I have followed this example and sleep well each night, if the bank locks their doors, I’ll just smile. This is another way to stop the neoconartists too, stop the money flow to the murderers, cleanse yourself of your personal involvement in the baby killing around the world by the American military and cia.

The other four being:

* election reform measures such as hand-counted paper ballots, proportional representation, instant runoff voting, and ballot access reform;

* maintaining a free and open Internet (see http://savetheinternet.com);

* bringing to justice the traitors within the U.S. government who helped orchestrate the 9/11 terrorist attacks; and

* repealing all post-9/11 police state legislation (the “Patriot” Act, the Homeland “Security” Act, the Military Commissions Act, etc. — see http://www.washingtonyourefired.com).

After reading your comment again, it is possible I misinterpreted your intent – but I’m not sure. To clear things up I would say that if your intended meaning of “…worse than just people who can’t afford to pay for their homes” was only in the context of the problem with homeowners then I would agree with you, however, at the end of my original comment I mentioned the largest trade deficit in history which makes dollars lost due to homeowners who “choose” to bail out pale in comparison.

Thanks for your input – I think.

The other four being:

* election reform measures such as hand-counted paper ballots, proportional representation, instant runoff voting, and ballot access reform;

* maintaining a free and open and Internet (see http://savetheinternet.com);

* bringing to justice the traitors within the U.S. government who helped orchestrate the 9/11 terrorist attacks; and

* repealing all post-9/11 police state legislation (the “Patriot” Act, the Homeland “Security” Act, the Military Commissions Act, etc.)

Did I say anything in my comment to suggest that the ideas I conveyed were the be-all and end-all of the problem? No.

If the article would have mentioned the example you gave, I would have plainly said “go suck rope and choke”. Be it as it may, I still hold my opinion and have absolutely no sympathy for ANYONE living in quarter million dollar homes (regardless of if they CAN afford it or NOT) and bitch about foreclosure whether it be by ignorance of flexible interest rate loans or their own design to save a buck.

There was this story about a family in California, who bought a $500K home 2 years ago and after 2 years of mortgage payment were still owing that amount to the bank, as they were paying interest only all this time. While their property fell in price to only $300K. What they did, they bought another house similar to what they had for $300 and afterwards abandoned their old home. The bank repossessed that house and their credit went down the drain, but they saved big time. And they can rebuild their credit in 5 years or so.

So that is actually worse than just people who can’t afford to pay for their homes. It’s those who can, but choose not to.

Any idea of what the median home price was for these homes before the foreclosure crisis even began? I could be way off but I’d guess a modest $200,000 – $250,000. Now we’re supposed to feel sorry for all these gluttonous pigs who attempted to live beyond their means on dual $30,000 yearly incomes. Any idea how many of these homes had SUVs sitting in the driveways? Again I’ll take a guess at maybe 25% – 50%. Now we’re supposed to feel sorry for all these gluttonous pigs…

Time to wake up America. YOU KNEW THIS WAS COMING AND IT’S BEEN IN YOUR FACE SINCE THE 1990s. Let’s see: 5.6 Trillion dollars since 1995 given to other nations by the U.S., and that’s only in the trade deficits. ROFL. No sympathies here folks.