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	<title><![CDATA[How To Fix The Mortgage Mess 101]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-dreier/how-to-fix-the-mortgage-m_b_130481.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Here's the problem with the nation's troubled financial system in a nutshell: Americans don't have enough money to pay their mortgages.</p>

<p>President Bush's plan to bail-out the banks by having the US government buy troubled mortgage-backed securities is the wrong way to fix this problem. This is like handing a $700 billion blank check to the people -- bankers and investors -- whose greed and risky behavior caused the problem in the first place. The right way is to help homeowners...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Off The Bus]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-10-31T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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