Now you got me started!

Collectively, this was perhaps the biggest swindle in the nation's history. And now I read the lenders left with foreclosures and walkaways aren't even putting them on the market because of the glut. The banks get bailed out, and we're stuck with the bill -- and with paying back our loans.

We took a practical approach to buying our house, got a good interest rate on a 30-year fixed loan, weren't trying to speculate or flip it -- and we're left with nothing. Less than nothing.

With the number of vacancies in Redford, the strong likelihood the township will be forced to lay off cops and firefighters, and the general decline of the Detroit area in general and the inner-ring suburbs in particular, there is no chance our house will regain its value in at least 15 years. I don't have the resources to wait that long.

I can't understand why people aren't marching in the streets over this. I fear -- and hope -- that many haven't yet awakened to the problem.