I hope the States AG's kick this deal back too...

An insult to the American Middle Class once again

Not only should execs who engaged in illegal practices be ordered to never work in the finance industry again, but pending foreclosures should be vacated pending review.

"Cost of doing business" is really cheap these days, isn't it?

The banks that engaged in deceptive practices should be put out of business.

Yeah, there's a difference between Obama and, say, Romney. Romney would have gilded the turd a little brighter before sending it off and crowing about it as, if advance word is true, Obama plans to do in his SOTU address. But it's still a turd, brought to you by the 1 percent and their boot-licks in Washington.

I think you've provided an excellent description of this "agreement". When will this madness stop?

regulations are in place and real regulators seated.

official over laws for the banks for the next 25 years also they have to fire any remaining personal who were involved in the crime and they get no golden parachute as well anyone who got said parachutes has to return them or face criminal prosecution.

If not something like this:

Maybe, a gated community like this?

get is $1800? I need to become a corporation bank so I can get away with breaking the law and buy justice.

But I gasped and my jaw dropped when I read about the $1800.

All the heartbreak, pain, and misery of a foreclosure--and at the end of the road,....$1800.

Wonder if this is why I just received a new workout package from Wells Fargo? Of course, they are insisting that I pay back nearly a half $M mortgage, when the property is now only worth about $250K.

That is the message. While working people are bankrupted.