Comments on: The cruelty of HAMP http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/08/23/the-cruelty-of-hamp/ A slice of lime in the soda Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:01:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: lambertstrether http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/08/23/the-cruelty-of-hamp/comment-page-1/#comment-17599 lambertstrether Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:12:10 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=5047#comment-17599 Railfan-- Nobody bats zero for the season without a plan. Follow the money. The administration is extremely competent, like the previous administration, at servicing the banksters by shovelling them money. That tells who who their constituency is. Railfan–

Nobody bats zero for the season without a plan.

Follow the money. The administration is extremely competent, like the previous administration, at servicing the banksters by shovelling them money. That tells who who their constituency is.

]]> By: SurfBob http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/08/23/the-cruelty-of-hamp/comment-page-1/#comment-17591 SurfBob Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:55:33 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=5047#comment-17591 HAMP...Is this the Foreclosure Rescue Scam I've been warned about? HAMP…Is this the Foreclosure Rescue Scam I’ve been warned about?

]]> By: SurfBob http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/08/23/the-cruelty-of-hamp/comment-page-1/#comment-17590 SurfBob Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:54:52 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=5047#comment-17590 HAMP...Is this the Foreclosure Rescue Scam I've been warned about? HAMP…Is this the Foreclosure Rescue Scam I’ve been warned about?

]]> By: Railfan http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/08/23/the-cruelty-of-hamp/comment-page-1/#comment-17570 Railfan Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:13:34 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=5047#comment-17570 Felix is defending the Obama administration with the classic "they were just incompetent, not corrupt!" argument. He's saying this of an administration that has repeatedly defended the financial industry and carried their water. Sorry, Felix. They knew EXACTLY what they were doing all along. As Atrios says, the banksters own the country. We just live in it. Felix is defending the Obama administration with the classic “they were just incompetent, not corrupt!” argument. He’s saying this of an administration that has repeatedly defended the financial industry and carried their water. Sorry, Felix. They knew EXACTLY what they were doing all along.

As Atrios says, the banksters own the country. We just live in it.

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