Patsy Campbell and the Foreclosure From Hell
Sometimes the most random event can lead to serious contemplation. We all expect monumental events to have the greatest effect on us, but sometimes a spec of dust can knock you on you tail when you least expect.
I never thought that a woman named Patsy Campbell could make me scratch my head this hard.
You see ol' Patsy is the sorta gal whose behavior exemplifies what you guys have seen me rant against for a good half-year now.
Back linking to all my posts where I call for the heads of mortgage delinquents, welfare recipients and all around moochers of various shapes and sizes, would be futile and pointless.
I hate people like Patsy Campbell...but I love Patsy Campbell.
I've got Patsy's back 100%.
Why the Contradiction?
Life is an exercise in volatility. Nothing is ever as linear as our brains wish to make it.
Not every single person who defaults on a mortgage is a scam artist or a drain on the economy. Situations vary from case to case and Patsy's case made me see the other side of the coin like never, ever before.
This particular 71-year old retired insurance saleslady has been living in a foreclosed upon home for over a quarter-century. More than a third of Patsy's life has been spent fighting creditors. Her foreclosure case has outlived two marriages, three recessions and four presidents ...
Add this to our one current depression and five pimp slaps I laid on my cheek after hearing of her story and this Southern Gal's got my vote if she ever hits a general election.
Thanks to a slew of strange circumstances, sympathetic judges, buyouts, bankruptcies and all around ineptitude on all sides, but her own...
Ms. Campbell has managed to get one "stay of execution" after another for longer than most of you reading this have been alive.
She is a testament to toughness and intestinal fortitude. She is everything Americans once were and are now ashamed and afraid of being.
She's ballsy. She's smart and she's doing exactly what it takes to make it.
At a time when lenders, banks and the government are not hesitating to come for the financial blood of Americans...Patsy Campbell has a simple message for her creditors:
They're not going to take this house, I intend to stay in this house and maintain it as my residence until I die.
Has Midas gone Marxist?
Is Patsy Campbell a louse or an inspiration?
What do you think?
she's got balls man, i like it
I say kick her old ass to the curb
She's tenacious and unapologetic. I'm not sure if that's a good quality in someone in such a position, but you gotta admit the girl got moxie.
I think this women has waisted countless taxpayer dollars fighting for a house that isn't legally hers. having read the article it seems that this has become a hobby for her, showing those "whippersnappers" that a 70 year old can fight back.
it doesnt matter to her that she stopped paying for it because she fell sick, defaulting on the mortgage, its now about living on somebody elses property till she dies. she survives off the technicalities of the system and is whats wrong with society. Yes I feel bad that her husband passed away shortly after purchasing the house/getting the mortgage. thats why theres mortgage insurance. Had he lived she'd be one of those ppl complaining that mortgage insurance is just a money grab. that doesn't give her the right to squat on that land. she is whats wrong with society: the rest of the world should subsidize my living because life hasn't been easy for me. I don't care that I havent paid my mortgage in decades, its mine by right. She creates no value. If only her spirit was directed towards something productive, like maybe earning the money for her accomodations?
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/17390/232611?RS_show_page=0
Read this and educate yourself. The system is most definitely skewed in favor of the banks in numerous unfair ways. Take a little bit of time and open your eyes. Uncle Sam, for the most part, is doing its best to kick dirt on to individuals and help out the big banks as much as possible. Gotta line their pockets to keep the campaign money coming in!
I fully agree. It's just like how banks use technicalities to take your home, insurance companies use technicalities to stop your coverage when you get sick, and billionaires use technicalities to avoid paying taxes.
this is epic
I'd like to see her credit report.
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