Comments on: ING Mini Bailout Winner!

By: Grant Healy

Grant Healy — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 13:54:52 +0000

Very interesting article, as are some of your other posts. I have bookmarked your great site for future visits.

By: Suzanne Thomas

Suzanne Thomas — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:32:53 +0000

I agree completely with both of the previous posters. I think those who do thing properly should be rewarded. Maybe-instead of all the bailouts-people need to start living like you-within or below their means. Then, when a crisis comes up, they are prepared to handle it. I’m glad you were one of the winners!

By: Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:36:43 +0000

Thanks for the kind words, Mark and Janice. It’s very reassuring and hopeful to hear that others are thinking about financially responsible lives and living them!

By: Janice Owens

Janice Owens — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:46:46 +0000

We are the invisible ones. We have lived within our means and watched others move to ever-bigger houses, take fancy vacations and buy the latest toys. When I paid off my mortgage four years ago, I felt like a fool. All the “smart” people kept the mortgage and put their money in investments instead. But, I just wanted the security. I was brought up not to take a second mortgage and not to run a balance on a credit card. With everything that has happened in the economy, I don’t feel like such a fool now. However, I do feel like a patsy for, as a taxpayer, having to bail out people who had plenty of years of enjoying the fruits of their irresponsible decisions. Congratulations, Matthew, for scoring one for the rest of us!

By: Mark Cianciosa

Mark Cianciosa — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:55:05 +0000

Matthew, CONGRATULATIONS! You do not know me … but I read about your story in the Charlotte Observer On Line version this morning. I just wanted to say that you are an example of what everyone in the US should be doing. So many people in the Charlotte area have upgraded over and over again with bigger and bigger mortgages and homes in hopes that the market would continue to grow the value of their homes. It has all ended and now all we here is about the “next” bailout. My family has also lived within our means, the car I drive has tape on the windows, I change my own brakes, we cook most meals at home, we shop at many thrift and discount stores and we have had more fun than most families in our area … go figure. I hope that your family will be recognized as a True American Family! CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN!