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To: Hope Praytochange who wrote (47581)12/28/2010 7:04:41 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71588
 
"Only about 600 cities, counties, towns and special taxation districts have filed for bankruptcy (known as Chapter 9 for these sorts of entities) since 1937"

You know... if the politicians would only allow mortgages to be included in bankruptcy filing we'd *already* be much nearer to the end of this entire housing bust problem!