Web Letters: Obama ♥ Carrots

100 Days

By Christopher Hayes

This article appeared in the March 16, 2009 edition of The Nation.

February 25, 2009

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Foreclosures are a win for the people who have been locked out of the market, and this is the majority of the country. So no, lose, lose, lose, win big. Why should someone who could not afford to enter the market pay to support someone just down the road who could not afford to enter the market and did anyway? Why should we want to artificially keep house values up when most people cannot even enter the market? I would rather see bailout monies used to improve the saftey net and move people who sell at a loss to a new rental if they need the assistance. House ownership is not a right, it is a privilege. And too many people do not have access, due to unrealistic house values. Even at this point, house prices are way too high for average income and rental returns to make sense.

Marc Zweier

Los Angeles, CA
03/11/2009 @ 02:39am
Why is that all of the Republicans sniping at the presidents's attempts to bring about a national recovery sound like chihuahuas on Viagra? They all seem terribly parochial.

James L Pinette

Caribou, ME
03/05/2009 @ 12:48pm

Web Letters: Obama ♥ Carrots

100 Days

By Christopher Hayes

February 25, 2009

Los Angeles, CA

Caribou, ME

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