(Bloomberg, Dec 19, 2012 – excerpts) –  “Bank of America Corp. has amassed $64 billion of mortgages that are at least six months delinquent and have yet to enter foreclosure, more than twice the amount held by its four largest competitors combined.”

“Bank of America’s stockpile of deteriorating debt is mostly from its 2008 acquisition of Countrywide Financial Corp., once the nation’s largest mortgage provider. Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC), the biggest U.S. servicer, has $15.3 billion of such unpaid loans.”

“Bank of America has about 930,000 loans that are at least 60 days delinquent, down from 1.5 million from the peak in January 2010, Chief Executive Officer Brian Moynihan, 53, said during a Dec. 14 event at the Brookings Institution in Washington.”

“The bank also has a large portion of delinquent Federal Housing Authority mortgages…”  Note:  taxpayers are ‘on the hook’ for these FHA guaranteed loans (and the FHA recently announced that its reserve fund is ‘dry’ and they are on the verge of defaulting).

Note:  Bank of America’s $64 billion in delinquent mortgage represents an amount greater than half of their current market cap.

Full article: Bloomberg 12-19-12

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Nationwide, November 2012: RealtyTrac reports that 1,547,825 homes are under a foreclosure filing in the U.S..

The Leviticus 25 Plan would provide a mechanism for American families to ‘clean up’ delinquent mortgages and engage in successful ‘work out’ plans to regain ownership of their homes.

This would stanch the banks’ balance sheet bleeding and stabilize the housing market.

The Leviticus 25 Plan would pay for itself over a 10-15 year period.

No other plan can make that claim.  And no other plan can deliver the power of economic liberty – and do so much to serve the interests of individual U.S. citizens.

More from The New York Times:

“In addition to the debt assistance, the administration has thrown its support behind a $4.8 billion loan being negotiated between Egypt and the International Monetary Fund. Last week, it dispatched the first of two delegations to work out details of the proposed debt assistance, as well as $375 million in financing and loan guarantees for American financiers who invest in Egypt and a $60 million investment fund for Egyptian businesses.

The assistance underscores the importance of shoring up Egypt at a time of turmoil and change across the Middle East, including the relatively peaceful uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia, the still-unfinished transition in Libya, the showdown over Iran’s nuclear program and the war in Syria.

Given Egypt’s influence in the Arab world, the officials said, its economic recovery and political stability could have a profound influence on other nations in transition and ease wariness in Israel about the tumultuous political changes under way.”

Note:  The U.S. government is a 17% stakeholder in the International Monetary Fund.  What does that mean?

WSJ Sep 5, 2012:  “The IMF is akin to a global credit union. Members kick in money. The institution’s board lends it out.

Each member has a “quota”—that is, a financial stake in the IMF, expressed as a percentage—and contributes accordingly. The U.S. quota is 17.09%, followed by Japan at 6.12%, Germany at 5.98% and France and Britain at 4.94% each.

Does that mean that the U.S. is responsible for 17% of the IMF’s portion of the Greek package? Not exactly.

First, though all countries are theoretically responsible for investing in the IMF’s lending pool, not all of them have currencies that potential borrowers can use. (Think of Zimbabwean dollars or Venezuelan pesos.)

The IMF doesn’t say that outright. Instead, it uses the concept of “usable resources,” meaning it uses money from countries that are considered financially sound. About 21% of the quota contributions to the IMF were “non-usable,” according to the IMF, as of January 2010.

Because the U.S., Japan and big European countries are in the “usable” camp, they finance a larger percentage of IMF funding than their quota would suggest.”

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The U.S. taxpayer is ‘standing behind’ a large share of the $4.8 billion IMF loan package to Egypt – well over $800 million.  Egypt also receives $1.3 billion per year as a military assistance package from the U.S..  And they just received a $1 billion loan write-off from the U.S. Government.

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There is no legitimate reason why, if the U.S. Government can extend funds to foreign countries (no collateral involved) and forgive loans to those same countries (with no collateral obligation required), that U.S. citizens should not also be granted the same equal access to direct credit extensions.

After all, it is our money.

The Leviticus 25 Plan would pay for itself – over a 10-year period.  And it is fully collateralized.

The Leviticus 25 Plan.