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A Fine for Doing Good
WSJ On-Line ^ | September 16, 2012 | Editorial Staff

Posted on 09/17/2012 6:00:12 AM PDT by Pontiac

In a complaint filed Wednesday and settled the same day, Justice claimed that California-based Luther Burbank Savings violated the 1968 Fair Housing Act and 1974 Equal Credit Opportunity Act by setting a policy that had a "disparate impact" on minorities. Between 2006 and mid-2011, 5.2% of Luther's single-family residential mortgage loans went to African-Americans and Hispanics, compared to an average of 41.7% for other lenders in the area. The complaint doesn't cite evidence of intentional discrimination because there wasn't any.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: banks; civilrights; holder; justicedepartment
No matter what the banks do they are wrong.

Lend to people that can’t repay a loan and you are money grubbers that only want profits.

Don’t lend to people that can’t pay and you’re a racist.

The banking industry is one of Obama’s Jews; a whipping boy used to excite the faithful in to furious mob.

1 posted on 09/17/2012 6:00:17 AM PDT by Pontiac
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