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		<title>City of Houston considered paying deadbeats&#8217; credit card bills!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Where will the insanity end? A proposal under consideration under the name &#8221;Credit Score Enhancement Program&#8220;, 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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Where will the insanity end? A proposal under consideration under the name &#8221;<a target="_blank" href="http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6277344.html">Credit Score Enhancement Program</a>&#8220;, 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.</p>
<p>Yet another example of our government rewarding bad behavior. While <a href="http://www.cheapencounters.com/2007/07/05/i-was-robbed-literally/">Houston Police are so underfunded they cannot respond to an active alarm call until 45 minutes later</a>, our brilliant mayor wants to give away money to let deadbeats pay off delinquent debts so they can get a mortgage that they&#8217;ll probably default on as well. Yet another reason I&#8217;m glad I <a href="http://www.cheapencounters.com/2008/08/21/success-in-protesting-our-property-taxes/">aggressively fought my property tax appraisal </a>so I would give as little to this useless government as possible.</p>
<p>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 <a href="http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6277344.html">the program has been pulled from consideration</a>. Not to worry though, as I&#8217;m sure they&#8217;ll find some other way to waste our money. </p>
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