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Sign the Open Letter to Congress
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| Name | City | Date | Optional Comments |
| Madhu S. | Woodbridge, NJ | July 24, 2008 | Shame on Congress!!! How long would they continue to squeeze every hard earned saved penny from us!! |
| Marlon D. | Brooklyn, NY | July 24, 2008 | I am angry that for years I have tried to save enough money for a big enough down payment on a home and as a result of speculation and get rich schemes I am constantly priced-out. Now my tax dollars must go to support bad and irresponsible behavior? |
| Ali H. | New York, NY | July 24, 2008 | Obama for President! Thank you very much -- all the renters! |
| Ut T. | Brea, CA | July 24, 2008 | Let's bail out the irresponsible borrowers and wallstreet. So what if our nation is bankrupt, just print more money. Say goodbye to your saving in dollars, it's becoming worthless. Smart idea congress. |
| Darwin M. | Nampa, ID | July 24, 2008 | The approval rating of Congress and the White House is at all time lows. It is time to not vote for any incumbent. Virtually all of them are guilty of impeachable actions. They need to remember their oath of office. The first line is pretty universal. "I swear to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic". They have failed that simple test miserably -indeed they have become domestic enemies of the Constitution and should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Having a Goldman Sachs insider as the Secretary of the Treasury should never have occurred. Helicopter Bernanke and his thesis of avoiding deflation need to burn in Hell. |
| Katt H. | Nashua, NH | July 24, 2008 | Our food prices, gas prices and rent are rising just as much every year as those who own a home. Where is my break? I pay my taxes too!! |
| lila y. | New York, NY | July 24, 2008 | How dare you ! Bill the American people for the crooked dealings of wall street thieves and the stupidity of people on minimum wage incomes who imagined they could afford a million dollar house. We are furious. How dare you ask us to pay for dealings that BROKE THE LAW. Let the banks go under. |
| Sean G. | Nashua, NH | July 24, 2008 | With rent increasing every year, why should renters bail-out people who are so financially irresponsible as to get a mortgage they can't afford? Where is our relief? |
| Steve F. | Matthews, NC | July 24, 2008 | Our gov. has been hijacked. The Federal Reserve and the Treasury are stepping over themselves to fork money, OUR TAX dollars, to the all these companies (banks) and individuals who cannot read. I tried contacting the Federal Reserve and the Treasury, and guess what, you cannot get in touch with anyone. And there are more failed banks coming, and they want US to bail them out with our tax dollars. The FDIC has stated that 4-8 billion dollars of TAX dollars will be needed just for the Indymac bank failure. The Federal Reserve had the power to prevent ALL of this. The FDIC which insures YOUR money will not give any information on failing banks, but instead they refer you to a SERVICE that you have to PAY for to get any bank info. We are all screwed unless someone can lead another Boston Tea party. The Federal Reserve loans money at 2% interest to the investment banks which take that money and invest it in OIL and FOOD and profit by 25-30%. For all of us responsible, legal citizens, WHO is going to bail US out from our own gov.? |
| Tom N. | Baldwin Park, CA | July 24, 2008 | not that I think this letter matters, but hey by all means help out the irresponsible f*cked borrowers, increase the debt ceiling, raise more tax and make the middle class pay for it. |
| Kate C. Katherine C. Katherine C. Katherine C. Katherine C. Katherine C. | Oakland, CA | July 24, 2008 | Taxpayers should not have to bail out Fannie and Freddie investors. |
| scott N. | Palatine, IL | July 24, 2008 | x |
| Michael R. Margaret-Mary R. | Hollis, NH | July 24, 2008 | Most mortgage borrowers are responsible. Most who can't afford to buy right now rent. A few borrow beyond their means, and need to learn the market's lesson. A very few are vicoimized by poor disclosure or pressure selling into inappropriate loans. The right answer is transparency and disclosure rules, with the right to sue for misrepresentation. (Never thought I'd be cheering for lawyers!) Keep government out of the market - proper balancing of risks and rewards in a functioning market works, while shifting risks onto taxpayers only encourages more and bigger risks. |
| Wayne T. | Lomita, CA | July 24, 2008 | These irresponsible borrowers drove up the price of houses, and now they expect us to bail them out. Meanwhile, my family has been priced out of the market. |
