Comments on: ACTION: Tell Speaker Pelosi To Stand Up to Ellen Tauscher and the Bank Lobbyists She Represents http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/02/action-tell-speaker-pelosi-to-stand-up-to-ellen-tauscher-and-the-bank-lobbyists-she-represents/ Firedoglake weblog Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:03:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: WindHarps http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/02/action-tell-speaker-pelosi-to-stand-up-to-ellen-tauscher-and-the-bank-lobbyists-she-represents/#comment-1846715 WindHarps Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:54:29 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/02/action-tell-speaker-pelosi-to-stand-up-to-ellen-tauscher-and-the-bank-lobbyists-she-represents/#comment-1846715 <p>Petition signed. Action taken.<br /> These would be the same people who celebrated with champagne when the last Bankruptcy bill passed (which, for the commoners, essentially shut down their ability to file). And, these would be the same people who continue sampling the best caviar - while the majority of our society gets “toasted” by the credit card companies’ with preemptive (before July 2010) predatory attacks. </p> <p><a href="http://seaclearly.wordpress.com/predatory-practices-from-the-credit-card-industry" rel="nofollow">Ongoing Predatory Practices from the Credit Card Industry </a></p> Petition signed. Action taken.
These would be the same people who celebrated with champagne when the last Bankruptcy bill passed (which, for the commoners, essentially shut down their ability to file). And, these would be the same people who continue sampling the best caviar – while the majority of our society gets “toasted” by the credit card companies’ with preemptive (before July 2010) predatory attacks.

Ongoing Predatory Practices from the Credit Card Industry

]]> By: kallen http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/02/action-tell-speaker-pelosi-to-stand-up-to-ellen-tauscher-and-the-bank-lobbyists-she-represents/#comment-1846693 kallen Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:15:53 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/02/action-tell-speaker-pelosi-to-stand-up-to-ellen-tauscher-and-the-bank-lobbyists-she-represents/#comment-1846693 <p>In 2004 the New York Times did a story about how insurance companies were taking advantage of young, financially naive, military recruits. The Pentagon wanted to make it harder for these insurance companies to have access to soldiers. Ellen Tauscher worked to block the Pentagon’s efforts. </p> <p>The article was titled: Insurers Rely on Congress to Keep Access to G.I.’s, by Diana B. Henriques, July 21, 2004. Here’s a link to the article: <a href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B01E6D8113AF932A15754C0A9629C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1" rel="nofollow">http://query.nytimes.com/gst/f.....gewanted=1</a></p> In 2004 the New York Times did a story about how insurance companies were taking advantage of young, financially naive, military recruits. The Pentagon wanted to make it harder for these insurance companies to have access to soldiers. Ellen Tauscher worked to block the Pentagon’s efforts.

The article was titled: Insurers Rely on Congress to Keep Access to G.I.’s, by Diana B. Henriques, July 21, 2004. Here’s a link to the article: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/f…..gewanted=1

]]> By: dakine01 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/02/action-tell-speaker-pelosi-to-stand-up-to-ellen-tauscher-and-the-bank-lobbyists-she-represents/#comment-1846692 dakine01 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:07:41 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/02/action-tell-speaker-pelosi-to-stand-up-to-ellen-tauscher-and-the-bank-lobbyists-she-represents/#comment-1846692 <p>I am not at all in favor of keeping inflated home prices. That is not the intent of the legislation Jane is writing about. The legislation would allow judges to work with folks to set the home values (and mortgage payments) to reflect reality. It is the folks like Tauscher and the banks that want to keep the home prices inflated and hide just how much bad paper (bad paper due to their own corruption) exists because of how badly they screwed everything up.</p> I am not at all in favor of keeping inflated home prices. That is not the intent of the legislation Jane is writing about. The legislation would allow judges to work with folks to set the home values (and mortgage payments) to reflect reality. It is the folks like Tauscher and the banks that want to keep the home prices inflated and hide just how much bad paper (bad paper due to their own corruption) exists because of how badly they screwed everything up.

