"...Merrill Lynch made its biggest purchases of bad debt ... after the subprime crisis had already become public knowledge." + Banks Gone Wild / NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/23/opinion/23krugman.html "Most subprime loans are based on floating interest rates ... many homeowners ... are now facing 30-50% increases in their monthly payments." "... subprime loans made up as much as 23% of the housing market in 2006. The increasing number of defaults and delinquencies means more than just homeowners in trouble." + Subprime Mortgage Market Collapse: A Primer / ERATE http://www.erate.com/subprime-mortgage-market-collapse.htm "When Obama launched his mortgage rescue plan, he promised that it would help 5 million households." "... President Obama's plan to rescue those facing mortgage foreclosure is a dismal failure." "Only 19,041 — a paltry 6 percent — were modified ..." "And of those modified, only 11,200 involved any reduction in the monthly payments!" "Only 12 percent involved any write-off of interest, fees, or principal, and 27 percent of the loan modifications actually increased the monthly payments due." + Obama's Mortgage Rescue Plan Fails Miserably / Newsmax http://www.newsmax.com/morris/Obama_mortgage_rescue/2009/06/09/223238.html "But with the foreclosure rate hitting a new record in the third quarter, the government's ability to put a meaningful dent in the tally of housing-crisis victims faces renewed skepticism." + Why Obama's Housing Rescue Hasn't Prevented Record Foreclosures / US News http://www.usnews.com/money/blogs/the-home-front/2009/10/15/why-obamas-housing-rescue-hasnt-prevented-record-foreclosures So...--drastically hike-up sub-prime rates, pull the rug out from beneath people's feet, and drive yourself right out of business--WHAT'S THE DEAL???
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