{"id":1451,"date":"2007-05-21T02:21:31","date_gmt":"2007-05-21T09:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=1451"},"modified":"2007-05-21T08:06:47","modified_gmt":"2007-05-21T15:06:47","slug":"i-still-want-to-know-who-pays-you-bruce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1451\/i-still-want-to-know-who-pays-you-bruce\/","title":{"rendered":"I Still Want to Know Who Pays You, Bruce"},"content":{"rendered":"

I received the following via email and also as a comment to a post<\/a> on BloodhoundBlog. It is from Bruce Hahn. Bruce claims to represent 75,000,000 people – and I think that at least 74,999,000 of those people have never even heard of him. He and his wife (along with some other unnamed person) are<\/u> the American Homeowners Grassroots Alliance.<\/p>\n

\"BruceBruce has a background as a lobbyist and has written several books. These days he seems to spend most of his time letting various government divisions (with loads of emphasis on the federal government) know “what is good for consumers”. He has a big heart, he just wants to help. He is quite secretive on who pays him. But he has come right out and said it is NOT Bank of America – so my guess on that is obviously wrong. I really don’t expect him to be forthcoming now – whoever does pay him doesn’t want anyone to know who they are.<\/p>\n

Here are some links I found telling you more about this endlessly polite and highly articulate and prolific man who seems to have dedicated his life to making sure consumers aren’t taken advantage of by Realtors (or anyone else).<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.inmanwiki.com\/Real-Estate\/Bruce_Hahn<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/waysandmeans.house.gov\/hearings.asp?formmode=view&id=4047<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.theamericanconsumer.org\/Bruce.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/realtytimes.com\/rtapages\/20070221_grassroots.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/justice.gov\/atr\/public\/workshops\/rewcom\/212268.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/realtytimes.com\/rtapages\/20041001_agencyerosion.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.washingtontechnology.com\/print\/12_21\/13695-1.html<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.usdoj.gov\/atr\/public\/workshops\/rewcom\/212268a.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

_____<\/p>\n

Russell<\/p>\n

Thanks for the link to our website!<\/p>\n

If you would have read some of our recent congressional testimony on subprime lending (which is on our web site and is very critical of the banking sector), you would understand why we are not getting any funding from Bank of America or other banks. And if you had gone back in our history to see some of our past Congressional testimony against the banking sector for its legislative efforts to hamstring Freddie and Fannie, you would have no doubts at all. We are opposed to “Rotarian Socialism”, as Gregg Swann so aptly described it in his outstanding February 13 Bloodhound post. In it he wisely noted that NAR’s “on-going legislative campaign against banks competing for real estate transactions is just more of the same: “Protecting” mediocrities from fair competition.” Our aforementioned testimony opposing banking practices in the mortgage lending sector simply reflects our opposition to Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I received the following via email and also as a comment to a post on BloodhoundBlog. It is from Bruce Hahn. Bruce claims to represent 75,000,000 people – and I think that at least 74,999,000 of those people have never even heard of him. 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