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That’s great. I think we should do the same thing in Sacramento.

I don’t have kids in school or college, don’t get public assistance (healthcare or welfare), don’t work for the state and don’t know anyone in prison. That means that I’m being disenfranchised as a tax paying resident; the bulk of state taxes pay for the above things which I derive no direct benefit from.

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That’s great. I think we should do the same thing in Sacramento.

I don’t have kids in school or college, don’t get public assistance (healthcare or welfare), don’t work for the state and don’t know anyone in prison. That means that I’m being disenfranchised as a tax paying resident; the bulk of state taxes pay for the above things which I derive no direct benefit from.

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That’s great. I think we should do the same thing in Sacramento.

I don’t have kids in school or college, don’t get public assistance (healthcare or welfare), don’t work for the state and don’t know anyone in prison. That means that I’m being disenfranchised as a tax paying resident; the bulk of state taxes pay for the above things which I derive no direct benefit from.

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That’s great. I think we should do the same thing in Sacramento.

I don’t have kids in school or college, don’t get public assistance (healthcare or welfare), don’t work for the state and don’t know anyone in prison. That means that I’m being disenfranchised as a tax paying resident; the bulk of state taxes pay for the above things which I derive no direct benefit from.

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I bought 10 bags of compost for my garden…strangely, none of it was on sale.

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I bought 10 bags of compost for my garden…strangely, none of it was on sale.

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I bought 10 bags of compost for my garden…strangely, none of it was on sale.

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I bought 10 bags of compost for my garden…strangely, none of it was on sale.

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I bought 10 bags of compost for my garden…strangely, none of it was on sale.

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[quote=SellingMyHome]Why didn’t the government pay down our underwater house balances, that money could have gone to the banks. Instead, they gave the money straight to the banks to help pay for the paper losses caused by the badly packaged loans. Giving us the money would have been a win win situation, instead just the greedy banks win!

I’m starting to understand that a lot of people here must be investors or bankers.[/quote]

I was against the government giving money to the banks and I’m most certainly against the government giving money to people to pay their mortgages, many who behaved JUST AS RECKLESSLY as the banks.

I’m not an investor or banker…I’m a taxpayer…and a home owner that didn’t buy more house than I could afford with a risky loan. I haven’t taken money out of my house and I’m not up to my eyeballs in credit card or any other debt used to purchase a lifestyle I think I deserve but cannot afford.

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[quote=SellingMyHome]Why didn’t the government pay down our underwater house balances, that money could have gone to the banks. Instead, they gave the money straight to the banks to help pay for the paper losses caused by the badly packaged loans. Giving us the money would have been a win win situation, instead just the greedy banks win!

I’m starting to understand that a lot of people here must be investors or bankers.[/quote]

I was against the government giving money to the banks and I’m most certainly against the government giving money to people to pay their mortgages, many who behaved JUST AS RECKLESSLY as the banks.

I’m not an investor or banker…I’m a taxpayer…and a home owner that didn’t buy more house than I could afford with a risky loan. I haven’t taken money out of my house and I’m not up to my eyeballs in credit card or any other debt used to purchase a lifestyle I think I deserve but cannot afford.

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[quote=SellingMyHome]Why didn’t the government pay down our underwater house balances, that money could have gone to the banks. Instead, they gave the money straight to the banks to help pay for the paper losses caused by the badly packaged loans. Giving us the money would have been a win win situation, instead just the greedy banks win!

I’m starting to understand that a lot of people here must be investors or bankers.[/quote]

I was against the government giving money to the banks and I’m most certainly against the government giving money to people to pay their mortgages, many who behaved JUST AS RECKLESSLY as the banks.

I’m not an investor or banker…I’m a taxpayer…and a home owner that didn’t buy more house than I could afford with a risky loan. I haven’t taken money out of my house and I’m not up to my eyeballs in credit card or any other debt used to purchase a lifestyle I think I deserve but cannot afford.

[meadandale]

[quote=SellingMyHome]Why didn’t the government pay down our underwater house balances, that money could have gone to the banks. Instead, they gave the money straight to the banks to help pay for the paper losses caused by the badly packaged loans. Giving us the money would have been a win win situation, instead just the greedy banks win!

I’m starting to understand that a lot of people here must be investors or bankers.[/quote]

I was against the government giving money to the banks and I’m most certainly against the government giving money to people to pay their mortgages, many who behaved JUST AS RECKLESSLY as the banks.

I’m not an investor or banker…I’m a taxpayer…and a home owner that didn’t buy more house than I could afford with a risky loan. I haven’t taken money out of my house and I’m not up to my eyeballs in credit card or any other debt used to purchase a lifestyle I think I deserve but cannot afford.

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[quote=SellingMyHome]Why didn’t the government pay down our underwater house balances, that money could have gone to the banks. Instead, they gave the money straight to the banks to help pay for the paper losses caused by the badly packaged loans. Giving us the money would have been a win win situation, instead just the greedy banks win!

I’m starting to understand that a lot of people here must be investors or bankers.[/quote]

I was against the government giving money to the banks and I’m most certainly against the government giving money to people to pay their mortgages, many who behaved JUST AS RECKLESSLY as the banks.

I’m not an investor or banker…I’m a taxpayer…and a home owner that didn’t buy more house than I could afford with a risky loan. I haven’t taken money out of my house and I’m not up to my eyeballs in credit card or any other debt used to purchase a lifestyle I think I deserve but cannot afford.

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[quote=SellingMyHome]We weren’t making bad choices. The banks chose to lend to us. They were greedy. Giving loans without income proof?

The banks’ greed is to blame for this, and the government’s lack of regulation allowed it.[/quote]

Puleeze!

If you borrowed money that you could not afford to pay back, took money out of your house to buy crap or pay off your maxed out credit cards or to try to parley into some ‘sweet deals’ on more property, etc, etc then you were JUST as greedy as the banks and deserves just as much culpability.

I agree. The government needs to regulate greed and stupidity in the credit markets…especially greedy and stupid borrowers.

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