Wednesday, February 6, 2013

The Looting of the Mortgage Settlement Agreement | Redux

The Looting of the Mortgage Settlement Agreement

Jokester Jerry Brown
Jokester Jerry Brown by jurvetson
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States are looting the Mortgage Settlement Fund, and the odds are good that you or someone you know is getting robbed -- for the second time. According to recent reports, politicians, not bankers, are the culprits this time around -- siphoning billions from that historic settlement and pumping it into their broken state budgets. Instead of "manning up" and changing their diet, they're taking a cue from ancient Rome: After a quick trip to the vomitorium, it's back to the banquet table. (Care for a mint? ) Their willingness to play fast and loose with the settlement -- crawling through certain wiggle words in its language to circumvent the clear intent of its negotiators --- tells me they still haven't learned where "fast and loose" leads.

People:

Gov. Jerry Brown

Overall Sentiment: -0.262718

Relevance: 0.745681

Attorney General Kamala Harris

Overall Sentiment: 0.229388

Relevance: 0.65618

SentimentQuote
0.190452"Hundreds of thousands of California homeowners will benefit," said Harris, ...
0.10668"Hundreds of thousands of California homeowners will benefit," said Harris, as her office took steps to "ensure the settling banks deliver on their promises."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.297132
  • Mean: 0.148566
  • Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

Attorney General Lisa Madigan

Overall Sentiment: 0.0276301

Relevance: 0.466106

SentimentQuote
-0.0678902"This is neither the beginning nor the end of our work to hold banks and other institutions accountable for the destruction they've caused families, communities and country," said Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan ...
-0.12673"This is neither the beginning nor the end of our work to hold banks and other institutions accountable for the destruction they've caused families, communities and country," said Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan when the deal was announced. "Today's settlement should serve as a warning."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.1946202
  • Mean: -0.0973101
  • Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

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Additional Info:

Organization: Mortgage Settlement Fund

Overall Sentiment: -0.0324918

Relevance: 0.829565

Company: Wells Fargo

Overall Sentiment: 0.0195978

Relevance: 0.449694

Company: JPMorgan Chase

Overall Sentiment: -0.0125806

Relevance: 0.409191

Company: Ally Financial

Overall Sentiment: -0.0937005

Relevance: 0.375498

StateOrCounty: California

Overall Sentiment: 0.119905

Relevance: 0.786355

Disambiguation: Location | PoliticalDistrict | AdministrativeDivision | Appellation | GovernmentalJurisdiction | USState | WineRegionReferences:

StateOrCounty: Illinois

Overall Sentiment: -0.0182169

Relevance: 0.436205

Disambiguation: Location | PoliticalDistrict | AdministrativeDivision | GovernmentalJurisdiction | USStateReferences:

StateOrCounty: District of Columbia

Overall Sentiment: 0.163236

Relevance: 0.413836

City: Rome

Overall Sentiment: 0.208325

Relevance: 0.461867

Continent: America

Overall Sentiment: 0.0304111

Relevance: 0.453419

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