Posts Tagged ‘Treasury Department’

Republicans Want to Kill HAMP – Are they right or wrong?

Are Republicans monumentally insensitive and inconceivably delusional about loan modifications, as their statements might lead many to conclude? Or are Republicans right about HAMP?... (Continue reading)

Geithner is Allowing Banks to Recapitalize on Backs of Homeowners, or… Games Bankers Play

Geithner is Allowing Banks to Recapitalize on Backs of Homeowners, or... Games Bankers Play

I'll say one thing for Secretary Geithner: He's great at distraction. He goes, "Lookie over here." Then he points his finger towards China... and a pigeon flies out of his ass. You really have to watch this... (Continue reading)

Ex-Asst. Treasury Secretary Herb Allison Back at Beautiful Connecticut Home

Ex-Asst. Treasury Secretary Herb Allison Back at Beautiful Connecticut Home

See, because in the old days public servants, those that worked for the government, seemed to make less money than Phil Donahue or Marlo Thomas. They didn't used to have 7,379-sq.ft. 1911 wood and stucco $25 million Greens... (Continue reading)

Republicans Leap to the Aid of Banker-Servicers Over AG Settlement Proposal

Republicans Leap to the Aid of Banker-Servicers Over AG Settlement Proposal

But, unquestionably, the best part of Senator's Shelby's largely unintelligible rant, was when he threw down the "don't fine them or there'll be no lending" card. He draws that card like a gun, doesn't he? He even sounds... (Continue reading)

Republicans Preparing to Play Politics With HAMP

Republicans Preparing to Play Politics With HAMP

So, just curious... who woke up the House Republicans, a group who have otherwise been fast asleep these last two-plus years, at least as far as the foreclosure crisis is concerned. In point of fact, over the last two... (Continue reading)

Every Time a Judge Cancels a Mortgage a Homeowner Gets His or Her Wings

Every Time a Judge Cancels a Mortgage a Homeowner Gets His or Her Wings

Judge Bailey also reprimanded Huffman: "Some day, this foreclosure crisis is going to be over, and you need to decide what kind of lawyer you are going to be. Because at the end of the day, you are responsible... (Continue reading)

Why Can’t We Answer the Question About HAMP That Could Save Taxpayers Tens of Billions?

Why Can't We Answer the Question About HAMP That Could Save Taxpayers Tens of Billions?

How about if we all write letters to our elected representatives demanding to know the answer to this question, because the answer has the very definite potential to save many billions in unnecessary taxpayer funded expenditures associated with the current... (Continue reading)

What We All Should Have Learned by Now About Loan Modifications

What We All Should Have Learned by Now About Loan Modifications

Okay class... if you've been keeping up with your reading assignments, then the following should be no problem for you to keep up with... but it also may cause motion sickness.... (Continue reading)

CONGRESS: It’s Not About Right and Left Anymore… It’s About Right and Wrong.

CONGRESS: It’s Not About Right and Left Anymore… It’s About Right and Wrong.

I looked up Ms. Bean... it was easy, like falling off a blog. Melissa received at least $515,438 from banks and other financial institutions, including most notably JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and Bank of America. That's a half... (Continue reading)

Obama Administration Gets Tough, Sec. Barr Says Banks Won’t Get a Nickel Until Permanent Modifications Are Done – LMAO

Obama Administration Gets Tough, Sec. Barr Says Banks Won't Get a Nickel Until Permanent Modifications Are Done  - LMAO

So, how many chances are we going to give these ineffectual fools before we storm the castle? G.W. Bush and Hank Paulson totally blew it. Now Obama and Geithner have somehow managed to under-perform their abysmal track record.... (Continue reading)

Chris Adams, McClatchy Newspapers, Gets It! Servicers Suck!

Chris Adams, McClatchy Newspapers, Gets It!  Servicers Suck!

The motive, he said, was simple: force people into foreclosure as a way to earn higher bonuses. "We would call the customers and ask them what bridge they were going to live under," Ocwen's Ron Davis testified. ... (Continue reading)