| Brandon L. Jennifer L. | Lindale, TX | July 24, 2008 | I'm 22, I work full time and I just bought my first house 6 months ago. I waited and saved and bought a house I could afford. I'm not an angry renter, but people need to take responsibility for their own homes! If I can, you can. |
| Cindy P. | Flushing, NY | July 24, 2008 | Just ridiculous on how this country is turning out to be. |
| Dennis P. | Flushing, NY | July 24, 2008 | why am i and everyone else going to pay for someone's mortgage. We have been trick into paying an unconstitutional income tax that was setup by the "Federal Reserve Bank" which is as federal as Federal Express.. and now they are trying to force us into cleaning the mess up that they created. |
| Brent S. | North Wales, PA | July 24, 2008 | - |
| Rachael O. | San Francisco, CA | July 24, 2008 | x |
| Frank I. Sarah I. | Augusta, GA | July 24, 2008 | x |
| Gavin B. Jonie B. Chase B. Molly B. | Virginia Beach, VA | July 24, 2008 | This bill is wrong on so many levels. I will vote against everyone I can who votes for it. |
| Markus W. Mikayla W. Paula A. | Mountlake Terrace, WA | July 24, 2008 | I don't have much to add that hasn't already been said. Using our taxes to prop up housing prices is reprehensible. Vote against ALL incumbents next election. Even if you don't like the other guy or lady, at least send them the message that we won't put up with this. |
| Madison T. Timothy W. | Odessa, TX | July 24, 2008 | x |
| Michael L. | Pittsburgh, PA | July 24, 2008 | x |
| Jeff G. | Silver Spring, MD | July 24, 2008 | between the actions of congress (housing bill, stimulus checks) and the fed (fed funds rate of 2% when inflation is reported at 5% and arguably much much higher in reality), our leaders are rewarding imprudent risk taking and heavily penalizing the responsible saver. they talk about trying to avoid moral hazard, but their actions make it a certainty. tax payers should be disgusted and outraged by the lack of judgment of our country's leaders. |
| Morishita T. | North Hollywood, CA | July 24, 2008 | x |
| Simone N. William H. | Cambridge, MA | July 24, 2008 | Let the market correct the housing crisis and bring down prices. NO tax dollar bailout for irresponsible lenders and those who lied about their income to dishonestly acquire a house. |
| Victor H. | Austin, TX | July 24, 2008 | x |
| Jessica M. Derek M. | Potosi, MO | July 24, 2008 | x |
| Nicholas M. | San Diego, CA | July 24, 2008 | x |
| Cheryl S. | Mckinney, TX | July 24, 2008 | x |
| Helga B. | Silver Spring, MD | July 24, 2008 | x |
| Paul M. | Arlington, TX | July 24, 2008 | x |
| kathleen r. Annette . | Glen Echo, MD | July 24, 2008 | Congress, you are nothing but a cabal of thieves. I have no faith in this country anymore, and will be damned if i sacrifice anything for it from this point on. I have been punished for my intelligence, thrift and prudence repeatedly. I feel no loyalty to this government. I will never encourage my son to join the military and defend a country that frankly should not be defended. You, Congress and the white house, have thrown the Constitution out the window and the United States is no more. Thanks for destroying a great place. |
| Rob R. | Olympia, WA | July 24, 2008 | Welcome to the former United States of America, a country that was for the people and by the people. Our FORMER Declaration of Independence claimed the following charges against the King of England, these charges can easily be used against our "Government" today. -He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. -He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. -He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance. -He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. -For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: -For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments The Revolution that followed were by great men so unlike those currently in Washington D.C. that they were here today they would pull them out onto the White House Lawn and shoot them for treason. |
| Barbara W. | New Freedom, PA | July 24, 2008 | x |
| Christine P. | Clawson, MI | July 24, 2008 | Hey, I owe a lot of money on my car. Someone wanna help me out with that? Didn't think so. But that's okay, because I sat down with my finacial information and figured out if I could afford the car *before* I bought it! If I can do it, so can everyone else! |
| Rodney L E. Marietta E. Rodney J E. | Mechanicsville, MD | July 24, 2008 | It's not right to bail out people who got themselves into trouble by taking loans they could not pay back. Tax dollars should not be used to fix individuals stupidity, they were able to take advantage of tax breaks because of home ownership that renter do not get, so they are already way ahead of renters. The market should run it's course, than maybe the individuals who managed their finances properly will be able to afford a home of thier own |
