"You have your system and we have ours," said the Cuban woman, identifying herself only by her first name, Alejandra. "I prefer our system. We don't have mortgages and so we're not facing foreclosure like so many of you are."

From: periodistalibre@xxxxxxx
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:30:37 -0800 (PST)

Alejandra knows about the foreclosure crisis in the United States
because her son lives in Florida and is struggling to make his house
payments. "I worry about him," she said. "If he loses his job, he'll
lose his home."

(From an article about Real Estate in today's
New York Times)
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