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September 26, 2008

Updated version of help taxpayers by helping homeowners letter

Here's a newer (Wednesday) version of our coalition's Monday letter to Congress -- updated with numerous new sign-on groups -- demanding that bankruptcy judges be given the right to make court-supervised loan modifications as a mandatory condition of any Wall Street rescue bill. Preventing foreclosures keeps people in their homes making monthly payments and preserving neighborhoods. Helping homeowners helps taxpayers by reducing the cost of the Wall Street bailout. What part of that don't the President, Hank Paulson and Congressional opponents understand?

Posted by Ed Mierzwinski at September 26, 2008 11:18 AM


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