Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/02/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, I thought that this was a moving story which you told well. Barney Barney Quinn, WK3Z C: (301) 775-1386 H: (301) 654-0938 > On Feb 1, 2015, at 3:26 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > > Sonia and Paco are a young couple with two small daughters. Some years > ago, when both had jobs, they bought a home, worked, and made their > mortgage payments without any problems for 5 years. Then the crisis hit, > Spain?s unemployment rate soared to 25%, and both of them lost their jobs. > After some months, they were unable to make the mortgage payments and the > bank foreclosed on them. But because of the fall in property prices, their > debt exceeded the value of the house, and so the bank is trying to collect > the remaining debt of 35,000 EUR by garnishing part of Sonia?s parents? > pension?they had co-guaranteed the loan when the mortgage was taken out. > The couple and their daughters now live with Sonia?s parents, but with the > bank?s demands the entire family is on the verge of falling into extreme > poverty. Supported by a local NGO that campaigns against the banks? > predatory practices, they have set up a camp outside the BBVA branch next > to the Mercado Central. I went there yesterday to have a look and a chat > and to document it. They have now been there for 28 days. Their demand is > that the bank stop garnishing Sonia?s parents? pension. > > Two snaps. First, the overall view of the encampment: > <http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=3853988458&k=3zcKkQz&lb=1&s=O> > > People signing the petition in support of Sonia and Paco and in general > demanding that the law be changed so that the debt is extinguished once > the house is taken by the bank: > <http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=3853988612&k=GJs77dK&lb=1&s=O> > > And yes, I signed also. I am no populist but the banks ARE greedy > bastards. Just this week, 78 executives of another bank have been charged > with fraud?they had been given ?black credit cards? by the bank which they > could use freely, and of course this little fringe benefit was never > declared to the tax authorities. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information