[Leica] Nathan's PAD 31/1/2015: the human face of the crisis

[philippe.amard]

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Unfortunately could be repeated worldwide and with no effect  
whatsoever on either the causes or the perpetrators

Amities
Philippe - Je suis grec

Le 1 févr. 15 à 14:39, Bernard Quinn a écrit :

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> Nathan,
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> I thought that this was a moving story which you told well.
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> Barney
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> Barney Quinn, WK3Z
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>> On Feb 1, 2015, at 3:26 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>  
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>> 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.
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>> 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 
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>> 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 
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>> 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.
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>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
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>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
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