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In reply to the discussion: Bank Bailout 2: Obama Lets Mortgage Abusers Off the Hook Leave No One Accountable [View all]Romulox
(25,960 posts)36. Reads like a personal attack. nt
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Bank Bailout 2: Obama Lets Mortgage Abusers Off the Hook Leave No One Accountable [View all]
Better Believe It
Feb 2012
OP
Was any actual law broken by the banks or is this just one of those things that are frowned upon?
FarLeftFist
Feb 2012
#8
Almost bringing down the entire world economy into a new depression might be considered an "abuse".
Better Believe It
Feb 2012
#14
Will anyone either on the right or the left ever give President Obama credit for doing anything?
nanabugg
Feb 2012
#53
I heard over and over on this board that the settlement would not let them off the hook
Mojorabbit
Feb 2012
#80
No, they only have to pay about $2,000 For each foreclosure fraud and homeowners can not sue.
Dragonfli
Feb 2012
#86
Civil courts can't "land people in jail." They've been given only civil immunity on robo-signing.
Robb
Feb 2012
#22
It's not clear in the article, that the immunity from charges re robo-signing
sabrina 1
Feb 2012
#40
And we seem to be going in the opposite direction on that issue also. There is
sabrina 1
Feb 2012
#46
So post information on all of the other lawsuits that are being litigated. They must be big ones!
Better Believe It
Feb 2012
#50
That's some misplaced smugness, considering one of them is already mentioned in this thread.
Robb
Feb 2012
#69
And there are so many things wrong with that one issue it's hard to keep track of them all
MrCoffee
Feb 2012
#23
So that's the really big ground braking lawsuit we need to watch and should ignore this settlement?
Better Believe It
Feb 2012
#74
Very dishonest, not at all what I said. You said "this was the lawsuit. It's now a done deal."
Robb
Feb 2012
#75
BBI didn't analyze anything. Links were posted. You have no space to talk about unreliability
DisgustipatedinCA
Feb 2012
#31
He or she chose the articles to post. I find those sources to be unreliable.
MineralMan
Feb 2012
#34
Now we don't just micromanage the President, we micromanage federal prosecutors
treestar
Feb 2012
#38
Your argument is "We can't possibly hope to understand this, so it must be good"?
MrCoffee
Feb 2012
#41
MSNBC: Mortgage settlement leaves most homeowners to fend for themselves
Better Believe It
Feb 2012
#57
The talking point is: Don't worry there are a lot more lawsuits pending!
Better Believe It
Feb 2012
#92
Right. Wall Street has lost and the people who have been thrown out of their homes have won!
Better Believe It
Feb 2012
#102
I understand your economic desperation. But you would be far better off with a settlement that's .
Better Believe It
Feb 2012
#106
AG Settlement Ends Robo-Signing and Provides a Model for Preventing Foreclosures
Swede
Feb 2012
#105