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| Yes | 51% | 306 votes | Total: 596 votes | |
| No | 49% | 290 votes |
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by Diana Howard
I have been a Realtor for ten years, and an Investor for 25 years. I have been following the mortgage meltdown since it began, and have attended many banking seminars on this ...read more
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by Rob Purifoy
As a long time Realtor, my antennae is tuned to the economy constantly and yes, reform needs to happen, and quick. The word "bailout", when it comes to housing, is not the right...read more
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by James Lynne
Yes, The Federal Government should offer foreclosure bailout relief for struggling homeowners. Too long the financial world has benefited while the average taxpayer in the US ha...read more
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by Ian Loft
Keeping people in their homes is a paramount responsibility of the Federal government because the alternatives will cost significantly more and the most disadvantaged are suffer...read more
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by Lynn Arocho
I have to say that it wasn't long ago that I would have been on the other side. I would have said NO without even a hesitation. I was raised that you were responsible for yo...read more
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by Todd Cannon
In my opinion, what's good enough for the goose is good enough for the gander. If the Federal Government can bail out large financial institutions and help the stock market to s...read more
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by AnnMarie
In foreclosure and facing the ultimate challenge I would like to set the record straight. Not all of us out there have bitten off more than we could chew. We have a fixed rate a...read more
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The snake oil promoters are back in the 21st century. Who? Sub-prime mortgage lenders...Why are there so many Americans struggling to make their mortgage payments and why are re...read more
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Times are rough. They are rough for lenders and rough borrowers. I should know, as I am someone facing losing my condo. 2 years ago I was what's now being referred to as a ...read more
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Government Bailout of People With Financial Distress written October 5, 2007 The answer to the question, "Should the government bailout struggling homeowners" should seem ...read more
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The responsibility of the lender. If I go out and loan some street transient money and he agrees to pay me back, on about any terms I state. Who is at fault? The credit industry...read more
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The federal government is bailing out some of the top lending firms, so why not bail out the homeowners? I'm talking about the owners who bought houses and sold them for an infl...read more
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by Duane Kuehn
The government should have a limited "bailout/subsidy" program for private homeowners. We can "bailout" huge corporations, which are normally just plain badly run b...read more
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by Joseph Malek
Believe it or not, the Federal Government is buying mortgages from private lenders that may or may not go into default. So too, the Federal Government is also putting an untold ...read more
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by Mark Morel
If the latest indicators are to be believed, this whole foreclosure mess will just continue to grow and it might even get worst. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) just came...read more
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by Sean Curtis
The housing meltdown is one of the biggest crises to hit the United States since the dot com bust of 2000-2001. In fact, this one may be worse. The dot com meltdown was larg...read more
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If the federal government can take our taxes and provide it to third world countries then they can also offer bailout relief to struggling homeowners.Due to massive sub prime le...read more
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I have to agree with this strongly, if you have ever been in a situation to where you have no other avenue. This is truly a much needed answer for the home owners out there. ...read more
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by James Green
Yes, but.... The bailout should not be at the expense of the US taxpayer. The bailout should be at the expense of those who were trying to maximize their profit at the expen...read more
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by Regina W
As a Real Estate Agent I observed the way that people with "Sub Prime" credit were treated differently during the big real estate boom that occurred over the last few years. I r...read more
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by Jeg Brown
Two things which used to be taught to each child by their parents at a young age were; 1) YOU are responsible for every one of your actions. And each decision/action will ha...read more
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by Donna Burt
As financial headlines concerning the lending crisis have dominated the news over the past year, mixed feelings are prevalent regarding an opinion concerning a "Government Bail ...read more
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This week, several members of the government have addressed the issue of subprime mortgages. According to a report from Mortgage Bankers Association, nearly 5 percent of mortgag...read more
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The federal government has no business bailing out struggling homeowners who are facing foreclosure. This has been suggested as a way to try to help those being affected by the ...read more
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by Adam Lee
As someone who works in Financial Services I have recently come across many individuals and families who are on the brink of losing their homes. Many of the people I meet are no...read more
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by Judy Joyce
THE FEDS SHOULD NOT OFFER FORECLOSURE BAILOUT RELIEF TO STRUGGLING HOMEOWNERS: Instead, as a condition of receiving Bailout money, banks should be limited to re-working mortgage...read more
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by Glenn Caron
In the present mortgage crisis, we are plagued with visions of widows and orphans being turned into the howling winter, unwitting victims of unscrupulous mortgage lenders. The ...read more
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In the past, the Government has given bailouts to industries, such the airlines, which have done little to solve underlining problem. Bailing out homeowners is not about bailin...read more
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by Jason Cocca
Why not? While we're at it we can start paying stipends to people so they can make their car payments too. Should the government be responsible for cleaning up everyone's financ...read more
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by L.A. Lange
There are a few issues with the government bailing out homeowners who are on the brink of foreclosure. Why are they in their current situation? Are there no other programs avai...read more
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by Viv Corridor
The federal government (read: the taxpayers) should not bail out homeowners facing foreclosure. It is not the role of the government to ensure fiscal responsibility by the in...read more
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Should the federal government offer foreclosure bailout relief for struggling homeowners? Absolutely not. This country is going through a bad period where people refuse to tak...read more
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by Kim Sharpe
I feel very strongly that the federal government should not offer bailout relief to homeowners who may be facing foreclosure. Every person is responsible for his or her own debt...read more
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by T. M. Beeker
The government is there to regulate trade, provide for our protection from harm, mandate and enforce laws deemed necessary, and finally to stay out of our lives beyond that. Why...read more
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by Rob Bryant
Some of those who bought houses with teaser loans and other disastrous loan packages may have been ignorant of what they were doing, but they should not have been. People are re...read more
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by Bill Whitney
There are a lot of things that our government should help with or provide laws that let us help ourselves but I do NOT feel that it is the federal governments responsibility to...read more
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by John Beeson
I do not believe that this is the function of government! Our government is too involved in our day-to-day lives as it is. There are too many variables involved with this qu...read more
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Starting in the late 90's and going all the way until 2003 our government allowed the housing industry to grow, unchecked, to get to the state it was in when the glass ceiling c...read more
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by Wordsleuth
Should the federal government offer foreclosure bailout relief for struggling homeowners? No they should not. I realize that a lot of sleazy sub-prime lenders have gotten a ...read more
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The federal government is taxed with a burden today. There is so much that needs and has to be done that the government struggles for the funds to pay for it. The government has...read more
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