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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele]What exactly do you think Obama is offering in terms of "relief". It's really not much and I can't understand why anyone would be outraged by it.

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American conservativism is based on greed, jealousy, and resentment.  There's no rationality to it.  Rather than a political philosophy it's become a fig-leaf for excusing the worst of our human vices.  Want to give billions to bankers?  That's a-ok!  They're the hard-working winners of the world.  Want to reduce unemployed people's mortgage rates?  OUTRAGE!!

It would be funny if it weren't so disgusting.  Remember, they're the values voters, though. [/quote]

I don't think anyone is excusing the banks.  However, some dude that bought a McMansion he couldn't afford in the first place, nah.  For each single poor down-on-his luck guy--- there are a half-dozen educated people that got greedy and wanted it all.  There were those of us offered very big loans in the early/mid 2000s that did our own math, went the conservative route and managed to still be able to pay our mortgage even with job loss.  I had a guy bragging at work back in the day that he got qualified for a 1.5 million dollar house. He was a GS-14 like me.  I distinctly recall saying "just because you [u]Qualify[/u] doesn't mean you can afford it. [b]Now you want me to bail his ass out too?  [/b]Check what was in the driveways of many of those foreclosed Phoenix, Ftlauderdale houses.... Sure wasn't a 10-year old paid off Honda.  Values. Old-fashioned. Don't buy what you can't afford.  Work hard and save. Don't take the easy route. Personal responsibility. "they just were lucky".  That's lazy talk, son.[/quote]Dude, you spend a lot of time feeling sorry for yourself.  Instead of feeling relieved  (and proud) that you were too smart to fall into this trap, you end up just looking for some way to feel sorry for yourself about the situation. I am [i]grateful[/i] every day that I'm not in that guy's situation.  Stop looking for opportunities for self-pity![/quote]

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