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NYT Editorial: The Banks Win, Again
So homeowners are still bearing the brunt of the mortgage debacle. Taxpayers are still supporting too-big-to-fail banks. And banks are still not being held accountable.http://www.eschatonblog.com/2012/03/about-right.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FbRuz+%28Eschaton%29
EDITORIAL
The Banks Win, Again
Published: March 17, 2012
Last week was a big one for the banks. On Monday, the foreclosure settlement between the big banks and federal and state officials was filed in federal court, and it is now awaiting a judges all-but-certain approval. On Tuesday, the Federal Reserve announced the much-anticipated results of the latest round of bank stress tests.
How did the banks do on both? Pretty well, thank you and better than homeowners and American taxpayers.
That is not only unfair, given banks huge culpability in the mortgage bubble and financial meltdown. It also means that homeowners and the economy still need more relief, and that the banks, without more meaningful punishment, will not be deterred from the next round of misbehavior.
Under the terms of the settlement, the banks will provide $26 billion worth of relief to borrowers and aid to states for antiforeclosure efforts. In exchange, they will get immunity from government civil lawsuits for a litany of alleged abuses, including wrongful denial of loan modifications and wrongful foreclosures. That $26 billion is paltry compared with the scale of wrongdoing and ensuing damage, including 4 million homeowners who have lost their homes, 3.3 million others who are in or near foreclosure, and more than 11 million borrowers who are underwater by $700 billion.
the rest:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/opinion/sunday/the-banks-win-again.html?_r=2&hpw
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NYT Editorial: The Banks Win, Again (Original Post)
kpete
Mar 2012
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gateley
(62,683 posts)1. Sigh. nt
saras
(6,670 posts)2. Has it ever been in question?
Stuart G
(38,414 posts)3. Thanks For Posting, k and r..nt