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jtuck004

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21. I'm glad you got out. The tyrants can't do their evil without other's arms and legs and eyes,

Reply to chervilant (Reply #20)

Fri Jul 6, 2012, 12:52 PM

Jul 2012

but it is really hard to see what part we play in a machine where we have little time to do anything but our job, things seem to be going well, and the people that should be regulating the work are profiting from the evil of the worst of crooked, greedy bastards.

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Countrywide issued hundreds of VIP loans to buy influence, report says [View all] BadGimp Jul 2012 OP

A few names here...and it's a bi-partisan list. Wilms Jul 2012 #1

I don't see any Dems there that would be any great loss. n/t Ian David Jul 2012 #13

You have to remember that it is an Issa investigation Mnpaul Jul 2012 #14

Wow. Thanks for straightening me out on that. Wilms Jul 2012 #19

The Senate's findings were... hughee99 Jul 2012 #22

that is what I wanna know... dtom67 Jul 2012 #2

They're named in the report at a footnote at page 7: leveymg Jul 2012 #3

I've alway been a little dubious of this "preferential treatment" story. Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2012 #4

Indeed. And if the loan is tied to a brokerage account Ruby the Liberal Jul 2012 #5

WTF Skittles Jul 2012 #6

I'm with you, Skittles. This is sickening. yardwork Jul 2012 #9

They are considered a better credit risk Ruby the Liberal Jul 2012 #11

Because a 2% commission on a $3 million dollar loan is better than a 2% commission on a $150,000 loan Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2012 #17

Look at the Return on Investment - Mozilo's fine - $60 million, of which Countryside pays $20ish, jtuck004 Jul 2012 #18

AT LEAST $600 million! chervilant Jul 2012 #20

I'm glad you got out. The tyrants can't do their evil without other's arms and legs and eyes, jtuck004 Jul 2012 #21

Former heads of Fannie Mae James Johnson, Daniel Mudd and Franklin Raines. stockholmer Jul 2012 #7

Highly unlikely that the loans in question Ruby the Liberal Jul 2012 #12

...and those in Congress blamed it all on poor people. Filthy lying hypocrites. yardwork Jul 2012 #8

Gee ...are you implying that both sides are the same? L0oniX Jul 2012 #10

Its not that they are the same its that the same cstanleytech Jul 2012 #15

K&R. nt OnyxCollie Jul 2012 #16