderful cultures and sub cultures to be forced to act "white".
Hey! I am mad..
You just tell me who says minorities can't buy a home and I will be all over them in a second..
Someone is preventing this? That's outragous!
This is America.. we don't discriminate against people because of, irrelevant, superficial things like color.
"While nearly three-fourths of all white Americans own their own homes, less than half of all African Americans and Hispanic Americans are homeowners..."
It's actually good politics, too. In my experience, homeowners tend to be more conservative and less likely to vote for DemonRATS, while renters tend just the opposite...MUD