By: Pierre Legrand
Pierre Legrand’s Pink Flamingo Bar
Yes treason, I used the word deliberately because you only have two choices with the thugs in charge right now. Either they are incomparably stupid, and that is racist, or they mean to destroy nearly every institution they touch…and in my book that is called treason. Holder is sending arms to Mexico, dragging his feet on voter fraud, and now it appears that he is forcing banks to repeat the foolishness that caused a bit of our problem in 2008. Making loans to bad risks…
In what could be a repeat of the easy-lending cycle that led to the housing crisis, the Justice Department has asked several banks to relax their mortgage underwriting standards and approve loans for minorities with poor credit as part of a new crackdown on alleged discrimination, according to court documents reviewed by IBD.
Prosecutions have already generated more than $20 million in loan set-asides and other subsidies from banks that have settled out of court rather than battle the federal government and risk being branded racist. An additional 60 banks are under investigation, a DOJ spokeswoman says.
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Settlements include setting aside prime-rate mortgages for low-income blacks and Hispanics with blemished credit and even counting “public assistance” as valid income in mortgage applications.
In several cases, the government has ordered bank defendants to post in all their branches and marketing materials a notice informing minority customers that they cannot be turned down for credit because they receive public aid, such as unemployment benefits, welfare payments or food stamps.
Among other remedies: favorable interest rates and down-payment assistance for minority borrowers with weak credit. Holder Launches Witch Hunt Against Biased Banks – Investors.com
