Mortgage Bailout Isn't Working!


	Mortgage Bailout Isn't Working!

falconz

12-9-2008 11:59 AM

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finance, housing, government

falconz says:

People couldn't handle paying ballooning mortgages when they HAD a job. Even haggling over the minutiae, people can't pay a mortgage when they do not have a job to support it.

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