Quote Originally Posted by Zacha341 View Post
^^^ You know your music for sure. Good points!
"At the bankruptcy hearing on Friday, January 3, 2014, Emergency
Manager Orr admitted that the City of Detroit could have pursued
claims for fraud, unjust enrichment, and breach of contract against
Bank of America and UBS to potentially recover the $300 million these
banks have already netted from their interest rate swap swindle.

However, instead of going after these banks for their predatory
lending practices which caused Detroit’s financial crisis by
foreclosing on 100,000 homes and then putting the city in bankruptcy
through interest rate swaps which continued the banks’ fraudulent
lending practices against the city itself — Orr is asking Judge
Rhodes to approve a termination fee of an additional $165 payment to
these banks, funded by a loan by Barclays Bank at up to 8.5% interest
with $4.2 million in “breakage fees”.

If this deal is approved, the people of Detroit will be paying 20% of
city income tax revenues, $48 million a year, to these banks for the
next four years, at the expense of city pensions & jobs."
[[thanks MECAWI)