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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 11:47 AM Original message |
A Life Raft for Subprime Borrowers? - Bush, Banks Working to Freeze Mortgage Interest Rates for Trou |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. Trou= Troubled Borrowers. |
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mrdmk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 12:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Think 1969, there was a wage freeze, in 1972 came a price freeze |
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spotbird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 01:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. So much for the free market. nt |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 12:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Well, it would slow borrowers' spirals into debt... |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 12:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. No, it's Dropped Trou. Pantsless Borrowers. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 10:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
33. Most can pay |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 11:12 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I just recently got back in contact with an old friend, and she is |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 11:48 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. One person isn't everybody |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 06:32 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. I think it should be illegal to give these types of loans. It will |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
2. Wha??? Mr. Free Market wants Big Government to intervene |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 06:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. LOL! n/t |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 10:00 AM Response to Reply #2 |
28. Big government intervenes all the time, to help "its friends." Like Chrysler... |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
3. That will set up everyone for yet more real estate bubbles in the future |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 10:25 AM Response to Reply #3 |
29. Exactly. Whistle's Momma didn't raise no fools. n/t |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
4. Why? What Happened To "Free Markets"? |
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InkAddict (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 11:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
26. Boy, you had me going there for a minute re: |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 12:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
39. What Does Your Screed Have To Do With People Buying Homes That They Cannot Afford? |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 11:15 AM Response to Reply #4 |
35. Not all of them were duped. See my post further up. |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 12:48 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. JeanGrey, This Statement In Your Post Is the Crux of the Problem |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 06:29 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. They had a nice house they could afford BEFORE they |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
5. I hope no bailout unless proof of occupancy is shown. |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 12:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Investors take risks- no bailouts! |
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Raoul (666 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 12:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Definitely - bail out investors |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 12:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. if it weren't for the investors, they wouldn't even be considering it. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 12:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. That would be true if it was only a few flippers... |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
6. Gee, more big government interference in the private sector |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 09:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
43. Ok, point taken, so what do *you* recommend? n/t |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
8. Government Being Used to Help the "Free Market" Again? |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
13. This is Why It's Good to Have a Pro at Treasury |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
15. Damn, someone must be reading my posts. |
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bain_sidhe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
17. Yeah! Postpone the resets until a Dem. is in office |
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spotbird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
19. How will this help home values? |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 01:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. It won't help home values to rise |
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spotbird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 09:34 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Antitrust! |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 11:18 AM Response to Reply #20 |
37. Home values in many areas of the USA are too high and NEED to come down |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
21. Yeah. Let these time bombs re-set during a Dem presidency |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 06:21 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. If it's any consolation... |
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donkeyotay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
22. Free ponies for everyone. And while you're at it, cut the interests rates |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 10:27 AM Response to Reply #22 |
30. No, free ponies for the rich, horseshit for the rest. All this means |
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cliss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
25. It doesn't matter if they freeze rates. |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 10:48 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. In this instance I don't think upside down it the key alone, upside |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
31. I'll believe that.... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
36. They should cut my mortgage rate to 1.9% and freeze it there too |
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