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Getbig Main Boards => Politics and Political Issues Board => Topic started by: pro nitrousADRL on May 25, 2010, 01:48:24 PM
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If those bus full of seiu people had gathered on my lawn and potio, and blocked my front door while my kid was in there, I would have shot them. Since when do other people have the right to stay on your property, and the chicken shit cops wouldnt do anything. They have every right to protest but on the street. Where I live I could have shot every single one of them, stating that I feared for my son.
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If those bus full of seiu people had gathered on my lawn and potio, and blocked my front door while my kid was in there, I would have shot them. Since when do other people have the right to stay on your property, and the chicken shit cops wouldnt do anything. They have every right to protest but on the street. Where I live I could have shot every single one of them, stating that I feared for my son.
Damn right! I knew I wasn't crazy thinking this! Hahahahaha...many here probably don't know how to operate a shotgun though. ;D
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they would have been looking at the wrong end of my 12 guage. The police say there was nothing they could do because the police hadnt asked them to leave, tresspassing occurs when the owner who did ask them to leave multiple times, or the police ask them. So why are they not having any tresspassing charges?
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Its about time some people go Travis Bickle on these communists.
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Its about time some people go Travis Bickle on these communists.
And look, here is 333 right on schedule issuing an appeal and a call to arms to the most mentally unstable.
Why am I not surprised?! ::)
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so you support what happened to that guy, his property, and his child and you must not be too up to date on U.S law about tresspassing
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Count on jag tp support every single insane thing that occurs in this country.
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i have noticed that through jags posts, and i havent even been a member here that long
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so you support what happened to that guy, his property, and his child and you must not be too up to date on U.S law about tresspassing
My comment has nothing to do with any guy, his child or property.
it has to do with 333's MO. Going postal seems to be his answer to everything.
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i dont see shooting people that tresspass and endanger your family as going postal really
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i dont see shooting people that tresspass and endanger your family as going postal really
Neither do I, but we're not talking about your common sense or defensive posture.
I was talking about 333's penchant for going postal as the answer to everything.
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Did I say go postal? No.
I said go Travis Bickle.
Big difference.
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did Travis ever work for the post office? :D
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did Travis ever work for the post office? :D
Travis worked for the Taxi company. One of the best movies of all time.
Travis went Yellow Cab!
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Jag would have a VERY different view had those been Klansmen in the persons yard and the person being protested was black.But because she a left wing loon,she HAS to love filthy,lazy,good for nothing,scum bag unions.
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What would have happen if the owners had fired a shotgun in the air a few times to warn them off their property? What would have the police done?
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What would have happen if the owners had fired a shotgun in the air a few times to warn them off their property? What would have the police done?
Probably arrested the homeowner for brandishing a firearm or causing panic. ::) Shit like this needs to stop.
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How about just putting the sprinkler system on.
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I missed this news story? Where did police say it was okay for protesters to step foot on someone's property? Was this in the USA?
Sheeeeeeeeeeit, I'd be removing them pertty quickly. If the super soaker with deer piss didn't work, I'd be buying putbulls from craigslist as fast as I could find them, and then letting nature take its course.
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you probably missed it 240 cause general electric news wouldnt report on it cause it shows what scum seiu is. and that would have created issues for general electric news
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These are vile greedy communists who should have been escorted off the property at a barrell of a gun or at the mounth of a foaming pitbull.
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thanks for the video clip.
holy crap, I would have released the hounds on those SOBs.
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i wonder why general electric news didnt report this?
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i wonder why general electric news didnt report this?
Is this the story? 15 hours ago
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37261532/
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These are vile greedy communists who should have been escorted off the property at a barrell of a gun or at the mounth of a foaming pitbull.
Holy Crap! :o :o If this is what was originally discussed in the thread, and this was a protest held on private property, at the home of a lobbyist for the bank, ...then I'd say the barrell of a gun or foaming pitbull wouldn't be enough. I'd say machine gun their asses. Machine guns, tear gas, and throw in a flame thrower for good measure.
Was the homeowner not home? I can't see someone organizing a protest on someone's property, on their front porch no less, without them calling the cops to disperse the crowd.
for once 333's solution to a problem is appropo. I guess when you use the same solution to every problem, eventually you'll encounter a problem to which your solution actually is a perfect fit. How did someone once put it on here... "every once in a while, even a blind squirrel will find a nut". :D
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Yes it is. Until a few of these communists and leftists get KTFO'd publicly and put in their place, this garbage will happen.
