Comments for Americans for Financial Reform

Comment on And the Phony Outrage Is… by medycyna estetyczna

medycyna estetyczna — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 10:47:20 +0000

I'm delighted that bing has bring me here to your http://ourfinancialsecurity.org/2009/03/and-the-phony-outrage-is/ .The way of presenting your point of view is astounding! Keep it up!

Comment on And the Phony Outrage Is… by Marcia Foster

Marcia Foster — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:32:35 +0000

Kleptocracy is a term meaning “rule by thieves”. It is not a real form of government; it’s a pejorative term for a government whose officials and ruling class accrue wealth and power by misappropriating public funds at the expense of the wider population. I was searching for a term that would define a government ruled by big business when I happened on this one which was – sadly enough – close to what we’re coming to.We need to do two things fast – or we will become a kleptocracy: 1. Separate Congress from K Street, 2. Separate Investment banking from commercial banking. I don’t think the current bill has that in it, but it is at the heart of the problem of “too big to fail”.

Comment on And the Phony Outrage Is… by David Greene

David Greene — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:30:41 +0000

I use credit unions only.

Comment on And the Phony Outrage Is… by janice

janice — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:56:28 +0000

Majority of people I believe have been “outraged” about many things for decades.

We elect people who sometimes have the best of intentions and then become more concerned about getting re-elected and party-lines than they are about the country’s citizens. I don’t see how this can change because there are too few Alan Graysons.

Comment on And the Phony Outrage Is… by Rebecca

Rebecca — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 02:53:33 +0000

We applied for refinance March 09 when my partner was laid off. We got a good deal approved by B of A. They delayed past their own cut-off date. Then they said we no longer qualified since guidelines had changed. I told them I knew they could reduce interest rates to 2% and eliminate second mortgages, getting reimbursed by the government, through the new Obama programs(look it up on Congressional Research Service publications). They said guidelines had not been received; they couldn’t do that. We compromised and in November got less than what they had approved the previous May. I called them again this month since they notified us they could bring interest rates further down and forgive debt. They said we had just refinanced so we were not eligible. My partner has been unemployed a year.

Comment on And the Phony Outrage Is… by NOTsamWalton

NOTsamWalton — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:08:45 +0000

Today’s large banks give those with moderate to small wealth a worse option than a matres for saving money.

Comment on And the Phony Outrage Is… by William Sweet

William Sweet — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:15:47 +0000

The numerous confusing documents we need sign when taking out a mortgage and insurance premiums, fees, title seaches, and the fact that the documents have to be requested to be seen ahead of the closing. Because this historically happened a few times in a persons life it was easily overlooked. Now in these days of habitual refinancing to cover college or credit card debt, many of us have refinanced many times.

Comment on And the Phony Outrage Is… by Juan Herrera

Juan Herrera — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:35:59 +0000

CORRUPTION, KICKBACKS, CONGRESSPEOPLE ARE ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE TO SERVE THEM, NOT BIG CORPORATIONS AND BIG BANKS.

Comment on And the Phony Outrage Is… by Peter T Kallay

Peter T Kallay — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:49:24 +0000

The big banks caused the financial meltdown (“Great Recession” in 2007-2008, yet they used taxpayers’ bailout money to lobby against reform and to buy out their competitors, creating ever larger too-big-to-fail entities.

Comment on Sign the Petition to Hold Big Banks Accountable by Amy DeMeo

Amy DeMeo — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:52:20 +0000

What else do you need to know about what the greed on wall street?

They may have money but they don’t have more than one vote per person just like me & all the people I know who are sick of Congress voting for money interests instead of citizen interest.

Democrat or Republican, we’ll get you out of office if you don’t start FIGHTING for main street & the average hard working citizen.