the plan . . .
Posted by admin on August 2nd, 2009
WHAT IF each of the major crime dramas, i.e. “Lie to Me,” ” Criminal Minds,” “Without A Trace,” various “CSI” programs, “Burn Notice,” “Numbers,” “The Closer,” “Leverage,” the new “White Collar Crime” (which is excellent — check out the “young blue eyes” lead), etc. presents their spin on our current mortgage nightmares/foreclosures during a season, all on separate evenings so they don’t touch each other’s ratings.
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Since this is again war on our own soil, what about staging a national fundraiser through crime television programs, each of whom present their own take on the story of an individual or family (a real family) who has lost their home through foreclosure? And what about photographing just one day in every state; every state has dozens of foreclosures per day.
Include “real” mortgage brokers (especially anyone who received a bonus), a few politicans, a smattering of the real estate people cashing in on people’s distress, a few attorneys who charge massive fees to help and can’t. I’m working on the story of one family who spent $30,000 on fees and still lost their home. Use real people to get across just what a nightmare this is. (Perhaps the people appearing in the episodes get their home back totally paid for by the lending institution in question, of course.)
WHY? ‘Cause SOMEONE has to do something effective! And because many denizens of Hollywood care deeply about their craft and country. Movies and television dramas do bring truth to light and light to truth.
 These are the images you see on the news. You seldom see the men, women, children, dogs, cats, birds, etc. that have had to move. Some of these people have been out of work for awhile and have no money to move and/or can’t find rentals that will accept their pets. Where do they go? What happens to the uprooted children? |
Have you done the math for the millions of homes that have been lost to foreclosure? It’s a shocking revelation. Surely lending institutions are not thinking of their future. Two million foreclosures (this year alone) translates to an average of 2.6 people per home (5.2 million people), times a 50% expected population growth by 2050 (41 years). More than 10 million people, all passing down the stories of how they lost their home because Wells Fargo or Bank of America or Chase would not assist even though they received billions in taxpayer dollars to help families keep their homes.
If the lenders think this is going to go away, it isn’t. People in the Southern United States are STILL upset over the Civil War which ended in 1865.
Think about the goodwill of such a project. And, again, that audience. Many of these shows have audiences exceeding 2 million anyway; this could add a few million more viewers to each show.
Depending on your position in our home foreclosure saga, you will be damned or you will be praised.
Tags: bank owned, foreclosures, fundraiser for foreclosures, save homes, shame