| Roger S. | Kokomo, IN | July 24, 2008 | Mike L. you are correct that in that I should not have used the word "all". However you bring up a good point that "all" homeowners do not get a mortgage deduction or only a small one if their principal is small just like the landlord that has his mortgage paid off or is very small. The point is that renters get similar tax breaks and pay similar taxes as the homeowners. |
| Formerly Honest A. | Columbus, OH | July 24, 2008 | This pig is a done deal and the message is this: if you were responsible and/or lived within your means then you are a sucker and a loser. Dodd and the other crooks in the Corrupt US Government can do what they want and it won't matter; in fact, they could tell their followers that the sky is green and the grass is blue and it will be believed. The fact is this: Americans just don't want to think too much about anything anymore - it's just too much work to actually think critically. So, they don't. That's why the Corrupt Chris Dodd can be a 'friend of Angelo' and yet take the fore when it comes to this bill as well as the ones that bail out the banks and other organizations that made BILLIONS in the Ponzi run-up. In France in 1793 he would have been guillotined but in the USA of 2008 he's a 'leader'. Any responsible person who did not join in the obvious frenzy - well you will pay higher taxes to the Corrupt US Government with dollars that are worth less than 50% of their 2002 value! That money is a direct transfer to people like the Angelo Mozillo's and Franklin Raines's of the world. It's unbelievable that you, the taxpayers, are being robbed but try not paying your taxes and before long you'll be led away at gunpoint. Responsible people have a choice: you have to join the gravy train somehow or steal your money back somehow. One way would be to systematically run up hundreds of thousands of unsecured debt and then not pay - as long as their is no debtor's prison this remains an option. You can even hide some of the funds so that they can't be repossessed. Another option is to 'white ant' whatever system you can in an effort to bring it down. Remember: obeying a rule created by those that are immoral is an immoral act! Behaving in ways that prolong an immoral situation is itself immoral - even when what you consider to be 'rules' say otherwise. Sometimes the rules have to be broken and the stigmas changed - especially when those rules have been compromised by those with money, power and influence to benefit their kind to the detriment of those who follow them! This is the situation now. |
| Pascal A. | Palo Alto, CA | July 24, 2008 | Let the speculators pay for their risky bets. Please, excercise financial sanity. No bail outs! |
| Bill W. Wu-Mei W. Billy W. Darlene W. | Anaheim, CA | July 24, 2008 | x |
| Judy R. | Lisle, IL | July 24, 2008 | If you are angry about this, send your money to RNC! Then you won't see Osama and Democrats steal YOUR money! |
| Anand S. Khyati S. | Irvine, CA | July 24, 2008 | x |
| Melanie S. Bruce S. | Houston, TX | July 23, 2008 | Let the speculators pay the consequences of their risky bets, not the American Taxpayer! |
| Scott C. Scott C. Scott C. Scott C. Scott C. Scott C. | Washington, DC | July 23, 2008 | x |
| Andrew D. W. | Greenwood, SC | July 23, 2008 | x |
| Jani R. Ashley W. | Denham Springs, LA | July 23, 2008 | x |
| John H. | July 23, 2008 | x | |
| Jennifer C. Gerald C. | Mount Clemens, MI | July 23, 2008 | x |
| Nichole B. Erik B. Anthony B. Mackenzie B. Caprice B. Brock B. | Palmyra, PA | July 23, 2008 | I think this is crazy,I'm trying to take care of four children. And at the same time trying to keep my head above the water. So they need to rethink there law-making. |
| ROBERT S. | San Francisco, CA | July 23, 2008 | x |
| Aquiles P. | West Hollywood, CA | July 23, 2008 | This is one of those defining moments in our history. Your kids will ask you what you did to save them. Sign the petition and you'll be able to tell them you made your voice heard! |
| tim w. | Snellville, GA | July 23, 2008 | x |
| Jon A. | Boulder, CO | July 23, 2008 | Repeal this law or we will repeal your law-making power! |
| Raimund D. | Carmichael, CA | July 23, 2008 | x |
| Bob D. | Flora, MS | July 23, 2008 | What would Thomas Jefferson do? What are YOU going to do? |
| Faye A. | Sherman Oaks, CA | July 23, 2008 | x |
| Julie R. | Cleveland, OH | July 23, 2008 | x |
| Charles D. Marina D. May C. | Fremont, CA | July 23, 2008 | America has been sold down the river. A river of greed, corruption and lies. To reward greedy home buyers who bought something they can't afford is unfathomable. It's treason, against the public who didn't buy into it. This is outrageous and will hurt our children. I have already began my protest and will be claiming exempt on my W-4 buying silver with all my federal tax withholdings that the government will not get. We need to throw out every senator, congressman and official who voted for it. America it's time to raise up from the dead and start a revolution.. Before it's too late.. |
