Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/02/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]+1 Unfortunately could be repeated worldwide and with no effect whatsoever on either the causes or the perpetrators Amities Philippe - Je suis grec Le 1 f?vr. 15 ? 14:39, Bernard Quinn a ?crit : > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye. Antoine de Saint Exup?ry in Le Petit Prince. NO ARCHIVE