| Jesse Jackson made some headlines the other day | | | | ensure that every black African American would have |
| when he was asked about President Bush's Housing | | | | their house paid off for free as retribution for the slave |
| Subprime Lending Fallout Plan. Jesse Jackson grabbed | | | | trade over 150 years ago. Indeed, it is not the |
| the microphone from the reporter stood in front of the | | | | government's fault that people made bad choices and |
| TV camera man and stated: | | | | took out loans with variable rates, betting that they |
| "Bush Offers an Umbrella When We Need a Tent" - | | | | would be in a better place in the future through their |
| Jesse Jackson Says | | | | own savings or hard work. |
| Jess Jackson's basic premise is that the President's | | | | People who took out these loans took a risk in trade |
| Plan to stop the free-fall of coming foreclosures did | | | | for short-term lower rates so they could get into the |
| not go far enough. He later seemed to imply that what | | | | home of their choice. No one forced them to do this, |
| has happened so far is a drop in the bucket, | | | | they did it of their own free will, apparently Jesse |
| compared to what lies ahead as folks fail to meet their | | | | Jackson does not understand that people should save |
| increased home payments as their variable interest | | | | for a rainy day and not borrow their life away and well, |
| rates take hold. | | | | basically that's all I have to say. Definitely something to |
| I'm sure if Jesse Jackson had his way he would | | | | contemplate in 2008. |