Comments on: The Youngest Victims Of Foreclosure

In Midst Of Mortgage Crisis, Kids Are Left In Limbo - But There's Some Help Available

[rudy654-2009]

Anyway, the point is that we gotta live within our means. If we can''''t afford an SUV, so be it. I don''''t care if your neighbor has one -- if you can''''t afford it then you can''''t afford it. Sorry. Not my problem. If you want the creature comforts, then you have to be willing to step up and try to earn them. I don''''t care if it is hard to do so -- I do not want to pay your way.


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Posted by baldman2 at 12:19 AM

Well let''s see. She had to go live with a friend instead of living on the street. Is that okay with you?

[rudy654-2009]

Posted by newsterl at 12:25 AM

Here''s news for newster. When she had a job she could afford it! DUHHH! Lifestyle choices???? How about she shoot herself, would that make you happy?

[ranger1948]

baldman2
I think you would be an excellent candidate for president. Don''t have a college degree, so what, you got your degree from the college of hardknocks. I think you could be what this country needs now.

[rudy654-2009]

No child left behind" - yeah, RIGHT!!!

Posted by Simplemind2 at 10:16 PM

We all know that "No Child Left Behind" is just the framing of the destruction of public education.

[rudy654-2009]

2,000 dollars for an apartment!!! Why has it gotten so out of hand?

[newsterl]

Project Heart helped convince the district to go miles out of its way to keep Matthew with the same kids and teacher."

In other words forcing the other property owners around there to foot the bills for this- that nice $4 a gallon diesel fuel the big yellow limo runs on at about 3 MPG in the city.


"What do you do when you have kids and you''re in that situation?" Sharon Antico said. "

You make lifestyle choices and plan BEFORE getting pregnant, you ask yourself ''can I REALLY afford this kid if I''m not working for some reason?''


"There is a period of grief, a period of anger and a period of ''why me?''"

Why you; poor planning, having kids before being financially responsible and stable, signing a mortgage for far in excess of what you can afford, not reading the fine print about balloon payments, putting everything on credit, failing to save money instead of buying that $1,500 TV set on credit, making do with a used car instead of that brand new $45,000 weenie-mobile-SUV-tank you drive.

That''s why you.

[emused]

My parents grew up during the depression.I guess now would be a good time to go back to the well(of experience) for some tried and true ways to get through the coming (economic)storm and the wake that follows.

[payasyougo]

"We did not reach out for the ''''public dole'''', but rather we suffered."

I look back and never claim to have suffered. We were poor. It''s just the way it was. Never having tasted any kind of higher lifestyle, we never realized we were missing anything.

As for packing up and moving and making new friends, welcome to the lifestyle of military service where families move every two or three years. Hundreds of thousands of people do this in service of our country every couple years...

[element51]

payasyougo...Still on the same page. It''s people like you describe who *** it for those truly in need. I agree that those who can do should do. If they''re to dam lazy to take care of themselves they certainly don''t deserve someone elses hard earned money. The problem is, how do you separate those deadbeats from the truly deserving? I guess until we can answer that question we are stuck with the check.

[payasyougo]

"Big, Rich, Greed is what is running the United States! Screw the little people..."

I hear this a lot from some relatives, one a good example. She has cable w/ HBO, $70/mo internet service (because that is all they offer), eats out twice a day (my suggestion make sack lunches was replied with "I''m not like you, I need to get away from work"). She rents but she is three month behind on her truck payment.

I feel sorry for her. Not sorry that she''s poor by choice, which she is, but because she really was never taught to the basic equation of either earn more to support your lifestyle or spend less to a lower lifestyle.

I think she knows it but just doesn''t want to make the sacrifices of a reduction in lifestyle. In her late fouties now I''m sure it will be the fault of the rich that are not taxed enough as why she can''t make it on social security. If she lives that long. She is a at least a pack a day smoker.

My relatives are a microcosm of the nation. Some know what they are doing and live appropriately within their means, others don''t and expect everyone else that are "more blessed than them" to help them out. We did that for over 25 years. All it did was postpone the inevitable. I''m beyond sympathy. I''m in the stage of utter disbelief that these folks can keep up the lie.

We won''t let them starve or end up on the street. But we won''t support their lifestyle - especially one we don''t even subscribe to.

[element51]

payasyougo....No arguement here. You are assuming however that everyone who needs help is at fault for their misfortune. A guy who lives down the street worked for the city...as a ditch digger. He was working and a ditch caved in on him and broke his back. He is now paralized for life. You''re saying, well screw him...he should have managed better. It is true that there are those who abuse the system and I hold them in utter contempt. But if there were not some safeguards in place lots of people would suffer. I''m glad to pay my tax money to help people. I think we, as a society, have a responsibility to care for those of us who are weaker and cannot carry 100% of their load. Christ said, "that which you do to your brother, you do to me". I admire that guy. And I do own one of those watches. It says ROLLAX right on it and the guy said it was a real watch. (feeble attempt at humor)

[stevador39]

The U.S. sends Aid workers and money around the world; we take in huge numbers of refugees from around the world and illegal aliens crowd the welfare rolls and schools. At the same time Americans are turned onto the street because there is no money for them. Charities and religions are making money off international aid. The whole thing is a real ''creep show.''

[payasyougo]

"I have read many, many posts here on this board where people say ..."

I think this can be distilled into:

1. People need to be responsible for their own decision and actions.

2. Our tax dollars shouldn''t have to come to the rescue for every problem that man seems get himself into. Especially when it happens during a runnup to an election.

3. Stuff happens. The integrity and strength of a person is their ability to meet the challenge and work through it. Adjust, adapt, move on. That is life.

And I don''t know anyone that owns a rolex so I can''t speak for them.

[jonesforch]

Too bad the father did not pay his child support. As the they say rolls now hill. Best of luck Anticos .

[element51]

I have read many, many posts here on this board where people say "tough *****" to those who are having a difficult time. They say that if you can''t take care of yourself than it''s your problem not theirs. They are against any kind of social programs including social security and medicare. They say people who are poor are poor because they are lazy and don''t want to work. They say that the ultra rich should get to keep their money and that they deserve more tax breaks. They say it is the rich who give the most. They say that if a person can afford a 10 thousand Rolex while others are going hungry, that is perfectly all right. They say that the country is in the trouble it''s in because of liberals. Those dirty nasty stupid liberals who brought us social security, medicare, civil rights and a host of other ills of society. I wonder what side those people vote on. They never say.

[cyberus-2009]

And just wait ... the best is yet to come! Tax time when the big corps write off the losses they incurred putting these people on the street .. then the government can say they don''t have the money to help all the homeless people because tax income is down.

[lizardbate]

Big, Rich, Greed is what is running the United States !!!!! Screw the little people we don''t need them!!!!!!!!! If you can''t pay your mortgage sleep in the ditch, they don''t care.