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To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (313844)7/9/2009 11:05:24 AM
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Democrats have learned nothing, are incapable of learning:

boston.com

Frank proposes home loan plan for jobless
$2b program part of package designed to prevent foreclosures
By Jenifer B. McKim
Globe Staff / July 9, 2009

Congressman Barney Frank wants to prevent unemployed homeowners from losing their houses by giving them government money to pay their mortgages.

The Newton Democrat, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, will hold a hearing in Washington today on his proposal to spend $2 billion to prevent foreclosures on borrowers who don’t qualify for other mortgage aid programs because they are unemployed. The funds would come in the form of loans, and borrowers would have to pledge their homes as security.

The catalyst for the proposal is a growing jobless rate that reached a 26-year high of 9.5 percent in June, Frank said.

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