Campaign Asks Bankers To Donate Bonuses To Homeowners Risking Foreclosure

BusinessWeek:

Economist and writer Katerina Alexandraki has launched a creative idea for easing the housing crunch this holiday season. She's asking Wall Streeters getting big bonuses to contribute them to folks in danger of losing their homes.

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Comments

[vindrag]

01:59 PM on 11/02/2009

Remember reading George Orwell's "Animal Farm"? The bankers were the fat pigs feeding at the trough. They are not going to move over for the rest of us who are starving.

[WhyAreThingsThe]

12:25 PM on 11/02/2009

The only winners from this economic recovery are Goldman ...great country we live in
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[blueken]

10:06 AM on 11/02/2009

Yeah, right....that ain't gonna happen. Tax the living daylights out of those stupid crooks, that ain't gonna happen either...........sigh!

[prosha]

11:40 PM on 11/01/2009

that's funny

[foxisms]

12:58 PM on 11/01/2009

They have medication for these sort of dellusional expectations.

[POSTANDCOMMENT]

12:46 PM on 11/01/2009

NO economic recovery. REAL unemployment is DOUBLE the 'official' statistics. Government has been playing major games with all stats for a while now - both parties are to blame.

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[kingbuzz]

10:32 AM on 11/01/2009

i doubt it.

[Fred Hood]

10:06 AM on 11/01/2009

charity is great......it is not the long term solution more like equity not charity

[AlphaDoc]

06:42 AM on 11/01/2009

Hey, you never know until you ask. That being said, the chances on this one are way below slim and none. Best of luck to Ms. Alexandraki!

[karen1p]

04:04 PM on 10/31/2009

Talk about one of the funniest articles on the Post!

Where does this woman think the money was sucked from???

[ResidualSelfImage]

03:45 PM on 10/31/2009

Better idea is too default and ask them for title.

Fall of the Republic;
please email this URL far and wide.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WourPs56Shc

[neoconcriminals]

01:51 PM on 10/31/2009

Sure, and Ted Bundy would have bought girl scout cookies if only she had asked.

[feyangel]

11:39 AM on 10/31/2009

Great idea!

[comicpro]

11:14 AM on 10/31/2009

Banker: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Buffy get the kids ready to go see the poor people lose their house!

[invest4dems]

09:06 AM on 10/31/2009

3.5%GDP growth cruses estimates, but the GOP talking heads will try to downplay it this weekend.

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