Responsible homeowners will now pay for irresponsible borrowers

[duece212 5,000+ posts]

Yay, more tax money going to idiots:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080723/ap_on_go_co/congress_housing

House OKs rescue for homeowners, Freddie, Fannie

WASHINGTON - Rescue legislation sailed through the House on Wednesday aimed at helping 400,000 strapped homeowners avoid foreclosure and preventing the collapse of troubled mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
The 272-152 vote reflected a congressional push to send election-year help to struggling borrowers and to reassure jittery financial markets about the health of two pillars of the mortgage market.

Hours before the vote, President Bush dropped his opposition to the measure, which now is on track to pass the Senate and become law within days.

The White House swallowed its distaste for $3.9 billion in grants for devastated neighborhoods. In return, the administration got both the power to throw Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac a lifeline and the legislation Republicans long have advocated to rein in the government-sponsored mortgage companies.

Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson and lawmakers in both parties negotiated the final deal. It accomplishes several Democratic priorities, including aid for homeowners, a permanent affordable housing fund financed by the two mortgage companies and the money for hard-hit neighborhoods. The grants are for buying and fixing up foreclosed properties.

"It is the product of a very significant set of compromises," said Rep. Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee. "We are dealing with the consequences of bad decisions and inaction and malfeasance from years before," said Frank, D-Mass.

Paulson said he would push for enactment of the bill by week's end. Despite disappointment with some items rejected, he said "portions of this bill are orders of magnitude more important to turning the corner on the housing correction and supporting our markets and our economy."

Bush had argued the neighborhood grants would benefit bankers and lenders. But the White House said a showdown with Congress over the proposal would be ill-timed.

It was a striking split for Bush and many congressional Republicans. GOP leaders said they would not be stampeded into supporting a bill they called a bailout for irresponsible homeowners and unscrupulous lenders, even as they acknowledged it was probably necessary.

"It's a bill that I wish I could support. It's a bill that the market clearly needs ... but this is not a bill that I can support," said Rep. John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, the minority leader.

Only 45 Republicans — most from districts ravaged by the housing crisis and some facing tough re-election fights — voted for it.

Who knows, maybe its time to get a grant and buy up some foreclosed property...sure wish it worked for just land purchases as well.

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[Banana Balls 5,000+ posts]

YA LIBERALS! Always lookin out for the little people.

 

[stuckinok 5,000+ posts]

fucking bullshit

 

[RE_XXX]

People are just lazy! Pay your own bills or dont buy the sh!t

 

[Zakerid 10+ year member]

fucking bullshit

x2

i am pissed about this....//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/mad.gif.c18f003ab0ef8a0d9c27ca78d77a6392.gif

 

[Speedbump3]

Oy vey

 

[DidUHearThat? 10+ year member]

Not one dime of this is for home owners. This is a bailout for the lenders, not the borrowers. A reward for bad business practices.

 

[AllStar1500bd 5,000+ posts]

Not one dime of this is for home owners. This is a bailout for the lenders, not the borrowers. A reward for bad business practices.

Glad someone said it.

 

[duece212 5,000+ posts]

Alot of the loans will be refinanced through other lenders, so while the lenders will get their money back instead of a foreclosed home they won't be reaping the huge interest they've been getting.

Its a win for them for sure, but also a win for the idiot that bought too big of a house or thought that adjustable was a great idea.

Either way, while I sit here making my house payments ontime every month I now get to help pay on somebody else's house. Its awesome!

 

[speedfreak28 10+ year member]

Not one dime of this is for home owners. This is a bailout for the lenders, not the borrowers. A reward for bad business practices.

exaaaacctlllyyyy

 

[mcsoul 10+ year member]

Thought I'd put this here too:

Thomas Sowell = awsome.

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2008/07/22/bankrupt_exploiters

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2008/07/23/bankrupt_exploiters_part_ii

"We don't look to arsonists to help put out fires but we do look to politicians to help solve financial crises that they played a major role in creating."