> For the most part they are. Most people know less about buying real > estate than they know about buying computers. Just look at how many > people buy Windows because somebody told them to. If they knew what > they > were doing they would never do that. Do you really think that people > wanted to get foreclosed and have their belongings set out on the curb? > Is that your idea of fun? > > People were assured by professionals that they qualified for the loan. > They took the word of the professionals at face value. They followed > the > advice. I have never head any advice to get a second opinion on a > mortgage. A person may shop around for a better rate, but you don't > shop > around looking for somebody who refuses to give you the loan. That > would > be nuts. > > Your view is, once again, a hyperunreality that only neocons live in.
People shouldn't suffer the consequences for their lack of common sense and basic failure to be in control of their financial well-being by committing to an incredibly large, multi-year contract that they don't understand? Oh, how positively post-modernist of you Tom. At least the moral relativists will never need a bailout for a lack of resources; their capacity to absolve anyone from personal responsibility for just about anything is bottomless. I love the world according to Tom: Due diligence and virtue is for suckers. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
