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The Tampa Tribune

Published: October 12, 2008

Everyone Should Have A Home

Regarding "Pasco Talks Market Revival" by Carl Roth in the Oct. 5 Pasco Tribune:

The suggestions are to help first-time home buyers buy the foreclosed homes and to also provide extra assistance for teachers, firefighters, health care workers and other "critical services" workers (meaning police officers). However, what about providing some help to the families who are losing their homes in foreclosure in the first place due to any number of unfortunate circumstances?

The Constitution is supposed to provide for equal treatment under the law. Why should the government be allowed to continue to give preferential treatment to their own? Isn't it time that the average citizens started being treated fairly by their government?

The working class has been treated unfairly for decades, and wages have not kept up with prices for decades.

Since so many people can't afford to buy homes, maybe the downward home price adjustments are a good thing? Due to global economic competition, some employers justifiably can't afford to pay workers a livable wage. So doesn't it seem right to allow prices to fall so that workers can afford to buy a home?

J.D. WRIGHT

Land O' Lakes

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