can we like stop now since the government is picking up the tab? i want mine, yo

9/29/2008 10:41:39 AM

i don't understand why people buy houses they can't afford

or why banks let them

9/29/2008 10:42:58 AM

USA #1

9/29/2008 10:44:34 AM

The banks let them 'cause they just sold off the loans right when they made them. So they just wanted to make all the loans they could, since they didn't have to worry about whether they got paid or not.

That being said, I'll take a bailout any day

9/29/2008 10:45:25 AM

whenever my friend eats my food i tell him to stop being such a Democrat

9/29/2008 10:46:24 AM

if someone wants to pay my mortgage i'm all for it

9/29/2008 11:09:22 AM

i'm pretty pissed i sold my place now

9/29/2008 11:09:57 AM

yeah seriously.. how about the govt bail us out directly rather than the banks??

9/29/2008 11:10:40 AM

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"whenever my friend eats my food i tell him to stop being such a Democrat"

aha

9/29/2008 11:11:02 AM

i just got mine, that'd be pretty awesome if i never had to pay anything of it

9/29/2008 11:11:03 AM

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"whenever my friend eats my food i tell him to stop being such a Democrat"

a-hurf hurf hurf hurf

9/29/2008 11:11:39 AM

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"whenever my friend eats my food i tell him to stop being such a Democrat"

Translation : "All i understand is an incredibly simplistic view of political economics"

9/29/2008 11:13:57 AM

The banks aren't paying their loans so I see no reason why I should have to pay mine.

9/29/2008 11:15:48 AM

solid logic

9/29/2008 11:16:13 AM

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"whenever my friend eats my food i tell him to stop being such a Democrat"

i just wanted to quote this too, it seems like the hip thing to do

9/29/2008 11:16:14 AM

agreed. I'm gonna stop paying my credit cards and tell them to direct any inquries to the government

9/29/2008 11:16:31 AM

Can I get reimbursed for my 401K losses as well?

9/29/2008 11:18:14 AM

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"how about the govt bail us out directly rather than the banks"

it's easier to pay 1 bank than 1,000,000 homeowners

but i want mine too

9/29/2008 11:23:27 AM

Dear Government,
Gimme Mines!

9/29/2008 11:29:12 AM

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"i don't understand why people buy houses they can't afford or why banks let them"

I imagine some people were like us who were able to afford their houses when they bought them, but then life happened. My husband and I lost my income, we saw a significant reduction in overtime and bonuses that make up a portion of his income, and then you add in our son's medical expenses that have eaten away at our savings and earnings. . .it puts us in a damned difficult situation. And I know that we are not the only ones.

9/29/2008 2:52:49 PM

^yeah but you're also not the majority. most people don't have a good excuse like you.

9/29/2008 2:54:31 PM

^^sure, some folks were in a situation like that. but the majority of them were just living above their means.

[Edited on September 29, 2008 at 2:55 PM. Reason : ^exactly]

9/29/2008 2:54:38 PM

^^^ that's a valid point, and you're right...i wonder what percentage of those defaulting on their mortgages come from circumstances like that, or those who borrowed above their means, or borrowed RIGHT AT the max

^^ & ^ yepper

[Edited on September 29, 2008 at 2:55 PM. Reason : .]

9/29/2008 2:55:29 PM

I think that you might be surprised at the stories of the people out there in tight financial spots.

And we are still in our house, btw. I just don't know how long we're going to be able to make ends meet like this.

9/29/2008 3:12:27 PM

Gotta be prepared for that kind of stuff.

9/29/2008 3:13:23 PM

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"whenever my friend eats my food i tell him to stop being such a Democrat"

ahahahah A+++++

9/29/2008 3:14:07 PM

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"Gotta be prepared for that kind of stuff."

No one is ever prepared for tens of thousands of dollars in medical bills.

9/29/2008 3:16:39 PM

I am.

9/29/2008 3:18:42 PM

You know how you have that old relative that tells you about how he lived through the Great Depression?




Now we get to be the old relative who tells about how he lived through the Second Great Depression. And to think, I was afraid I'd get old and not have scary stories to tell my grandkids!

9/29/2008 3:19:18 PM

i can honestly say that i am not prepared (in terms of liquid assets, anyway) for "tens of thousands" in medical bills and heaven knows, i hope i never need to be

that said, i'm thinking of getting a motorcycle, so i probably should be

9/29/2008 3:20:26 PM

I have yet to meet a single parent at Duke Childrens that was prepared for the medical expenses and the loss of income that comes with having a critically ill child.

9/29/2008 3:24:44 PM

All of the financially prepared people are smart enough not to become parents.

9/29/2008 3:25:46 PM

troll troll troll your boat

9/29/2008 3:26:19 PM

gently down the stream

[Edited on September 29, 2008 at 3:29 PM. Reason : stupid poem]

9/29/2008 3:27:30 PM

merrily merrily merrily merrily, this wouldn't have happened if you'd let me pee in your butt

9/29/2008 3:28:03 PM

Exactly!

9/29/2008 3:29:00 PM

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"All of the financially prepared people are smart enough not to become parents."

9/29/2008 3:29:01 PM

a reversible vascetomy was the best financial descison i've ever made!






wait...

9/29/2008 3:29:54 PM

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""All of the financially prepared people are smart enough not to become parents.""

Hence Welfare and WIC.

9/29/2008 3:34:54 PM

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"Now we get to be the old relative who tells about how he lived through the Second Great Depression"

yeah, but on this go around, we have the internet

9/29/2008 3:37:35 PM

Damn Welfare and WIC always taking money from us financially prepared people.

9/29/2008 3:40:39 PM

i pay my mortgage fully and on time

and it's used to be at washington mutual

i haven't gotten any notice in the mail yet but i expect something soon

9/29/2008 3:44:15 PM

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"All of the financially prepared people are smart enough not to become parents."

9/29/2008 3:57:20 PM

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"No one is ever prepared for tens of thousands of dollars in medical bills."

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"I am."

then it won't be so bad when you get hit by a bus tomorrow

9/29/2008 4:02:00 PM

Yep!

9/29/2008 4:08:20 PM

i'm glad i only have 8 more years to pay on my house....

i'm also glad i don't have a mortgage on it

9/29/2008 6:53:10 PM

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"Now we get to be the old relative who tells about how he lived through the Second Great Depression. And to think, I was afraid I'd get old and not have scary stories to tell my grandkids! "

And how he fought in the war. I'm seeing something HUGE in our future, kids.

9/29/2008 7:24:04 PM

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"troll troll troll your boat"

Quote :

"gently down the stream"

lawl 9.8/10

9/29/2008 7:26:58 PM

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"Now we get to be the old relative who tells about how he lived through the Second Great Depression. And to think, I was afraid I'd get old and not have scary stories to tell my grandkids!"

ahahahahaha

9/29/2008 8:00:31 PM

My parents have had a couple of neighbors who moved into the houses next door, and had to move out within a year or two. Not that the houses are that high up on the food chain, but these people were living above their means and had loans where the rates could change (I'm not sure if that's the right term). House payments got too high and the bank foreclosed on the houses.

9/29/2008 8:09:23 PM