]]> By: dualdiagnosis http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/02/action-tell-speaker-pelosi-to-stand-up-to-ellen-tauscher-and-the-bank-lobbyists-she-represents/#comment-1846691 dualdiagnosis Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:55:25 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/02/action-tell-speaker-pelosi-to-stand-up-to-ellen-tauscher-and-the-bank-lobbyists-she-represents/#comment-1846691 <p>Sounds like you are for artificially keeping inflated home values, there are millions of people who did not take out loans during the bubble because they knew they could not afford them. These people have saved up down payments and kept their credit good, waiting for the right opportunity to purchase a home for their families within their means. Now these actions will keep people who used their homes as ATM’s and won’t pay it back in these homes and keep hard working savers on the sidelines still unable to purchase because these policies are propping up unsustainable high prices.</p> Sounds like you are for artificially keeping inflated home values, there are millions of people who did not take out loans during the bubble because they knew they could not afford them. These people have saved up down payments and kept their credit good, waiting for the right opportunity to purchase a home for their families within their means. Now these actions will keep people who used their homes as ATM’s and won’t pay it back in these homes and keep hard working savers on the sidelines still unable to purchase because these policies are propping up unsustainable high prices.

]]> By: tiggrrl http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/02/action-tell-speaker-pelosi-to-stand-up-to-ellen-tauscher-and-the-bank-lobbyists-she-represents/#comment-1846690 tiggrrl Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:50:35 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/02/action-tell-speaker-pelosi-to-stand-up-to-ellen-tauscher-and-the-bank-lobbyists-she-represents/#comment-1846690 <p>I’ll be making sure that info on what she’s doing and how to hold her accountable goes up on the <a href="http://canow.org" rel="nofollow">California NOW blog</a> within the next day or so. We’ve been covering the impact of the economy on California pretty closely.</p> I’ll be making sure that info on what she’s doing and how to hold her accountable goes up on the California NOW blog within the next day or so. We’ve been covering the impact of the economy on California pretty closely.

]]> By: Oval12345678akaJamesKSayre http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/02/action-tell-speaker-pelosi-to-stand-up-to-ellen-tauscher-and-the-bank-lobbyists-she-represents/#comment-1846687 Oval12345678akaJamesKSayre Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:24:50 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/02/action-tell-speaker-pelosi-to-stand-up-to-ellen-tauscher-and-the-bank-lobbyists-she-represents/#comment-1846687 <p>Rep. Ellen Tauscher is just another righ-wing corporate pig. She goose-stepped along with the Bush gangster regime in its wars of aggression on the people of Afghanistan and Iraq. So she is working for the piggie bankers instead of the people? What a surprise…</p> Rep. Ellen Tauscher is just another righ-wing corporate pig. She goose-stepped along with the Bush gangster regime in its wars of aggression on the people of Afghanistan and Iraq. So she is working for the piggie bankers instead of the people? What a surprise…

]]> By: dosido http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/02/action-tell-speaker-pelosi-to-stand-up-to-ellen-tauscher-and-the-bank-lobbyists-she-represents/#comment-1846684 dosido Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:47:53 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/02/action-tell-speaker-pelosi-to-stand-up-to-ellen-tauscher-and-the-bank-lobbyists-she-represents/#comment-1846684 <p>ding.</p> ding.