I would have come out like a bat out of hell against these marxist goons if they came on my property and scared my kid like that.
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i would have tried something a little more shrewd than assaulting them.
Called the fire dept and report you smell smoke, call the police and report you smell meth smoke, call the dog catcher and report 5 rabid pitbulls, then fire your deer urine super soaker out the upstairs window because it's all you have to put out the fire you smell.
This will agitate the crowd further. Then, when police are walking up, you open your door smiling and let one of them assault you in plain view of police and fire dept.
You then own his ass in court/$, the whole lot of them get arrested for the mess on your lawn, and the shit doesn't happen again.
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NAH - these communists need to be KTFO'd multiple times, in public, on tv, and in eyesight of everyone else.
The leftists in this country need to be put back in their place and stomped back into their dark corners.
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i would have tried something a little more shrewd than assaulting them.
Called the fire dept and report you smell smoke, call the police and report you smell meth smoke, call the dog catcher and report 5 rabid pitbulls, then fire your deer urine super soaker out the upstairs window because it's all you have to put out the fire you smell.
This will agitate the crowd further. Then, when police are walking up, you open your door smiling and let one of them assault you in plain view of police and fire dept.
You then own his ass in court/$, the whole lot of them get arrested for the mess on your lawn, and the shit doesn't happen again.
You are a devious one. :-\
One thing I'm curious about though... how have you managed to harvest such large quantities of deer urine?
You seem to have quite a supply of it
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What would have happen if the owners had fired a shotgun in the air a few times to warn them off their property? What would have the police done?
he would have honestly got in more trouble doing that than shooting them here in texas.....
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I don't trust any man who doesn't keep a few gallons of deer urine on hand.
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=buy+deer+urine&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&fp=1194ff6be7c19a1f
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I don't trust any man who doesn't keep a few gallons of deer urine on hand.
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=buy+deer+urine&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&fp=1194ff6be7c19a1f
i was walking around in academy today, and i saw a product called "coon urine"......i laughed my ass off.....i guess cause they said coon, and not racoon....it was written in really big yellow letters too ;D
BTW....i took the EDM .408 out to 2600yards today, it was actually 2594yards.....but i will call it 2600yards ;D
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I don't trust any man who doesn't keep a few gallons of deer urine on hand.
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=buy+deer+urine&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&fp=1194ff6be7c19a1f
Phew! I had really disturbing images of you sitting on a stool, holding a glass mason jar in one hand,
...and something very, very disturbing in the other. :-X
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i was walking around in academy today, and i saw a product called "#### urine"......i laughed my ass off.....i guess cause they said ####, and not racoon....it was written in really big yellow letters too ;D
BTW....i took the EDM .408 out to 2600yards today, it was actually 2594yards.....but i will call it 2600yards ;D
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That's the kind of urine you squirt douse klan members in,
...and make sure you leave the jug behind so the few capable of reading can read the big yellow letters.
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These are vile greedy communists who should have been escorted off the property at a barrell of a gun or at the mounth of a foaming pitbull.
I hope the banks take note, and never buy a home for this disgusting bitch again..... :o
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I hope the banks take note, and never buy a home for this disgusting bitch again..... :o
The bank bought her a home? :o Where do I go to get on that list? I wouldn't mind a new home too. :D
ps: If any bankers are listening, I'd like one with a nice covered deck, indoor kidney shaped pool, a tennis court, koi ponds, extensive landscaping, a master suite with fireplace and a 20' x 20' walk in closet. :D
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Yes it is. Until a few of these communists and leftists get KTFO'd publicly and put in their place, this garbage will happen.
I would have come out like a bat out of hell against these marxist goons if they came on my property and scared my kid like that.
Those "communists" are nothing more than that other mass of 95% of Americans that are pissed off at seeing 5% of the other Americans accumulate 80% of the riches.
Call me "brainy" but if you're going to take on these "communists" the math is against you dude.
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The bank bought her a home? :o Where do I go to get on that list? I wouldn't mind a new home too. :D
ps: If any bankers are listening, I'd like one with a nice covered deck, indoor kidney shaped pool, a tennis court, koi ponds, extensive landscaping, a master suite with fireplace and a 20' x 20' walk in closet. :D
I'm sure you know what I mean Jaguar, it was exaggeration. I can bet an ignorant lady like her won't be paying cash for any real estate any time soon...
