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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 31/1/2015: the human face of the crisis
From: bjq1 at mac.com (Bernard Quinn)
Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2015 08:39:55 -0500
References: <EF6D4CA9-454C-4F6C-AACC-8E7A8A07EC78@frozenlight.eu>

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:
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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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
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Replies: Reply from philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard) ([Leica] Nathan's PAD 31/1/2015: the human face of the crisis)
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