Where will the insanity end? A proposal under consideration under the name ”Credit Score Enhancement Program“, the City of Houston would use surplus funds from a program to repair Hurricane Ike storm damage to pay off debts for first-time homebuyers to help raise their credit scores so they could better qualify for a mortgage. The program would have provided up to $3,000 per applicant to pay off personal debts.
Yet another example of our government rewarding bad behavior. While Houston Police are so underfunded they cannot respond to an active alarm call until 45 minutes later, our brilliant mayor wants to give away money to let deadbeats pay off delinquent debts so they can get a mortgage that they’ll probably default on as well. Yet another reason I’m glad I aggressively fought my property tax appraisal so I would give as little to this useless government as possible.
Thankfully word of this program got picked up on the Drudge Report and mentioned on Rush Limbaugh, leading to a deludge of calls to Houston City Hall and the announcement that the program has been pulled from consideration. Not to worry though, as I’m sure they’ll find some other way to waste our money.