]]> By: kallen http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/02/action-tell-speaker-pelosi-to-stand-up-to-ellen-tauscher-and-the-bank-lobbyists-she-represents/#comment-1846681 kallen Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:32:29 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/02/action-tell-speaker-pelosi-to-stand-up-to-ellen-tauscher-and-the-bank-lobbyists-she-represents/#comment-1846681 <p>I was really unhappy when I got redistricted into Tauscher’s district. I am no happier today! She apparently is going to introduce a bill to over turn the ban on gays in the military. While I’m all for lifting the ban, this really is the wrong time to bring up such a hot-button issue: I fear it could derail President Obama’s attempt to turn this country around. If she does that, I’ll never forgive her!</p> <p>I believe the ONLY town hall meeting she’s had in quite some time has been in Rossmoor, a wealthy retirement community, where she touted her pro-Israel stance. She quit appearing before the rest of us because she got blasted for her votes on funding for the Iraq war. </p> <p>A few years ago there was the beginning of an attempt to “primary” her, in part due to her being a Blue Dog democrat. She dropped out of the Blue Dogs but now is leading the New Democratic Coalition: As far as I can tell they’re no better than the Blue Dogs.</p> I was really unhappy when I got redistricted into Tauscher’s district. I am no happier today! She apparently is going to introduce a bill to over turn the ban on gays in the military. While I’m all for lifting the ban, this really is the wrong time to bring up such a hot-button issue: I fear it could derail President Obama’s attempt to turn this country around. If she does that, I’ll never forgive her!

I believe the ONLY town hall meeting she’s had in quite some time has been in Rossmoor, a wealthy retirement community, where she touted her pro-Israel stance. She quit appearing before the rest of us because she got blasted for her votes on funding for the Iraq war.

A few years ago there was the beginning of an attempt to “primary” her, in part due to her being a Blue Dog democrat. She dropped out of the Blue Dogs but now is leading the New Democratic Coalition: As far as I can tell they’re no better than the Blue Dogs.

]]> By: MarkH http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/02/action-tell-speaker-pelosi-to-stand-up-to-ellen-tauscher-and-the-bank-lobbyists-she-represents/#comment-1846680 MarkH Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:29:30 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/02/action-tell-speaker-pelosi-to-stand-up-to-ellen-tauscher-and-the-bank-lobbyists-she-represents/#comment-1846680 <blockquote><p>Fannie Freddie and others have had a foreclosure moratorium in place that will expire Mar 31. These moratoriums can skew all figures.</p></blockquote> <p>Indeed. Given that date Congress oughta getta move-on to provide those folks some way to save their homes.</p>

Fannie Freddie and others have had a foreclosure moratorium in place that will expire Mar 31. These moratoriums can skew all figures.

Indeed. Given that date Congress oughta getta move-on to provide those folks some way to save their homes.

]]> By: dakine01 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/02/action-tell-speaker-pelosi-to-stand-up-to-ellen-tauscher-and-the-bank-lobbyists-she-represents/#comment-1846679 dakine01 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:28:52 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/02/action-tell-speaker-pelosi-to-stand-up-to-ellen-tauscher-and-the-bank-lobbyists-she-represents/#comment-1846679 <p>What are the choices? Many of the folks under water on their mortgages are there due to fraud by the lenders (yes it did and does happen, they are not blameless in all this). Many others are in trouble due to lost jobs or medical emergencies.</p> <p>So what are the options? Throw people out on the street and make a bunch more children homeless? (<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29356160/" rel="nofollow">See this MSNBC story</a>) </p> <p>And the more homes foreclosed in a neighborhood, the worse it is for property values in that neighborhood. So would you like to see the homes surrounding you empty, yards grown up with weeds, windows broken? That’s not a good way to maintain or re-build the value of your own property.</p> <p>If you have a valid, humane, and constructive plan to work this out to the benefit of ALL (and not just the banksters who helped cause it), we listen with ears wide open.</p> What are the choices? Many of the folks under water on their mortgages are there due to fraud by the lenders (yes it did and does happen, they are not blameless in all this). Many others are in trouble due to lost jobs or medical emergencies.

So what are the options? Throw people out on the street and make a bunch more children homeless? (See this MSNBC story)

And the more homes foreclosed in a neighborhood, the worse it is for property values in that neighborhood. So would you like to see the homes surrounding you empty, yards grown up with weeds, windows broken? That’s not a good way to maintain or re-build the value of your own property.

If you have a valid, humane, and constructive plan to work this out to the benefit of ALL (and not just the banksters who helped cause it), we listen with ears wide open.

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