Millions of homeowners had high-paying jobs and lots of savings and lots of home equity when this economic mess started. Congratulations. And, a special “shout out” to those of you who still do.

But, millions of other American homeowners had not achieved such a lofty place financially when the recession hit. Some of them are young and just getting started on wealth-building. Some are less fortunate, less well-connected. Some are in the midst of personal problems such as divorce or death in the family or are sick themselves. Some of these folks are distracted form wealth-building by interests such as church or the environment or helping victims of domestic abuse, etc. Some just have vocational priorities like teaching or preaching, that don’t pay very well.

And millions of other American homeowners participated in a horrendous and shameful scam that foolishly, greedily and sometimes fraudulently enabled them to borrow more money from the rich than they should have been able to. These “shameless” Americans not only used that money to purchase dwellings near and even in “good” neighborhoods way above their classbut then had the audacity to actually move their families into them! Everyone seems to agree that these “idiots” should lose their homes and go back toI don’t know, wherever such people rent. Foreclosure is ideal to facilitate this transition (I hope you recognize that I’m kidding!).

Heroes and villains abound in all three groups. I work as a foreclosure consultant so I get across the table and on phone consults with thousands of American homeowners in trouble. The vast majority in all three groups are heroes. Americans just trying to extend our heritage of restlessness and hope for a better life for our families.

I bristle when I hear the industry pundits pander to smug viewers by attacking the members of the financial lower class. Certainly there are as many housing crisis villains in the wealthy upper-class as in the struggling lower-class.

So, let’s keep after bad guys as we clean up this housing mess. But, let’s be nice. After all, even the villains in this story bought homes with the booty. It’s not like they – well, you know lots of bad things that you can do with ill-gotten gains.

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