THE TEASE IN HEADLINES

This lady lost her home for which the mortgage had been paid up in 1984.  The city sold her tax lien rather than try to collect the money.  Some buyers are behemoths like JP Morgan Chase Co, some are local tax collectors.

The sum is that that most of these are not people who bought homes they could ill afford at the time, but rather, they got ensnared in the tax collector's devious tactics

Using a logic, read here,  that almost all the current ills on earth for mankind stem from over-population, Bill Ryerson has dedicated his life to the stabilization of human population numbers at a level that can be sustained by our ecosystem's resources.  He is the founder and president of the Population Media Center, a non-profit that seeks to improve the well-being of people by using -- believe it! -- melodramatic soap operas on radio and television throughout the developing world (and soon, the U.S.) to teach listeners and viewers important lessons relating to family planning, reproductive health, HIV/AIDS and environmental preservation, as well as a thing or two about women's and children's rights.

Alan Greenspan swallowed Ayn Rand's opinions whole heartedly, much to the disaster of the economy of the United States.  He followed her in her denial of allowing regulatory bodies...and she is not around to take responsibility.  It is people who make their living along the Gulf Coast and the people caught up in sub-prime mortgages and all the goodies the rich have pulled on the poor (or the 'small' people as the Chairman of BP called us).

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The sign turned out to be the one on
 the right!





It makes me wonder if we are dealing with professional media persons, or TV marketers.  One can readily understand why ratings are important but like many other jobs, is it worth prostituting one's self for ratings?  The above examples have not gone that far, but in the interests of not adding my voice to the many complaints being made for those who are, I simply pose the question.
    after the city sold her debt to investors through a contentious and byzantine legal process called a “tax sale.” This little-known type of foreclosure can enrich investors as growing numbers of property owners struggle to pay their bills