Re: UNCIVIL UNIONS
"nicholas a. evans" <[email protected]>
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On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 11:54 AM, Mike Findlay <[email protected]> wrote: > To the extent its relevant the Bible has some pretty harsh things to say to > those who act like the lenders did in the real estate bubble burst. They > enticed, (entrapped if you will), people into many of those deals appealing > to and manipulating human nature to want something for nothing and > convincing people they could really have just that. Of course people bear > responsibility for their own actions but woe to those who prey on the > vulnerable and manipulate them for gain. Yes. > I will always be convinced that it was the asshole energy speculators that > are significant part of the real estate crash. When gas was $2/gallon > people could get by on their interest only loans even if they were stretched > to the limit - they could essentially live beyond their reasonable means and > make it work if their costs remained level. Yeah, I don't hear this talked about all that much. But I agree it's probably (yet another) fatal straw on the camel's back. -- Nick -- dadl-ot mailing list http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot