a system that captures some of the funds that these people are spending on trucks or business schemes and, in exchange for some long-term plan to keep them in t

a system that captures some of the funds that these people are spending on trucks or business schemes and, in exchange for some long-term plan to keep them in their houses, get them to start paying back into their commitments There have been several proposals that would accomplish this, including Dean Baker's Own to Rent ( http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2007/08/19/own_to_rent_the_way_to_save_su/ http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2007/08/19/own_to_rent_... ); I believe all of these proposals have been vociferously opposed by the finance industry. One reason is that it would probably force banks to mark down the values of their assets to something more realistic. I believe these proposals would be very popular though with the general public....