Yo Homes, Smell You Later
Join former United States Senate Pages Dylan and Ethan Ris as they bring you the dish on not just the presidential race but all the exciting triumphs and disgraces inside, outside, and below the Beltway!
This Week's Politician In Trouble! The Pages are hopping mad at the predatory home mortgage industry, which continues to profit from exploiting the most naive and ignorant segment of our society: Members of Congress.
We're of course referring to the tragic case of Rep. Laura Richardson (D-CA), whose third home was taken away by The Repo Men earlier this month. According to the Torrance, CA Daily Breeze (motto: "Ending Geraldine Ferraro's Career Since 2008"), the meanies at Washington Mutual foreclosed on Richardson's Sacramento home after the Congresswoman defaulted on her $535,000 loan.
The Breeze notes that Richardson also neglected to pay property tax, made a real estate agent cry, left behind a garage "full of trash to the ceiling."
But we say all this could have been avoided if Richardson's fellow homeowners had just done the neighborly thing and funneled cash to her political campaign. They even could have taken a cue from Greenpeace and fed the Congresswoman smoothies, but apparently some people just don't have manners these days.
The next step for Richardson likely involves moving into one of her two other homes in California, although she's apparently defaulted on her loan payments for those, too.
Well, if things get really messy, the Congresswoman could always ask fellow politicians Dick Durbin, Chuck Schumer, Bill Delahunt, and George Miller if she could crash on the couch of their Washington apartment! They have an awesome deck and the Nintendo Wii, and they're apparently scoring free wi-fi from the neighbors. And all Richardson would have to do is pay 1/5 of the utilities and walk the pit bull when the menfolk are out with lobbyists. We say, take it!
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[...] we called out the sub-prime mortgage thieves who caused foolhardy Rep. Laura Richardson (D-CA) to default on the loan for her third home. The Congresswoman was so distraught that she wound up abandoning her BMW at a Long Beach auto [...]
do those congresspeople really all live together??
Yep Danny is right. I'll say it… this is class warfare. Trickle down economics is bullshit and the vast majority of Americans are tired of being trickled on.
People need to realize that there are important forces at work here. The idea of recession and depression of economic status doesn't just happen.
THE ECONOMIC CRISIS IS A WAR!!!!!
There are people who have claimed for years now that they will destroy our way of life, and we didn't take them seriously.
There are forces at work within our own economy who would rather see money go over seas than support the idea of a stronger America. These people have no long term goals for the country, and have been raised on false capitolist ideals born out of McCarthy and Reaganism.
The bottom line is, CAPITOLISM ONLY WORKS IF YOUR CONSUMER BASE HAS MONEY!!!!!!!
Lets face facts, which candidates wants to truly face facts about our economic situation and put restrictions on outsourcing jobs?
If we continue the way we are, we are facing more than comedic outcomes of general elections. We face extinction in the face of our growing national debt.
The American people need a leader who will stand up and say No More!! We will accept our economic responsibilities and start to work towards paying our national debt.
This can only stem from research into effective alternative forms of energy. If America wants to stand up and say that we can in fact lead ourselves through this difficult time, it can only be done through technological innovation, or all out warfare. I think the choice is clear.
THIS HOUSING CRISIS CAN AND WILL ONLY END WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STARTS SHIFTING ITS MONEY TOWARD RENEWABLE ENERGY THAT CAN SUSTAIN OUR FREIGHT INDUSTRY.
If you can't afford groceries, you sure as FUCK can't afford mortgage payments.