Boy [sigh] these cons are one dumb mother fucker bunch. I would not vote for GOP unless I had 5 mills in net worth and even then I would not out of principle...
These assholes like Joe the plumber are brainwashed into thinking that if they vote GOP they somehow miraculously will get rich. Ha ha.....talking about a pipe dream....
A note to emphasize: the US of A has not had true capitalism either from probably the time Kennedy was shot.....what we have is an ugly thing called "fuckism"....where "business opportunity" is day trading (sorry , Multi Level Marketing and obnoxious sales type stuff that normal people cannot do.....if you get into a real business it is very very large overhead, no health care and the "big ones" will put you out of business as soon as you show any promise. I worked for some startups in software.....
Also, this predatory lending is nothing new, the banks, loan co's do it on purpose, in a rising market, they take your fees, closing costs etc and after a while when you cannot pay your dues they throw you out, in the meanwhile the house is appreciating and they just recycle it. Do not buy for a moment that banks want you to help keeping your house, they don't give a fuck about people, only profits, the problem this time around is that the RE market crashed like Japan's.