02-18-2009, 05:54 PM
I can't understand the bitterness here. The people aren't getting a free house, they are getting a refinanced house. If some people want to jump on that train, I just don't see how that hurts the rest of us. Certainly not as much as a neighborhood filled with empty houses would. And while it's easy to say somebody should just go rent a place, where I live renting is more expensive than buying, unless you think these folks should be punished by leaving a middle class neighborhood to go live in a rundown, possibly dangerous one. I fail to see how that would give anyone satisfaction, except for really nasty folks who are into seeing revenge against people who haven't actually hurt them.