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soundtracks of AL 7:35AM July 17, 2009

I want to say - thank you for this!

dr soma avva dayton ohio of TX 6:52AM July 04, 2009

I’m one of those people who played by the rules.
3 years ago I refinanced my home at 6% on 94K approximately, for 30 years...
My note payments are 560.00 per month. P&I only.
I can lower my payment by about 150.00 per month...
By refinancing at 5% with the Bank of America... However are you aware of the ridicules refinance charges being levied on people wanting to take advantage of the tax payer funds that the government has given to the banks to lower their existing mortgage and put some extra cash in to their pockets? I would be charged in excess of 6,000.00 for doing the refinance that the bank of America as well as my existing mortgage holder Colonial Savings of Ft. Worth TX to refinance a lesser amount then I refinanced just 3 years ago.
My closing costs at that time were approximately $2,100.00...
In closing the banks is ripping the taxpayer off using the funds from the taxpayers by charging refinance fees that make any but the most desperate want to refinance their existing mortgages.

Garret Nemec of TX 9:20AM April 25, 2009

My therapist had met with in one morning last week a doctor, an attorney and a dentist--all of whom stated their business was at a 25% level of what it was a year before.
The attorney said litigation is too expensive so no one is suing; divorces are stalled; and parties are settling vs. litigating.
The doctor said elective surgery isn't covered by health insurance so liposuction, face lifts, breast augmentation, vasectomies and Botox injections are down; blood banks are closing centers; and hospitals are seeing a 25% revenue decline.
And the dentist said no one has dental insurance so all he's doing are extractions and root canals.
Neither federal stimulus nor anesthesia is helping these professions.

Carol Piaseczny, APR of CO 1:06AM April 11, 2009

Gave up drinking...couldn't afford it. Lost tooth already...no insurance. Private business has no union or benefits...Plus side has been...more time home with the family to help with health issues...

david of HI 5:36PM April 09, 2009

This makes lots of dollars and sense.
1. Figuring how much profit or loss... and taxes! A basic anytime whether in good time or bad.
2. Specialized products needed by industry or consumers must still be delivered. Cutbacks during bad times are more general and accross the board of consumer based goods and services.
3. Everyone gets sick sometime (well, almost)... rich or poor in good times or bad.
4. Ditto - who hasn't had a toothach sometime in their life?
5. Party when times are good, and a cheap anesthesia when bad.
But we mustn't forget the federal government has been growing whether in good times or bad... they just print more money to match their budgets.

Tony Lee of CA 3:45PM April 09, 2009