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On the recordFebruary 11, 2009
According to today's Wall Street Journal, moodyseconomy.com claims that nearly 5 million families could lose their homes to foreclosure between 2009 and 2011. Now is the time for our government to take a controlling interest in mortgage-backed securities, and then direct loan modification, lowering principal and interest rates, extending terms of payment, keeping people in their homes. Banks are not lending money; they are hoarding money, because they fear their own balance sheets understate their losses. Instead of giving the banks more of taxpayers' money in the hopes that banks will loan the money to keep people in their homes, the government must take charge to save the homes of so many American families, again, take a controlling interest in mortgage-backed securities and direct loan modification. Keep people in their homes. The banks will get their money as well. It is time to stand up for the dream of American home ownership by saving the homes that are in jeopardy.
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Dennis Kucinich
Independent · Ohio

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Addressing the foreclosure crisis and advocating for government intervention in mortgage-backed securities.

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