@PKS: You obviously have a gripe with the opposite sex based on your own personal experiences with specific women. Feminism is about equality, as historically women were not given the same rights as men. Women's rights are still very recent in the bigger picture of our history. This isn't a world of "us vs them", it will only appear to be that way if you want it to.
There was another blue lobster caught off the coast of Bourne, MA in 2009 too. You can see/read about it in one of the Cape Cod Times blogs here: http://blogs.capecodonline.com/cape-cod-photography/2009/02/18/blue-lobsters-and-darwin/ The guy who caught it sent the lobster to the NOAA Aquarium in Woods Hole.
First of all, read the article before you comment on it. He isn't living in the house he's defaulting on, he was renting it out. He lost his tenants and couldn't find new ones, listed the house for sale and couldn't sell it, so he decided to default since he didn't want to pay two mortgages anymore.
Secondly, no, it's not morally wrong, it's business. The banks treat it as business. It is a bussiness contract, and it's a secured loan which means the bank gets to keep the house.
And just because the home becomes bank-owned doesn't mean the property taxes don't get paid anymore. The bank becomes responsible for those taxes.
I don't see this ever being passed, it's too ridiculous. It sounds like someone overreached in their brainstorming to solve a more specific issue. If this is really anything other than a money grab, then it's probably due to the high number of cyclists in the city. I could see them wanting to address an issue where more cyclists = more traffic violations, and without license plates there's no way to ticket someone for running a red light unless you catch them in the act. So deal with it in the city, like Kathy said. I can't see any justifiable reason for making a statewide law aside from trying to squeeze more money out of residents.
The guy who caught it sent the lobster to the NOAA Aquarium in Woods Hole.
Secondly, no, it's not morally wrong, it's business. The banks treat it as business. It is a bussiness contract, and it's a secured loan which means the bank gets to keep the house.
And just because the home becomes bank-owned doesn't mean the property taxes don't get paid anymore. The bank becomes responsible for those taxes.