Arizona Becomes Latest State to Raid Foreclosure Fraud Settlement Funds
We now have yet another state diverting a large portion of the hard dollar funds they received from the foreclosure fraud settlement, and instead of using them to help homeowners, moving them to cover a budget hole. The latest example concerns Arizona, one of the major states suffering from the foreclosure crisis, with an overwhelming number of families that could use the help. Via Pat Garofalo, the state legislature, Attorney General Thomas Horne and Governor Jan Brewer will raid the foreclosure fraud settlement funds to pay for the budget.
The attorney for a public-interest group is asking state Attorney General Tom Horne to not hand over $50 million from a national mortgage-settlement fund to the state budget.
Horne on Tuesday promptly rebuffed the request from the Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest. This sets the stage for a legal battle over one of the more controversial provisions of the recently enacted state budget.
At issue is the decision of the Legislature and Gov. Jan Brewer to tap $50 million from the $97.7 million the state received as part of its settlement with five mortgage-lending firms. They said they needed the money from the national mortgage settlement to balance the state budget. Initially, the intent was to use the money for prison construction.
If we had a culture of accountability, using this money for prison construction, to house the bank executives who committed criminal fraud against Arizona homeowners, might make some sense. But we don’t, and so Arizona’s cash raid can be seen for what it is.
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” And they consume each other with their own lust…” From the Manufacturer’s Manual..the Bible…
Each and every single one of them is a douchbag scum of the earth. No different than the douchbag scum c–k sucking belong in a trashcan and burned up banker.