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...then there is the question of moral hazard, a continual refrain in dealing with almost every aspect of the housing and broader financial crisis. In order to target the most at-risk borrowers, the new program only kicks in once homeowners have missed three mortgage payments. Even though the program intends to exclude people who stop making payments just to get a modification, there is a concern that homeowners will be incentivized to do so. "They're saying to everyone out there, don't make your mortgage payment, be 90 days late, and then we'll help you," says Bruce...
...familiar refrain across Ireland. After more than a decade of runaway growth, the good times have ended. In September the Celtic Tiger, the best performing economy in the euro zone by some stretch in recent years, became the bloc's first to officially slide into recession. After expanding at three times the E.U. average between 1996 and 2007, Ireland's economy is expected to shrink by 0.75% next year, according to government predictions...
...governor of Iowa who is rumored to be in the running for agriculture secretary. “It was an individual who realized that the weight of the world rested on his shoulders.” The fellows said that Obama should focus his attention on the economy and refrain from shifting too far to the left over the next two years. “Obama really can’t go left,” Donahue said. “He’s got no choice if he wants to maintain that consolidation of Democratic power...
...military presence). Dealing with a U.S. President committed to the same goal (rather than with President Bush, who had openly advocated a long-term U.S. military presence in Iraq) will certainly help a Prime Minister under pressure from both his own electorate and his influential neighbor, Iran, to refrain from authorizing an extended U.S. presence. Neutralizing the presence of the Americans as an election issue will help al-Maliki fend off the challenge of rival Shi'ite parties...
...messages were sent to students at Florida State University in Tallahassee saying, "Due to long lines today, all Obama voters are asked to vote on Wednesday," according to Heather Smith of the nonpartisan group Rock the Vote. Greenbaum echoed Smith's concern, saying such deception "has been a frequent refrain...