Main Street may be about to get its own gigantic bailout. Rumors are running wild from Washington to Wall Street that the Obama administration is about to order government-controlled lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to forgive a portion of the mortgage debt of millions of Americans who owe more than what their homes are worth. An estimated 15 million U.S. mortgages – one in five – are underwater with negative equity of some $800 billion. Recall that on Christmas Eve 2009, the Treasury Department waived a $400 billion limit on financial assistance to Fannie and Freddie, pledging unlimited help. The actual vehicle for the bailout could be the Bush-era Home Affordable Refinance Program, or HARP, a sister program to Obama’s loan modification effort. HARP was just extended through June 30, 2011.At this point, it's almost a waste of time to complain. We are totally screwing our children to feed our own self-righteous compassion.
Thursday, August 05, 2010
In for a Dime
... in for a few hundred billion dollars. Dig this.
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The Dems lost their marbles in a haze of drugs in the sixties and now we have the lunatics that resulted in charge. Truly sickening that a country with so many fabulous people can end up with them in charge.
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