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I'm sure you know what I mean Jaguar, it was exaggeration. I can bet an ignorant lady like her won't be paying cash for any real estate any time soon...
Actually Eyeball, I was the one who was exaggerating. You were more accurate than you know.
Anytime someone "buys" a house with a mortgage, ...they're not really the ones buying it... the bank is,
...and it's the bank who owns it, until the person who the bank allows to live there, pays back the exorbitant usary on top of the money the bank created out of thin air in order to purchase the house... so in a sense you were right. :D
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Actually Eyeball, I was the one who was exaggerating. You were more accurate than you know.
Anytime someone "buys" a house with a mortgage, ...they're not really the ones buying it... the bank is,
...and it's the bank who owns it, until the person who the bank allows to live there, pays back the exorbitant usary on top of the money the bank created out of thin air in order to purchase the house... so in a sense you were right. :D
Maybe in Canada, but here the home owner who mortgages holds title, and the mortgagee puts a lien with certain conditions on the property.
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I don't get it. You guys come on here complaining about the useless government and greedy banks / wall street and now when people are pissed off and going to the streets you are against them?? WTF this guy works for BOFA. A company that got billions in bailout money backed by tax payers. Why are you defending this scum?? It's about time people rise up.
You guys are on the wrong side of the fence with this. I can pull up dozens of posts where you rally against the corrupt bankers and now you want to defend this fucker? Wake up morons, will you WAKE UP!!
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Those "communists" are nothing more than that other mass of 95% of Americans that are pissed off at seeing 5% of the other Americans accumulate 80% of the riches.
Call me "brainy" but if you're going to take on these "communists" the math is against you dude.
Agree. Unless 333 and 240 and everyone else clamoring about these "communists" are in the top 5% (which I highly doubt) there posts in this thread don't make sense at all. 333 is constantly making threads about the useless government and corruption and now he is upset when the very people he is sympathizing with are venting their anger at the same people that 333 is also angry with. What is going on here??
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i dont think they're communists... but i think they have no business on a persons property.
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Maybe in Canada, but here the home owner who mortgages holds title, and the mortgagee puts a lien with certain conditions on the property.
no it works the same way here, ...the bottom line is until the bank signs off on the property, you don't own it, and it is the bank that decides what becomes of the property, ...whether it remains your home, or whether it is sold out from under you. If an when it is sold, the bank gets first funds until the indebtedness to them is repaid. Ipso facto... the bank owns it until you're mortgage free.
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i dont think they're communists... but i think they have no business on a persons property.
That "property" was probably bought for by scamming tax payers.
Let's say banker "A" gets a $40 million bonus after receiving a bailout on taxpayer money and buys a nice house in the Hamptons. If taxpayers congregate in front of this house and rally against greed would you oppose it?
I guess you guys show bend over a little more so you can get fucked deeper in the ass.
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do i think the guy getting all the $ from bailouts if a dick, but smart? Yes.
Do I think congress should investigate, take over, and fire him? Sure.
if he broke the law, should he be locked up? yep.
Still, it's his house. That's my take.
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do i think the guy getting all the $ from bailouts if a dick, but smart? Yes.
Do I think congress should investigate, take over, and fire him? Sure.
if he broke the law, should he be locked up? yep.
Still, it's his house. That's my take.
Gotta agree with you there. Until the house becomes public property, ...it's still private property.
Unless quad is advocating a policy similar to Zimbabwe's where the people say "We're taking this back!" ???
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no it works the same way here, ...the bottom line is until the bank signs off on the property, you don't own it, and it is the bank that decides what becomes of the property, ...whether it remains your home, or whether it is sold out from under you. If an when it is sold, the bank gets first funds until the indebtedness to them is repaid. Ipso facto... the bank owns it until you're mortgage free.
That is absolutely not true...
The mortgagor does hold title to the property, and calls the shots (within the terms agreed to in the mortgage) not the bank, look it up.
The home owner allows the mortgagee to put a lien on their property for security. The two parties agree to certain terms, and if those terms aren't met by the mortgagor, the bank can attempt to begin the forecloser process that takes six month or more.
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I don't get it. You guys come on here complaining about the useless government and greedy banks / wall street and now when people are pissed off and going to the streets you are against them?? WTF this guy works for BOFA. A company that got billions in bailout money backed by tax payers. Why are you defending this scum?? It's about time people rise up.
