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Subject: [OM] Re: Katrina, you can help[OT]
From: Earl Dunbar <edunbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 18:54:27 -0400
We are getting "dangerously" close to asking the core question:  What is 
our core social compact, and how does it express itself in times of 
disaster or other extraordinary circumstances?

Winsor Crosby wrote:

>The recent bankruptcy bill goes into effect in October blocking  
>individuals(not corporations) from filing for bankruptcy. The new  
>bill was written by the banking industry and shopped around for a  
>sponsoring congressman. Rules for small businesses were also changed  
>to make it more difficult than big businesses. So at the end of the  
>day it is the banking industry who cares and if you think they are  
>going to pass the savings on to you...
>
>You should ask for support for the Conyers/Nadler bill to exempt  
>hurricane victims from the new rules and allow them to file under  
>existing rules. Perhaps people whose houses, cars and jobs or small  
>businesses have disappeared while the mortgage and car payment remain  
>deserve some special consideration. I think it is folly to think we  
>are not all going to pay for this for decades. A major part of our  
>country has been destroyed.
>
>
>
>Winsor
>Long Beach, California, USA
>
>
>
>
>On Sep 8, 2005, at 9:49 AM, NSURIT@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
>  
>
>>When talking of bankruptcy a question which begs to be asked is,  
>>"At the  end
>>of the day, who pays for bankruptcy."
>>
>>If one can sign on to this as being a legitimate question, then  
>>what is it
>>we are supposed to ask our congressperson to do?
>>
>>Bill Barber
>>    
>>



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