Mortgages
When Is a Recovery? And, Is It, Even Then?
Mon, 07/13/2009 - 08:44 | 
Aaron Barlow
All the talk of a ‘jobless recovery’ going on gives me the heebie-jeebies. What bothers me is that people get left out of the equation. The economy becomes nothing more than Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on the idea that if it goes up, things get better for everyone. A rising tide floats all boats sort of argument.
Somehow, I suspect, that’s related to ‘trickle down,’ even though the water’s going in different directions.
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Tags: barbara ehrenreich, economy, Mortgages, Paul Krugman, Student Loans
Elizabeth Warren pursues Oversight, through TARP Maze
Mon, 04/13/2009 - 10:53 | jamess
originally posted 2009-04-12 21:29:02 -0500, bumped by carol
Elizabeth Warren was appointed chair of a newly created Congressional Oversight Panel (COP), which is charged with keeping tabs on the $700 billion bailout of the financial sector - including Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP).
Warren however, has had some "Trouble" getting straight forward answers ... as she explained to the Boston Globe:
By Elizabeth Warren -- April 12, 2009
Elizabeth Warren: There's a major problem and a minor problem. The minor problem is documentation. I've spent four weeks now looking for someone who can give me the details of the stress test so that we can do an independent evaluation of whether the stress test is any good.
We get: "someone will call [you] right back." Only the call doesn't come. The major problem is ...
Making a Difference, by Doing the Right Thing!
Sat, 11/22/2008 - 19:45 | jamess
After Evicting thousands of Families in the last year, and enduring many gut-wrenching episodes, at the bequest of the Big Banks -- Illinois Sheriff Tom Dart, finally said:
ENOUGH!
Rachel Maddow thanks Tom Dart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7w0x09vFlc
Jocelyn's House Saved From Mortgage Auction
Sat, 10/18/2008 - 14:11 | jimstaro
Promoted. -- GH
Now she has the time to Grieve for her Son, Killed in Iraq only a short time ago, Her Reality!!
I was just sent the following:
Friday was an historic day. At 11am, Jocelyne Voltaire was scheduled to lose her home in Queens Village, the home she had lived in for the past 20 years, the home where she raised her four children. Unable to keep up her skyrocketing mortgage payments, Jocelyne watched in horror as her home was put on the auction block. This amazing video clip by American News Project brought Jocelyn's plight to our attention.
