well there ya go. you wont get flamed by me.
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well there ya go. you wont get flamed by me.
Expecting them to pay their bills like everyone else? The nerve.
You could always buy his house for him. Insted of making me pay for it. Just a thought.
No bailout for any regular people. When I was in a tight spot years ago after going 3-4 months after being laid off before I found a new job I went to the bank and said "I am not asking for a handout, I don't want any money that I'm not due but if we could rewrite my home loan at the same rate for 30 years instead of 15 I could afford to continue paying you and foreclosure won't even be close to necessary." They said Sorry we an't do that but we can re-write it for 30 years at xx interest rate for you. I said ... so you're saying you'll rewrite the loan for 30 years so that the payment is only $15 less than it was at 15 years because you've tripled the interest rate? How does this help me .... I eventually sold the house and got out from under the problem that way but if another few months had gone by before that I would have had no alternative but to leave and leave the keys in the house and call and tell them to have a nice day. I can now see 100% how people can end up in these situations and I blame the banks as much as the people for not having even a basic willingness to work with them and prevent the problem from getting as bad as it does.
And people wonder why I say the world is not going down the tubes but it's already there ....
And people wonder why I say the world is not going down the tubes but it's already there ....
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Forgotten? Hell I was one of those guys. I got out making $1200 a month as an E4 and took a job making $9.49/hr and was still able to buy a house and make my payments every month. I sold my new truck and bought an old beater so that I could afford to buy a house and still live comfortably. I've worked and bled (literally) for every single freaking thing I have. The only favor I got when I got out was a VA loan, which really isn't much of a favor when you read the fine print. That was back when everyone still thought we were baby killers and unable to function in the real world.
The individual that spray painted that on their garage door had a champagne diet on a beer budget. Neither myself or anyone else I know that served and rejoined the civilian world got our bills payed for us, why should he?
I'll offer up the contention that anyone that says they got a raw deal is no better than the person that didn't pay their bills because they are enabling that type of behavior. If you disagree, I'll pull a copy of both of my DD214's and you can tell me how much of my house note you're going to cover for how long based on where and when I served.
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Couldn't have said it better myself. While I appreciate this guy's service to our country, it doesn't mean he gets a pass on his financial obligations.
I don't see that as a problem at all.
Since it's nothing but unvetted graffiti, there's no way to even say that the spray painter was a vet or even the person who owned the house. It annoys me when I ask a bum with a "homeless veteran" sign what their MOS was and they look at me like I had three heads. No shortage of imposters out there.
This is my point. I didn't say anything about his situation because I don't know the facts or his circumstances. For all I know he had his identity stolen and cant get help. I have lots of family members and friends in both wars/conflicts as we speak. Most of them pay their bills but there are some who just don't and use their service as an excuse.
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