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- StingingNettle, on 05/08/2008, -2/+131Greedy stick figures, ruining our economy.
- kp2575, on 05/08/2008, -3/+108I wish I had the same artistic ability
- airwalkery2k, on 05/08/2008, -2/+87As a employee in the mortgage industry, I have issue with the way the artist pokes fun at our scrawny, wavy arms which we always pose in weird angles. Wouldn't it hurt you if I stereotyped people in your career?
- blackdrivel, on 05/08/2008, -4/+64the people who schemed this mess are no different than cult leaders. they deceived themselves and lots of others that they had some secret sauce, which was really a big pile of *****.
- Chompy, on 05/08/2008, -9/+59It's too bad for those kids that your coworker's inlaws are so stupid.
- chrisgarrett, on 05/08/2008, -4/+45The crazy thing is the hedge funds and private equity will make even more money in a recession as they bet on valuations dropping or snap up companies at fire-sale prices respectively. All while the rest of us have to deal with the mess.
- diggerphelps, on 05/08/2008, -4/+36Original. No blog spam required.
http://docs.google.com/TeamPresent?docid=ddp4zq7n_ ... - inactive, on 05/08/2008, -6/+33Well then they can default on their mortgage they were too ***** stupid to know they couldn't afford, and then rebuild their credit rating from scratch while they live in a small apartment.
Why should we care about them? They ***** up as bad as the bank did, just on a smaller scale. - Ryan166, on 05/08/2008, -0/+25This cartoon needs a second scene showing a Federal printing machine printing money for those two morons. Because that will surely make things better.
- rebotfc, on 05/08/2008, -3/+23Best explanation of the sub-prime fiasco ive seen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ_qK4g6ntM (not rick roll) - cgomez, on 05/08/2008, -2/+21Comic Sans, how it hurts my eyes.
- inactive, on 05/08/2008, -2/+20You, too, can get in on that action.
- KingGorilla, on 05/08/2008, -1/+17You're going have to drink a few beers
- socialpyramid, on 05/08/2008, -12/+26My coworker's inlaws got one of those bad mortgages, and now they are really sweating it, and may not be able to keep their house. They have two little kids.
- Chompy, on 05/08/2008, -1/+15Try it and let us know how it goes.
- RudeTurnip, on 05/08/2008, -2/+15Yeah, if you're super wealthy.
- jokeoftheday, on 05/08/2008, -4/+17The stick figures may have f#$cked things up for the housing market, but I am sure that Japanamation will come along sooner or later to save the day
- inactive, on 05/08/2008, -2/+14actually, most hedge funds are doing horribly so far this year. only a select few hedge funds that made smart bets on the subprime situation when nobody else was as pessimistic are doing well.
- diggerphelps, on 05/08/2008, -1/+13If you're willing to pay the exorbitant fees...
- bigbill780, on 05/08/2008, -1/+12I think the contracts for this mortgages were drawn up in MS Paint as well. If not then definitely in crayon.
- thescimitar, on 05/08/2008, -1/+11We should care about them because stupid people are the best consumers. They will spend every dollar they make on crap they don't need (or do need), and over extend their credit to buy even MORE crap. Our economy needs people like this, desperately. If everyone in the country suddenly became a responsible investor, the economy would collapse.
Stupid people are the lubricant for the gears of our economy. And, while they rebuild their credit at astronomical interest rates, they transfer more capital up the chain. We need to support these people precisely because it rewards bad behavior. We need their bad behavior. - Chompy, on 05/08/2008, -7/+17Predatory lending my ass.
"If you take this ARM, your interest rate is going to go up like crazy after 3 years."
"Hur, Ohhh KAY!"
That's not predatory lending, that's someone being stupid and greedy. Not reading a contract that you're signing on the biggest purchase of your life? That's raw STUPIDITY, not predation. - cornflakepirate, on 05/08/2008, -0/+10Adblock?
- smith41, on 05/08/2008, -2/+12Ah yes, the database error....a textbook cause of mortgage problems
- slezzzter, on 05/08/2008, -5/+15Because this is America and preying on the stupid and irresponsible is the basis of our current government and economy.