You guys are on the wrong side of the fence with this. I can pull up dozens of posts where you rally against the corrupt bankers and now you want to defend this fucker? Wake up morons, will you WAKE UP!!
Corrupt or not, he is afforded his rights. I like how you liberal scum seem to have no qualms with denying people their rights anytime it fits your agenda. Seems to be a recurring theme among the far-left these days. People thinking like that should fuck off to some socialist shithole.
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That is absolutely not true...
The mortgagor does hold title to the property, and calls the shots (within the terms agreed to in the mortgage) not the bank, look it up.
The home owner allows the mortgagee to put a lien on their property for security. The two parties agree to certain terms, and if those terms aren't met by the mortgagor, the bank can attempt to begin the forecloser process that takes six month or more.
Maybe I'm just explaining it incorrectly. It works the same here... except the occupant doesn't have to agree to a lien or a foreclosure, if terms are not met. That's completely at the banks discretion.
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1. LMAO at anyone supporting SEIU thugs in this. And for anyone saying i am wrong on calling these goons part of marxist frint group, check out their leader and most frequent visotr to the WH, Andy Stern. Just do a little research on this communist pofs.
2. The government is more culpable than the bankers in the mortgage mess since the government provided the money to the bankers, encouraged the reckless behavior in the form of repealing glass steagal and expanding credit to uncreditworthy borrowers. The government also encouraged the reckless behavior by buying up the shit mortgages through fanny and freddy with the implicit guaranty of a bailout.
3. Not one of these thugs ever will show up at the house of Geitner, Gorelick, Andy Cuomo, Jesse Jackson, Sharpton, Harold Raines, Jim Johnson, Bill Clinton, Barney Frank, Dodd, or any of the other democrats who bear responsibility in the housing disaster.
4. The bankers were bailed out by the govt, not the other way around. These idiots need to show up in DC if they want a true villian in all of this since the govt is the one who gave away their mpney.
5. If these goons show up at someones' private property they should be prepared to be dealt with a trespassers.
6. Obama "SEIU's agenda is my agenda"
7. SEIU is nothing more than the Democrat shock troops.
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people that support this will not do their own research they are blinded by this guy and have had too much of his koolaid, and will never see him for the america hating scumbum that he is.
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Come on you clowns who spent all weekend attacking me while i was on vacation, its game on.
Refute my post.
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Come on you clowns who spent all weekend attacking me while i was on vacation, its game on.
Refute my post.
They can't. The far-left psychopaths like quadzilla are actually advocating that rights don't matter if you have a problem with someone. :-\
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Corrupt or not, he is afforded his rights. I like how you liberal scum seem to have no qualms with denying people their rights anytime it fits your agenda. Seems to be a recurring theme among the far-left these days. People thinking like that should fuck off to some socialist shithole.
Jeez I have never been called liberal before. How the hell do you figure people that are liberal go and protest in front of a banker's home?! A Liberal would do the opposite. Look I am not against capitalism at all unfortunately the USA does not have capitalism. It is more like corporatism / socialism / fascism. The banker does have his rights but don't be upset because people have been pushed so far that they are now resorting to protests and maybe even violent riots in the future. You should be behind the little guy in the street.
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i'm just saying, get the damn story right for gods' sake. Its 2010 and people have had 2 years to research this and the best they can do is show up at someones' private home and scare someones' kid and act like that is showing a grasp of what occurred?
That guy did not steal their money, nor did his wife or kid.
People need to educate themselves on what occurred.
The govt and bankers worked in partnership on expanding the real estate credit market to the point of disaster it did. The govt and bankers each had their own motives to making real estate become the casino it did.
And lets not freaking forget, many people cashed in and out themselves on this mess. Flippers, NINJA borrowers, etc. Where is ever the blame on borrowers who knowingly falsified loan applications.
And how about this gem BF? Cuomo forced the banks to give out crap loans to people.
I'm not saying the bankers are blameless, they are not, they were partners in crime in this with the do gooders who wanted to give loans to unqualified borrowers.
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The Government is also responsible ofcourse. They are just as useless as the money junky bankers. But who bought the politicians? The bankers! Basically the policians are working for the bankers. They are their bosses. And btw Geithner worked for Goldman Sachs and as far as I am concerned he can be lumped with the bankers. Even though he is now a politician as well.
People should be protesting in front of all their homes. How else do you think they will get the message that they have gone too far??!
I just don't understand how everyone has their panties twisted because people are protesting in front of a fucking scumbag banker's home?!
