> sure. so, i should say, the foreclosure mess, what they can do is high pressure the people being foreclosed on. the foreclosure mess is sort of a paperwork problem. but the people being foreclosed on, we've sort of forgotten about. we'll have records in '10 and '11. here's a couple of ideas, the big government thing they did was called hamp, a terrible program, one of the worst ones they did. >> they started early on, it hasn't really worked. >> not just hasn't worked, it's left a lot of people worse off. what it does is says the bank can help you if they want to. what you can do is turn that around. allow home counselors to make Get Live News Updates Every Minute from vimarsana.com Curated from 23000 News Agencies.">
> sure. so, i should say, the foreclosure mess, what they can do is high pressure the people being foreclosed on. the foreclosure mess is sort of a paperwork problem. but the people being foreclosed on, we've sort of forgotten about. we'll have records in '10 and '11. here's a couple of ideas, the big government thing they did was called hamp, a terrible program, one of the worst ones they did. >> they started early on, it hasn't really worked. >> not just hasn't worked, it's left a lot of people worse off. what it does is says the bank can help you if they want to. what you can do is turn that around. allow home counselors to make Get Live News Updates Every Minute from vimarsana.com Curated from 23000 News Agencies." property="og:description">
> sure. so, i should say, the foreclosure mess, what they can do is high pressure the people being foreclosed on. the foreclosure mess is sort of a paperwork problem. but the people being foreclosed on, we've sort of forgotten about. we'll have records in '10 and '11. here's a couple of ideas, the big government thing they did was called hamp, a terrible program, one of the worst ones they did. >> they started early on, it hasn't really worked. >> not just hasn't worked, it's left a lot of people worse off. what it does is says the bank can help you if they want to. what you can do is turn that around. allow home counselors to make Get Live News Updates Every Minute from vimarsana.com Curated from 23000 News Agencies.">
threatening the health of banks and the overall economy. feels like deja vu all over again. msnbc contributor ezra klein is a "washington post" staff writer and blogger and he's got an excellent column this morning about the foreclosure mess in particular. ezra, you have four ideas that could maybe stem this problem in the short-term. walk us through them. >> sure. so, i should say, the foreclosure mess, what they can do is high pressure the people being foreclosed on. the foreclosure mess is sort of a paperwork problem. but the people being foreclosed on, we've sort of forgotten about. we'll have records in '10 and '11. here's a couple of ideas, the big government thing they did was called hamp, a terrible program, one of the worst ones they did. >> they started early on, it hasn't really worked. >> not just hasn't worked, it's left a lot of people worse off. what it does is says the bank can help you if they want to. what you can do is turn that around. allow home counselors to make