I haven't had much time to post about this, but the MERS issue is very serious. Due to what is/was basically illegal activity by MERS and the reselling of mortgages, its legally impossible for banks to foreclose on houses.
There are already rumors that congress is going to rewrite mortage laws to allow banks to foreclose on them anyway (which is the only way the banks will stay solvent), but this will have repercussions a million times worse than the bailout.
foreclosures have already been blocked / restarted due to MERs but there is talk now that ALL foreclosures by banks involved will be stopped and that the banks will simply have to write off the losses.
mers really could be the downfall of the country
There are already rumors that congress is going to rewrite mortage laws to allow banks to foreclose on them anyway (which is the only way the banks will stay solvent), but this will have repercussions a million times worse than the bailout.
foreclosures have already been blocked / restarted due to MERs but there is talk now that ALL foreclosures by banks involved will be stopped and that the banks will simply have to write off the losses.
mers really could be the downfall of the country