That really is one of my favorite songs. But that’s beside the point.<\/p>\n
Today I’m talking politics (I know….here we go again). Since last week’s post on Obama’s foreclosure prevention program, friends have come down on my pretty hard. It appears that a good chunk of my friends are one of two things:<\/p>\n
1 – in agreement with me but felt no need to preach to the\u00a0choir,\u00a0so they felt no need to comment\/email.<\/p>\n
2 – complacent (highly unlikely in that opinionated lot)<\/p>\n
3 – bleeding heart liberals (this is Massachusetts, after all).<\/p>\n
Funny, although I never considered myself a liberal of the bleeding-heart persuasion, I do find I’m distancing myself from that direction as\u00a0I get older.<\/p>\n
Anyway, certain articles I’ve since read (thanks to friends emailing them to me) have given me a better understanding of this package. In the end, I still disagree with it, though many valid points were made that I’d not considered before. Unfortunately, there still wasn’t enough to convince me of the fairness of the plan (responsibility=no reward, irresponsibility=reward).<\/p>\n
So, I guess I do have sympathy for the devil (the devil being the foreclosure plan). I may not agree with it, but I can understand how it could possibily help. And doing something is better than doing nothing, I suppose.<\/p>\n
But even with real estate prices in the state dropping by 20% or so (as stated in the Boston Globe the other day), i’m still shocked to see that condos in the metro Boston area (specifically, Cambridge, Somerville, Arlington, Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Waterfront) are still going for $400 – $600K for just a decent 2 bed\/2bath unit. The “nice” units\/homes are selling for even more than that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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