Amend This!

I voted today. No one was up for election, but there were a few proposed Constitutional amendments for voter review. For those of you not in Texas, one of the proposed amendments focused on a hot-button, highly controversial topic. As an enlighted, well-informed individual, I had to show up just to stick it to the majority. In case you haven't guessed it yet, I'm referring to Proposition 7, the amendment authorizing line-of-credit advances under a reverse mortgage.

How do I start on this topic? It's hard, but I'll give it a shot: the only way this state authorizes line-of-credit advances under a reverse mortgage is over my dead body. There's just no way. No way, nuh uh, I don't think so. If you want a line-of-credit advance on your reverse mortgage, I don't even know if I want you in this country. That's not the America I know, and frankly, I'm terrified to think that anyone with a reverse mortgage could just go around willy nilly-like, opening up line-of-credit advances. Hey reverse mortgage owners, how about I open up a line-of-credit advance on your white blood cell count with my fists?

If we reverse this, where does it end? Would we suddenly have line-of-credit advances under reverse reverse mortgages? Or reverse line-of-credit advances on regular mortgages? I don't even have a mortgage; can I have a line-of-credit advance? The whole thing sickens me! What made this country great was people getting regular mortgages, paying those off, and then dying before retirement. No reversies. After all, this ain't a game of Uno!

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