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On the recordJune 23, 2023
The American people should be angry. They should be upset because the Biden administration did impose a socialist redistribution scheme. The most egregious and obvious part is that they withdrew as we uncovered this and exposed what they were trying to do. On August 1, their plan was to say that if you have a lot of income and very little debt, then you should pay more, even more than this scheme that took effect on May 1, and you should subsidize the people that have little income and more debt. Now, to be sure, they still would qualify for a mortgage, or they wouldn't get the loan, but that is patently obvious redistribution of wealth. The component that took effect on May 1 isn't really a redistribution of wealth per se, but it does hit the average credit score of 710. Everyone with a credit score of 680 or above, 19 out of 20 Americans is being hit by a higher fee since May 1 for their mortgages. It is a redistribution of credit scores, and that is even worse than an idea of redistribution of wealth, in a sense. Because you have responsible people who live within their means, might live just a little bit above paycheck to paycheck, save, scrape together, build up a downpayment, have a mortgage in place, and they are going to pay more now since May 1. We have to fix this injustice. That is what this bill does. It is time to just move forward in a commonsense way. First, you study the problem before you implement it.…
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Warren Davidson
Republican · Ohio
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Jun 23, 2023

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