"Rep Waters wants Obama to extort banks into letting people keep homes they cant afford"
So we loan the banks billions of tax payer money under Tarp, but we cannot do anything for Middle class Americans? Talk about double standard hypocrisy! Sheesh!
Seriously.. you think it makes perfect economic sense to guarantee someone a house they cannot possibly afford?
First, the damage has been done. No one can argue that.
Second, the Clinton Administration ALONG WITH the Republican Congress at the time is the main culprit. They allowed the Carter Error Community Reinvestment Act to be revived, the gave Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae power to create a secondary mortgage market, Glass-Steagal Act (allowing investment and commercial banks to form), but LENDERS made the loans. They allowed it to happen. They are still a culprit in this mess. Funny people on the left don't want to assign any blame to the Clinton Administration who started, yet the right doesn't want to assign any blame to the lender who made the loans. Yes the gov forced them to provide loans to lower ethalon borrowers, but they could have done it smarter.
Third, the banks took bailout money, SO WHY THEY HELL SHOULDN'T WE FORCE THEM TO DO THINGS!!! The bailout money wasn't to get them a profti! It was to keep them from going under!
I am against forcing the banks to make new loans to people who can't afford them. However, for the loans that are currently out there, the banks should be forced to accept most reasonable short sales. A borrower shouldn't have to be close to bankrutpcy, late on the mortgage or in serious financial troubles. The bank need to take a hit also.
The banks should also be forced to give borrowers loan modification. Part of taking TARP bail out money was so they would give loan mods. The banks have done everything possible to avoid loan mods. It's disgusting. If a loan mod makes the home affordable, then it should be done!
The left has to stop saying more regulation is the only answer, but the right needs to stop saying that poor lenders shouldn't do dick!