So how you can lay the blame ONLY on the government and not also the bankers is beyond me! Unless you're also a banker!
Wallstreet has hijacked Washington! How was the Federal Reserve created? Do you seriously think the bankers were unwilling participants in the love affair between Washington and Wall Street?
I would go so far as to say politicians are in a way also "bankers". They are in the money / power business.
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I expect bankers to act like thieves and crooks. What I dont expect is to have my tax dollars going to bail these gamblers out when they screw up. So yes, i do blame the bankers, but I blame the govt more.
What I dont expect is to have the govt encourage this insane behavior via vehicles like Fannie & Freddy backstopping the very worst mortgages and basically condone this craziness.
Had we not bailed out these disgusting vermin, we would not even be discussing this.
I guess its sort of like parents giving their alcoholic teens' booze after the kids 5th DWI and then blaming the alcohol company, car company, and the teen for crashing the car.
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Jeez I have never been called liberal before. How the hell do you figure people that are liberal go and protest in front of a banker's home?! A Liberal would do the opposite. Look I am not against capitalism at all unfortunately the USA does not have capitalism. It is more like corporatism / socialism / fascism. The banker does have his rights but don't be upset because people have been pushed so far that they are now resorting to protests and maybe even violent riots in the future. You should be behind the little guy in the street.
The people of this country are as much to blame as the bankers. The bankers broke the damn but it has been a faulty system for a long time. Americans have been living above their means for decades now. Most Americans have never heard of the concept of saving money and then they're dumbfounded when shit hits the fan and they find themselves up the creek without a paddle (e.g. putting down $10k on a $500k house and then defaulting on the mortgage). Now they're looking to make everyone else's money their own. No thanks.
No, the banks shouldn't have been bailed out. I believe in survival of the fittest. The banks that would have failed should have been allowed to do just that. I guarantee this country would be much better off right now.
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The people of this country are as much to blame as the bankers. The bankers broke the damn but it has been a faulty system for a long time. Americans have been living above their means for decades now. Most Americans have never heard of the concept of saving money and then they're dumbfounded when shit hits the fan and they find themselves up the creek without a paddle (e.g. putting down $10k on a $500k house and then defaulting on the mortgage). Now they're looking to make everyone else's money their own. No thanks.
No, the banks shouldn't have been bailed out. I believe in survival of the fittest. The banks that would have failed should have been allowed to do just that. I guarantee this country would be much better off right now.
I agree people have been living above their means. And it is a throw away society. People don't care to fix things or keep it. They always want new cars. However who enabled the people? The politicians and bankers. Everyone is to blame including the public however some are more guilty then others. There have been people that saved and they are now the losers through declining real estate values and devalueing of the currency. Interest rates are so low that it is pointless to put $100,000 in the bank and keep it there. about 20 years ago in SA you could get about 10% interest on your savings deposit in the bank. Here in USA it is miniscule.
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The people of this country are as much to blame as the bankers. The bankers broke the damn but it has been a faulty system for a long time. Americans have been living above their means for decades now. Most Americans have never heard of the concept of saving money and then they're dumbfounded when shit hits the fan and they find themselves up the creek without a paddle (e.g. putting down $10k on a $500k house and then defaulting on the mortgage). Now they're looking to make everyone else's money their own. No thanks.
No, the banks shouldn't have been bailed out. I believe in survival of the fittest. The banks that would have failed should have been allowed to do just that. I guarantee this country would be much better off right now.
Couldn't agree more. The woman in the video basically suggested that she shouldn't have to pay her bills while her personal life was in shambles. Who wouldn't want to ignore their bills during tough times. Plenty of blame for the gov't and banks, but people who live well above their means and then want to cry when the shit hits the fan and play the pity ploy need to own up.
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However who enabled the people? The politicians and bankers.
That's really a circular argument though. The people elected the politicians who leaned on the bankers, etc. IDK, but I can agree with you that people who have done things right and are still hurting have good reason to be upset. But the ones living above their means, I have little to no sympathy.
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That's really a circular argument though. The people elected the politicians who leaned on the bankers, etc. IDK, but I can agree with you that people who have done things right and are still hurting have good reason to be upset. But the ones living above their means, I have little to no sympathy.
