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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:17 AM Original message |
Why does Pres. O want to spend 15 BILLION to refurbish foreclosed homes??? |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. got link? eom |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 12:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
40. here: |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
2. They should have been properly furbished the first time /nt |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
3. ahh, looks like another back door bailout, doesn't it? |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
4. How about 15 billion to help refurbish homes that people own and live in? |
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we can do it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
5. Who Would Benefit? Neighborhoods, Workers, Businesses When People Spend Money |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. banks, who own the foreclosed properties and would make DOUBLE the profit |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Winner, winner, chicken dinner!! |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. We (the government) own almost half of the foreclosed |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #12 |
25. no |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
6. I remember reading something on DU about a private/public partnership |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
7. You must not live in a neighborhood with a lot of |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. and the banks own those homes - but WE will have to pay to fix them? |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
8. I'm hearing there are lots of rental units around here that need refurbishment. |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
9. neighborhoods. |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
11. btw, most foreclosed homes go to fannie or freddie |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #11 |
21. But they must be inhabitable |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:52 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. yes, they must be inhabitable. by law. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
13. The construction industry? |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
14. People living next to those homes |
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leftyohiolib (413 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
41. not sure if taxpayer dollars should be spent that way. |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
17. Jobs! Geez, doesn't the unending negativity ever get old? |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
18. I frankly don't give a shit. Anything that helps the housing market pick up is fine with me. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
19. Hahahaha. Looks like your question has been definitively answered by mopinko |
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jpbollma (68 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Yes this could help the banks |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. there you go again. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. This is getting funny now. |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. you are going to get me in so much trouble. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. From now on I'll be an... |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #19 |
27. what's wrong with asking questions? |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Can you point to where I said it shouldn't be asked? And can you show me that question |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:57 AM Original message |
the real people to laugh at are the people that never question anything |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
33. Oh so obvious one, don't hurt yourself with all that rolling around. |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. omg look what you made me do |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
20. The idea is to get them back into condition to be resold at affordable prices |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. It's not just banks that suffer, getting houses sold for a |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. happened to mine, too. granted |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
28. THANK YOU FOR ASKING THIS QUESTION |
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bbgrunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
34. I'm also wondering about refurbishing schools to be turned into |
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Lionessa (842 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
35. Shhh! Don't question the all powerful O. |
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jpljr77 (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
36. Because you can't outsource construction and repair jobs.... |
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leftyohiolib (413 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 12:46 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. you cant outsource the job but you can import the labor |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
39. Actually, between Fannie, Freddie & AIG, the US Govt owns more of the |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 12:48 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. +1 for affordable housing. :) n/t |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
44. Because he didn't want to enforce reworking loans to save the housing market. |
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RedRocco (253 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
45. meanwhile, I'm going to lose my house because I cant |
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