FUCK YOU GODDAMN MOTHERFUCKING FREDDIE MAC
I was about to post this in the comments over at Traditional Christianity, and then I decided that their site was not the appropriate place for the level of profanity I’m about to use. But at the same time, the level of profanity I’m about to use is entirely appropriate in response to what I read over there.
Freddie Mac announced this afternoon that it will allow unemployed Americans up to a 12-month forbearance on their mortgage payments. According to the statement, Freddie Mac will allow mortgage services to extend 6 months of forbearance without approval and up to 12 months with their approval.
Freddie Mac says that 10% of delinquencies on its mortgages are tied to unemployment.
MOTHERFUCKERS!!!
So let me get this straight. Right as I’m about to get fucking laid off, Uncle Sam uses my fucking tax dollars to bail out the motherfucking banks. Then I get laid off, I don’t qualify for DAMN thing to help me out when I need it, and finally – six months AFTER my home is FORECLOSED ON, when I’m gainfully employed again and paying a shitload of taxes – they decide that it’s time to offer 12 months grace period to the unemployed?
FUCK YOU, FREDDIE MAC.
I was not a huge believer in our welfare state before I got laid off, but you’d better fucking believe that I’m not for it now if it’s not even going to help me out when I need it.
I will never again vote for another tax increase on myself, no matter the reason.
I will never again vote to bail out anybody else. I will vote for anything that bails me out only because I pay so much fucking taxes and I want some of it back.
I will never again vote for any kind of welfare.
In most election cycles, this means I probably won’t be voting very much. So be it. At least I won’t be complicit in my own enslavement. Thankfully in this election, for perhaps the first and perhaps the only time in my life, I have a choice that meets these criteria and I can vote for Ron Paul. Whatever faults he has (and I definitely don’t agree with him on everything), he can at least meet these criteria. I will be voting for him in my state’s Republican Primary, and I’ll be voting for him in the general election – as a write in, if I have to.
The government giveth, but more often it taketh away. And it never gives when you need it.
Totally agree with you and Simon. We were a whole lot better off when neighbors helped each other instead of the govenment stealing from us to “help” who they choose.
But this is something I’ve never understood when people (rightfully) complain about it. How is it possible that you didn’t qualify for ANY help? Unemployment compensation? WIC because of the baby? Medical care, at least for him? Food stamps? Either there’s a huge difference between states, or you didn’t know the right people to talk to.
What a mess.
I laughed! I’m in total agreeance. As someone who uses the f-word as a term of endearment, I’m not the best person to ask, but I imagine most of the TC crowd shares your sentiment.
LMAO!
You’re right, that is a lot of profanity…I am still chuckling.
Yet, it’s truth be told. Have they bothered to get into detail about the interest accrued, and the ramifications of possibly eradicating the interest? How many more bailouts are there going to be before our entire financial system makes our dollars worthless?
Haha, just realized– the trackback shows the profanity anyway
Voting signifies consent.
FUCK YOU, FREDDIE MAC.
One could also argue that it’s “better late than never”…
I might be inclined to agree except for:
1) This is BAD policy that helps the banks more than the people it’s supposedly aimed it. So bad, in fact, that this constitutes another stealth bailout for the banks. I will explain why in a post when I have more time.
2) I refuse to let your logic get in the way of a good rant. My big complaint is that all of this comes too late to help ME.
With that said, if I truly thought it would help the “little people” (I don’t, see #1 above) I would likely still support it, albeit grumpily.
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Voting signifies consent.
That’s part of the reason why I’m not sure it’s wise to vote anymore considering even supposed “hard-liner” conservative politicians will lean over and say, “be gentle!”
hahaha I lost my house in October due to being laid off as well. There was nothing I could do but walk away.
Four months too late.