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PowerToThePeople

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2. won't make me want to buy a home.

Reply to ProSense (Original post)

Tue Aug 6, 2013, 08:52 PM

Aug 2013

Where I live, house prices are still 200% inflated to salaries. But, this area was not hit as hard during the housing crisis. So, either my salary triples or housing drops by 66% before I will think of buying. If you overextend yourself that much, one stint of unemployment and you lose everything.

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FACT SHEET: A Better Bargain for the Middle Class: Housing [View all] ProSense Aug 2013 OP

Sounds damn reasonable to me. Old and In the Way Aug 2013 #1

Yeah, but ProSense Aug 2013 #7

won't make me want to buy a home. PowerToThePeople Aug 2013 #2

Privatize everything - Reagan would be proud. nt TBF Aug 2013 #3

They were ProSense Aug 2013 #5

Don't even try - TBF Aug 2013 #9

Who the fuck are you calling "right-wing"? ProSense Aug 2013 #10

An idea stand on it's face - TBF Aug 2013 #12

"destruction of the two agencies that actually made home ownership possible in this country " ProSense Aug 2013 #13

How about a public solution? TBF Aug 2013 #14

Did you even read the information? The President proposed a public solution. ProSense Aug 2013 #15

Where is the part about the government-insured mortgages? TBF Aug 2013 #16

It's there, and if you can't find it, that's on you. n/t ProSense Aug 2013 #17

All that blue ink and you can't answer a simple question. TBF Aug 2013 #18

Go to the "blue ink" and read until you find it. n/t ProSense Aug 2013 #20

You do know � 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2013 #36

And paying that fee will mean it's harder TBF Aug 2013 #38

As I recall... kentuck Aug 2013 #4

The fact that ProSense Aug 2013 #6

I trust Grijalva and Ellison... Old and In the Way Aug 2013 #8

Really, it has become absurd. n/t ProSense Aug 2013 #11

A "better bargain"......dare we say, a GRAND BARGAIN. woo me with science Aug 2013 #19

Are Fannie and Freddie private entities? ProSense Aug 2013 #21

The knee jerk bashing of this plan is idiotic. sufrommich Aug 2013 #22

Your enthusiasm for privatization is noted. TBF Aug 2013 #23

No, it's not surprising. n/t ProSense Aug 2013 #24

Can we just save some time � 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2013 #37

If formulated well, maybe I can see that working Xyzse Aug 2013 #25

To all your points, Fannie and Freddie are private. ProSense Aug 2013 #27

Not quite Xyzse Aug 2013 #30

No, ProSense Aug 2013 #32

You're still just focusing on that part Xyzse Aug 2013 #33

The USPS ProSense Aug 2013 #34

Thanks for finally adding a few links that mention Xyzse Aug 2013 #35

He can't guarantee any of this shit leftstreet Aug 2013 #26

Obama wants his own "Glass Steagall" to call his own. When he is gone, we will all sit around and... Safetykitten Aug 2013 #28

But ProSense Aug 2013 #29

Watching people talk past each other in this thread Bunnahabhain Aug 2013 #31

K & R Scurrilous Aug 2013 #39