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UnHAMPered | Rep. Brad Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hamp, Home Affordable Modification Program, Home-Owners-Loan-Corporation, Holc, Distressed Mortgages, Mortgage Crisis, Fdr, Mortgage Modifiction, Home Loans, Loan Modifiction, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Brad Miller, Business News

As part of its initial legislative barrage on the economic crisis, the Roosevelt administration created the Home Owners' Loan Corporation ("HOLC") in ...

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Democratic "Accomplishments" Not Nearly Enough

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Security, Gop, Voters, Ben Nelson, Tea Party, Underwater Mortgages, President Barack Obama, Housing Bubble, Congress, Election 2010, Stimulus, Democratic National Committee, Democratic Party, Democrats, Bank Bailout, Congressional Democrats, Medicare, Joe Lieberman, Republicans, 2010 Midterm Elections, Budget Cuts, Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs, Andrew Cuomo, Civilian Conservation Corps, Home Ownership Loan Corporation, Ccc, Holc, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

Americans understood they got creamed during the final Bush years. They did the right thing and voted in the opposing party. The paltry result of their electoral efforts has led to far more than voter "frustration." They're furious.

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Half Measures and Lukewarm "Reform" Won't Save the Middle Class

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Al Qaeda, "Ownership Society, Home Ownership Loan Corporation, Economic Crisis, President Barack Obama, Middle Class, George W. Bush, Congress, Credit Default Swaps, American Middle Class, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, " David Brooks, Upside Down Mortgages, Home Ownership, Wall Street, The New Deal, Steve Moore, Standard and Poor, Holc, Republican Party, Moody's, Barack Obama, Stephen Moore, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

Let's hope that when Obama speaks Congress he outlines not only a bold program to provide health care for all Americans, but also a set of proposals to lift the middle class out of its currently dismal economic condition.

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Not So Fast On Mortgage Solutions

Washington Independent | Charles R. Morris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Credit Crisis, HOme Owners Loan Corporation, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, RTC, Home Mortgages, Mortgage Solution, Recession, Chris Dodd, Ben Bernanke, Subprime Mortgages, Resolution Trust Corporation, Holc, Credit Crunch, Mortgage Sellers, Business News

A drumbeat is building for some form of federal takeover of troubled home mortgages. Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) is leading the charge in the Congress, ...

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