| Matthew J. Frances S. Frances S. | San Diego, CA | July 23, 2008 | This bill is truly unfair to the majority of American taxpayers. I think it is crazy that the government is even contemplating taxing responsible homeowners and renters for the irresponsibility of others. How can taxpayers be asked to foot the bill for help for organizations that have already proven their insolvency - and recklessness. This is craziness! |
| Matthew J. Frances S. Frances S. | San Diego, CA | July 23, 2008 | This bill is truly unfair to the majority of American taxpayers. I think it is crazy that the government is even contemplating taxing responsible homeowners and renters for the irresponsibility of others. How can taxpayers be asked to foot the bill for help for organizations that have already proven their insolvency - and recklessness. This is craziness! |
| Aaron B. | Bryan, TX | July 23, 2008 | I'm a homeowner who purchased his home with a no-doc loan at the tail end of the bubble. I have no idea why any bank loaned me the money as I had been unemployed for over 2 years at the time I took out the 95% of value loan. I have since made every single payment on time or early and am in fine shape financially (as I knew what I was doing in the first place) but the fact remains, nobody should have loaned me anything. Let stupidity hurt.. its supposed to!! |
| Sean W. Sean W. Sean W. Sean W. Sean W. Sean W. | Los Altos, CA | July 23, 2008 | It absolutely infuriates me that congress is contemplating using my tax dollars to bail out irresponsible cretins who foolishly bought houses they couldn't afford and who are (deservedly) in over their heads as a result. Speaking as a renter who did NOT take a flyer on nicer digs, it just pisses me off to no end that public funds will be used to reward such stupidity and poor judgement. I am working hard to save up for a down payment so I can one day buy a house of my own, and I sure don't want to pay for someone else's first! |
| Dave M. | Kintnersville, PA | July 23, 2008 | As usual, more evidence that "good guys don't win", "no good deed goes unpunished", etc. If I'd had any idea we'd get bailed out, I too would have jumped on one of these "risky" loans instead of the 30-year fixed rate that I struggle to pay every month....good way to disillusion millions of people in one shot. |
| BushLover S. | Lisle, IL | July 23, 2008 | Wake up guys!!! This is People's Republic of America!!! Long live our great leader -- Chairman Bush!!! |
| John S. | Anaheim, CA | July 23, 2008 | This is OUTRAGEOUS!. What's next; government subsidies for people who lose money at the casino?. This nation is FUBAR. If this corrupt 'bailout' goes forward I swear I'll join Al Qaida ..they seem to be the lesser of two evils at this point |
| John D. Maureen D. Patricia C. | Chesterfield, MO | July 23, 2008 | If you are going to bailout Fannie Mae you might as well call it what it is - Nationalized mortgages. But why should a share holder benefit? |
| don y. donna y. | Columbus, OH | July 23, 2008 | iam a home owner and pay my mortgage maybe i should stop and free load of the hind tip of the rest of you |
| ed h. barbara h. | Indialantic, FL | July 23, 2008 | x |
| Booba K. | Boston, MA | July 23, 2008 | WHY IN THE HACK YOU DIDN'T DELIVER SIGNED PETITIONS TO THOSE SOCIALIST SCAMS IN WASHINGTON AGAIN BEFORE VOTING FOR THE BAIL OUT BILL??????? It's too f*ckuing late now! Senate and Congress that eat from hands of real estate industry along with worst American President ever and so-called "conservative" McCain sold you renters and those home owners that played according to the rules! Now we, 95% of Americans that rent or that didn't borrow over their heads are big time loosers! Bush and his fellow Commies in Eashington will you your taxpayer's money to bail out their sponsors in Wall St.! |
| Robin L. | Sherman Oaks, CA | July 23, 2008 | Don't throw this generations future into the toilet for the irresponcible actions of the prior generation. They benifeted from the housing boom, they need to take the backlash - don't punish me - I don't have the cash to buy a home and did not benefit from the boom. Don't make me pay for it. |
| m l. | Wilmington, NC | July 23, 2008 | there goes any hope of correction. putting houses further out of reach for the responsible |
| m l. | Wilmington, NC | July 23, 2008 | there goes any hope of correction. putting houses further out of reach for the responsible |
| m l. | Wilmington, NC | July 23, 2008 | there goes any hope of correction. putting houses further out of reach for the responsible |
| Shane V. | Forest Hill, MD | July 23, 2008 | x |
