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"How about kids instead of looking to someone else to solve their problem, do something about maybe taking CPR classes or trying to deal with situations that when there is a violent shooter that you can actually respond to that," Santorum said. A former US Senator (R-Pennsylvania) says that ordinary people should not use collective action to pressure the government to change the laws and solve collective problems. Let that sink in, because this is what his party is all about these days. The government is there to do the bidding of the rich and powerful, who are exquisitely organized for that purpose. Ordinary people should stay out of politics and focus on their private lives. Never mind that their private lives are profoundly affected by the collective action of the rich and powerful.
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After all, why should tax paying constituents expect their elected officials to actually serve the greater good or the public interest?
Wow. Outrageous.
But I’ve heard just as much arrogance and irrational commentary from some Democratic Senators, too. For example, when Elizabeth Warren publicly aligned with CAI in Massachusetts to support the super priority lien and right to wipe out mortgage liens following an HOA auction.
How can a Senator speak out so vehemently against predatory lending and abusive collections and mortgage foreclosures, but take the opposite stance on HOA collections and foreclosure?
Yes, I understand that some HOA owners are strategic defaulters (true deadbeats), but many are victims of an unconscionable system that puts no limits on HOA attorney / collection company fees and NO requirement to start bidding at a reasonable level, closer to fair market value, when the property goes to auction. So investors can literally steal properties for pennies on the dollar. The association gets its few hundred or few thousand dollars, but attorneys and investors stand to get a windfall, and lenders lose their collateral interest. That drives up lending costs for future borrowers.
And yet, a Democratic Party Senator supports this twisted extortion scheme.
Deborah Goonan said... "But I’ve heard just as much arrogance and irrational commentary from some Democratic Senators, too. For example, when Elizabeth Warren publicly aligned with CAI in Massachusetts to support the super priority lien and right to wipe out mortgage liens following an HOA auction. How can a Senator speak out so vehemently against predatory lending and abusive collections and mortgage foreclosures, but take the opposite stance on HOA collections and foreclosure?"
One would think that consumer protections for homeowners and residents governed by H.O.A. corporations would be a slam-dunk issue for the Democrat Party. It's an issue that directly affects 70 million Americans who have been ignored. Yet Democrats won't touch it with a 3-meter pole.
Even "progressive" Boulder * Democrats such as Jared Polis **, KC Becker ***, and Mark Williams **** -- all of whom I've met in person -- are more than content to let the H.O.A. industry prey upon homeowners. *****
Last year, the leadership of the Boulder County Democrat Party refused to even vote upon a resolution urging the Colorado legislature to ban H.O.A. fines, because the Party leadership was so opposed to it; you can read the one-page resolution here.
The Democrat Party has been nothing but disappointing.
* Think of Boulder, Colorado, as the Berkeley of the Rocky Mountains, and you'll have a good idea of the politics here; although more common descriptors are "The People's Republic Of Boulder", "25 Square Miles Surrounded By Reality", "The Boulder Bubble", and "The Consciousness Capital Of The World". Colorado Democrats voted for Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton -- 60% to 40% -- in the 2016 caucus.
** US congress-critter, now running for Governor
*** state representative and Colorado House Majority Leader
**** former Chairman of the Boulder County Democrat Party, now running for the congressional seat being vacated by Jared Polis. He used to be president of his H.O.A. corporation, and is a proponent of fines to keep the homeowners in line.
***** the only candidates in Colorado who have stated they will support H.O.A. regulation are two Trump Republicans: Tom Tancredo and Steve Barlock; click here and scroll down. Whatever the position of a few individual Republicans, I expect the GOP Establishment will continue to oppose any legislative protections for homeowners and residents in H.O.A.-burdened communities.
Evan McKenzie wrote... "A former US Senator (R-Pennsylvania) says that ordinary people should not use collective action to pressure the government to change the laws and solve collective problems."
We'll see what conservatives and libertarians say if H.O.A. corporations start prohibiting possession of firearms by their subjects.
- - "The Second Amendment doesn't apply to private corporations"
- - "You agreed to it"
- - "Homeowners shouldn't be looking to government to solve their problem"
- - etc., etc.
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