- MellerTime, on 05/08/2008, -4/+14There used to be a time when stupidity was rewarded appropriately... *sigh*
- Zarokima, on 05/08/2008, -1/+11Que?
- chkdg8, on 05/08/2008, -1/+10Where the ***** is the oversight? This was done by design my friends.
- judicar, on 05/08/2008, -14/+23"45 page slide show"
Uhm, maybe later... - sovereign3, on 05/08/2008, -0/+9I think bingoboner is being anti-Semitic.
- antipoet, on 05/08/2008, -1/+9There are about a dozen slides that could have been combined with the one prior.
- 5urr3al5am, on 05/08/2008, -4/+12truth is most people dont like to hear that they f-ed up and were wrong...
- yodaj007, on 05/08/2008, -10/+18I wonder what will happen to the stick figures if I turn my monitor over and shake it...
/ etch-a-sketch - jinxplayer, on 05/08/2008, -1/+8Stop using a 15" monitor.
- inactive, on 05/08/2008, -7/+14at least Bush objects. If he vetoes this, it will possibly be the first good thing he has done while in office.
- dedknedy, on 05/08/2008, -1/+8There is no secret sauce or pile of *****, only houses people cannot afford. If the people who schemed this mess are no different than cult leaders, the people who bought it are no different than cult followers; irrational, uninformed, ignorant, irresponsible, suckers.
Let me prove this to you in mathematical terms: Idiot + Crafty Businessman = Poor Idiot - twomeyw23334, on 05/08/2008, -3/+10If you feel so bad for these people why don't you and your fellow bleeding harts donate YOUR money to help them our of this mess and leave me the hell out of it. The predators were pretty stupid as well as many of them are losing money or going bankrupt, so why don't you help those poor soles as well.
- phybere, on 05/08/2008, -9/+16Right, because the person buying the house couldn't be wrong for being irresponsible with their money?
- WebmastuhB, on 05/08/2008, -0/+7Ummm... Page 45 is not really the end. There needs to be several more frames of the ***** Wall Street Guy and some of the idiodic banks getting bailed out by an already overextended government.
Unfortunately the frames of the the ***** Wall Street guy being sent to prison for f*cking up the whole Nation's economy will not be part of this story. - Walker2323, on 05/08/2008, -0/+7You're one of those retarded borrowers, aren't you?
- Lasereth, on 05/08/2008, -0/+6I'll tell you why we got into the mortgage mess: when I went to apply for a house loan 2 months ago I was approved to buy a $290,000 house. Realistically I can afford $140k max. If I had NO other bills then I could afford the $290k, and these banks SWEAR to you that you can afford the $290k. In a perfect world without having to buy gas, food, student loans, etc. then it would work, but not realistically for most people. Yet people on a sub-average income think that the banks are truthful and sign off on a $1900 per month mortgage, $250k house and then can't afford it. Good comic though.
- linagee, on 05/08/2008, -1/+7Why didn't I think of that! I can get a negative amortization loan *and* take out a huge HELOC credit line against the house! House values *always* go up!
- mediaspree, on 05/08/2008, -8/+14You mean "your coworkers bad inlaws got one of those mortgages."
- RustyJ, on 05/08/2008, -3/+9That just goes to show you what predatory lending has done to us... I can't believe that some of these people thought they could somehow make money off of lending to people who don't even have the money to begin with.
The slide show captures it perfectly: ***** ***** over everyone, and themselves. - selmer, on 05/08/2008, -1/+7...and also ruining Norwegian villages full of fiscally-naive, fedora-wearing, *****-talking Norwegians.
- 5urr3al5am, on 05/08/2008, -2/+7why would someone sign into a contractual agreement that they know they can't fulfill.. that's dumb!.. its like buying baseball tickets for $200 a seat and then not having the money and bitching about it
- edgedmurasame, on 05/08/2008, -1/+6One more reason for speculator targeted regulation. Can't game the system if your loopholes are gone.
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