| Sara T. | Alexandria, VA | July 23, 2008 | x |
| Russ W. | Houston, TX | July 23, 2008 | x |
| Beverly M. | Sunnyvale, CA | July 23, 2008 | Once again, the financially responsible people are being punished. |
| Rachel D. Kevin D. | Roanoke, VA | July 23, 2008 | x |
| Robert M. | Sunnyvale, CA | July 23, 2008 | x |
| Judy S. | East Amherst, NY | July 23, 2008 | I am sick of this! We need to get rid of this congress and all Democrats -- otherwise this country will become a People's Republic of America!!! |
| Benjamin L. | Mc Lean, VA | July 23, 2008 | x |
| Shawn S. Jennifer S. Ryan S. | Wichita, KS | July 23, 2008 | Socializing losses and privatizing the gains is stealing. |
| doug r. | Tallahassee, FL | July 23, 2008 | x |
| Christopher D. | West Chester, PA | July 23, 2008 | x |
| Hale S. | Arlington, VA | July 23, 2008 | why are responsbile people always the ones that have to pay for the idiots who cause these problems? |
| Malcolm A. | San Francisco, CA | July 23, 2008 | http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080723/ap_on_go_pr_wh/congress_housing WASHINGTON - President Bush dropped his opposition Wednesday to legislation aiming to calm the chaotic housing market despite his objections to a $3.9 billion provision. The House was expected to vote on the bill Wednesday, and it could become law as early as this week. |
| Dave P. Sara P. Jayme P. Evie P. | Blacksburg, VA | July 23, 2008 | Insanity at it's finest. Take care of stupid people's problems rather than forcing them to fix their own situation and all you get is more stupid people with worse problems down the road. Ever give someone money to "help them out"? Anything good ever come from that situation? You still friends with that person? |
| Mike L. | Newport, RI | July 23, 2008 | Unfortunately, all renters DO NOT get a mortgage deduction. You would have to assume that all landlords still are paying interest on a mortgage that would amount to a significant deduction and do not either own the property outright or are paying mostly principal on the mortgage. |
| Roger S. | Kokomo, IN | July 23, 2008 | All renters do get a mortgage deduction but not directly. And all renters do pay school taxes as well but not directly. The landlord gets the mortage deduction and can lower the rent. The landlord pays the taxes but has to raise the rent. It all works out eventually. The landlord sets the rent to compensate for his costs and the value of his property. His property is only as valuable as the amount of rents that he can receive. Just like the farmer's land is only as valuable as the crops that he can grow. |
| Jon N. | Springfield, MA | July 23, 2008 | x |
| Michael T. wife s. | Greenville, TX | July 23, 2008 | fork mexico, and fork corporate welfare. We have no power to boycott or lower prices when gov cheese gets trucked in for these greedy b tardss. I rent. |
| Jeff L. | Dulzura, CA | July 23, 2008 | Common sense is gone in this country...we lose...good try though - angry renter site was a good idea but the majority of Americans do not think the way we do... |
| Jeff L. | Dulzura, CA | July 23, 2008 | We lose...it's over guys and gals... |
| Jeff L. | Dulzura, CA | July 22, 2008 | It's over - this site is a waste of time - no one in congress is listening - get ready to take it in the ass. I'm already bent over and awaiting my punishment. |
| Sharon F. | Nashville, TN | July 22, 2008 | x |
| Thomas E. Susan E. | Prospect Heights, IL | July 22, 2008 | x |
| James R. | Laguna Niguel, CA | July 22, 2008 | I disagree with the govt trying to help people out with there "foolish" business decision to buy a house that they can't afford unless they give that discount to everyone. The govt is trying to help people that are running in to financial issues with there home mortgages. I bought a smaller house because I didn't want this to happen to me. The govt is trying to help people that are in trouble, what about the people who bought who were smart? The govt is looking at ways to help relieve those in trouble, but by doing that they are penalizing the people who were living by there means. I believed this was going to happen so I bought a smaller house. ...now the govt is looking at a plan to try and give supposed "discounts" on there current loan. What about my loan, will they give me this discount too? I just wanted to put my two cents in. |
| FRED D. | Mount Gilead, OH | July 22, 2008 | The Rich get Richer because we have no direct say so in how our government is run. It"s bail out after bail out , the little people jump and die because the most corrupt government say,s so ,,, Lets hold an election every 8 years ,make it a one term deal ,,instead it"s every 4 to keep the little people off balance & it"s working sundaceswampfox@live.com |
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