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A Simple Fix for Our Economic Mess … Really

September 13th, 2011

By Richard D. Bailey It’s very simple. The economic crisis will not end until the marketplace redresses the problem that caused it in the first place — housing. Fix the housing crisis and you fix the economy. Fix the economy and you fix the deficit. Fix the deficit and you fix … the economy. Fix […]

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Tags: banks, economy, mark-to-market, mortgages, recession, recovery, stimulus
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Housing and Government Waste

June 26th, 2010

By Larry Ennis My wife and I purchased our first home in 1965. It was a three bedroom box built on a 50×120 lot. That was before many of today’s ecological concerns. The house had asbestos siding and a poured basement. The price was $10,900. My mortgage payment including insurance was $67.00 each month. The […]

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Tags: FHA, fraud, HUD, mortgages, prisoners, tax credit, waste
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