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The pork-free version that was voted down earlier would've been better than this one.



I agree wholeheartedly. And there's blame on both sides to go around for that debacle.

OTOH, If this one hadn't been passed, can you imagine the Pork that would have been included in the next one?

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Maybe some kind of incentive for QUALIFIED first-time home buyers to create a bottom-up flow of monies.




I don't disagree with this, but I think that's a battle for another day, as part of a wholescale reform of the mortgage industry. Again, can you imagine the type of pork that would have had to have been included in the bill to get this passed?