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Fri Feb 17, 2012, 06:25 PM Feb 2012

GRAPHIC: Drop In The Bucket, Settlement Provides $25 Billion In Help For $700 Billion Problem

Kinda says it all, doesn't it?

http://www.republicreport.org/2012/mortgage-settlement/


"Look to money in politics to understand the disparity between aid to homeowners and the numbers concerning homeowners owing more than their house is worth. For instance, Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller (D) received 88 times more campaign donations from out-of-state lawyers and lobbyists following the news that he would be the lead negotiator with the banks for the settlement deal than he had received in the previous decade."

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GRAPHIC: Drop In The Bucket, Settlement Provides $25 Billion In Help For $700 Billion Problem (Original Post) Report1212 Feb 2012 OP
Money for gazillionaires is more important, after all. nt valerief Feb 2012 #1
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