Doing things right is debatable. Doing things right means making appropriate decisions, and there is no set hard & fast rule as to what that is. Like the markets, it is fluid and always fluctuating. Anyone who is saving money in a time of inflation is NOT someone doing things right, and is someone who will always come away with the short end of the stick. The time to save is during de-flation. When money loses it's value, you exchange it for goods, ...when money gains in value, you exchange goods for money. Either way it is about choices, and if you make a bad choicesfor the financial environment you encounter or are about to encounter, then you can't beg for sympathy... including those who didn't default on their mortgages but find their property values lowered, and don't have the ability to sell. For them to expect their house to retain it's value no matter the market is just as delusional as those who bought more house than they could pay for. the possibility of not being able to sell a piece of property is something everyone should consider, and to blame someone else because you've got money tied up in something you can't sell is childish. If they want someone to blame, they should look in the mirror.
It's interesting how people judge others tho. if housing prices had continued to escalate and the bubble hadn't burst, those who bought that $500K house for nothing down used it as an ATM, then sold it for $1.5 Mill would have been hailed as shrewd saavy investors, ...instead they're viewed as bums in search of a free ride.
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No, they are viewed as bums for gambling and walking away from their bad bets and demanding the other taxpayers pick up the slack.
Same for the bankers.
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No, they are viewed as bums for gambling and walking away from their bad bets and demanding the other taxpayers pick up the slack.
Same for the bankers.
BOOM!
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No, they are viewed as bums for gambling and walking away from their bad bets and demanding the other taxpayers pick up the slack.
Same for the bankers.
Are you refering to the bankers or the former homeowners? I don't recall the homeowners calling for bailouts
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Are you refering to the bankers or the former homeowners? I don't recall the homeowners calling for bailouts
And most did not get a bailout. Although I know of one lady that walked away from her home and left the furniture in the home. She was going to live with her boyfriend in another state. That did not work out and she came back and was able to purchase the home back from the bank at a much reduced rate. Her mortgage went from about $1250 per month to $350. That is the kind of thing that will help a lot of people. They really should reasses the homes at current market values with a 4% interest rate. After all it was fake money anyway. Now this economy has to be saved and you do that by saving main street. They are the ones that will make or break the economy ultimately.
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And most did not get a bailout. Although I know of one lady that walked away from her home and left the furniture in the home. She was going to live with her boyfriend in another state. That did not work out and she came back and was able to purchase the home back from the bank at a much reduced rate. Her mortgage went from about $1250 per month to $350. That is the kind of thing that will help a lot of people. They really should reasses the homes at current market values with a 4% interest rate. After all it was fake money anyway. Now this economy has to be saved and you do that by saving main street. They are the ones that will make or break the economy ultimately.
That's happening a lot I think. i know someone who did something similar.
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The average time from Foreclosures to Eviction: 438 DAYS
Almost 1 1/2 years of free rent.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/01/bu...1nopay.html?hp
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — For Alex Pemberton and Susan Reboyras, foreclosure is becoming a way of life — something they did not want but are in no hurry to get out of.
Foreclosure has allowed them to stabilize the family business. Go to Outback occasionally for a steak. Take their gas-guzzling airboat out for the weekend. Visit the Hard Rock Casino.
“Instead of the house dragging us down, it’s become a life raft,” said Mr. Pemberton, who stopped paying the mortgage on their house here last summer. “It’s really been a blessing.”
A growing number of the people whose homes are in foreclosure are refusing to slink away in shame. They are fashioning a sort of homemade mortgage modification, one that brings their payments all the way down to zero. They use the money they save to get back on their feet or just get by.
This type of modification does not beg for a lender’s permission but is delivered as an ultimatum: Force me out if you can. Any moral qualms are overshadowed by a conviction that the banks created the crisis by snookering homeowners with loans that got them in over their heads.
“I tried to explain my situation to the lender, but they wouldn’t help,” said Mr. Pemberton’s mother, Wendy Pemberton, herself in foreclosure on a small house a few blocks away from her son’s. She stopped paying her mortgage two years ago after a bout with lung cancer. “They’re all crooks.”
Foreclosure procedures have been initiated against 1.7 million of the nation’s households. The pace of resolving these problem loans is slow and getting slower because of legal challenges, foreclosure moratoriums, government pressure to offer modifications and the inability of the lenders to cope with so many souring mortgages.
The average borrower in foreclosure has been delinquent for 438 days before actually being evicted, up from 251 days in January 2008, according to LPS Applied Analytics.
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A good foreclosure attorney with a few dollars from the client can gum up the works for a long time.