CALL AGENDA:


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How to Prevent Foreclosure with Richard Eskow (first hour of call)

Discussion followed by Q&A


References:

How to Score a Foreclosure Fraud Settlement Deal by Richard Eskow


Taking a Stand Against the Attorneys General Foreclosure Settlement with Major Banks with Ellen Brown and Michael Sauvante (second hour of call)

Discussion followed by Q&A


References:

Why the AGs Must Not Settle: Robo-signing Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg

Additional Articles Related to Tonight’s Call:

  1. Banks in Mortgage Deal Said to Demand N.Y. Suit Be Dropped

  2. Foreclosure Settlement Will Settle Nothing (Update 1)

  3. Landmark foreclosure settlement imminent, officials say

  4. A Solution to the Foreclosure Crisis by MainStreetMatters.com


Books Related to the Mortgage Crisis & Wall Street’s Role: (recommendations by Steve Letsfixit)

  • “Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World” by Michael Lewis, 3Oct11
  • “Reckless Endangerment” by Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner, May11
  • “Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World” by Willian D Cohen, Apr11
  • “All the Devils Are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis” by Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera, Nov10
  • “Fools Gold” by Gillian Tett and Stephen Hoye, Apr10
  • “The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine” by Michael Lewis, Mar10
  • “Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System—and Themselves” by Andrew Roth Sorkin, Oct09
  • “House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street” by William D. Cohan, Mar09

link to PDF file with 8 “challenges” to Wells.

http://www.laprogressive.com/wells-fargo-meets-occupy/

 

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Notes


Richard Eskow.


looks like deal will be done

Here’s what is known:

Bank execs pumped up value of houses,

loaned against inflated values, investors are us.

What he says about deal is that there are 5 principles we measure against any deal.

1) Openness – if deal is to keep stuff secret – no good

Deal must have major govt. resources.  we had 1000 ppl in saviings and loan scandel

2) Justice – justice must be served,

nobody gets immunity.

3) Restitution – has everybody who have been involved been made whole.  reduction of principle is key

4) Deterrence – must be in place.  If someone does not go to jail, they have no deterrance

5) Reconciliation – our society has been split in two…we need to reconcile.  Banks must admit their own wrongdoing

Banks should admit directly or indirectly.  Going forward – what is in place to keep things in play.