“Mortgage applications are very long, so there’s plenty of opportunity to make mistakes.” But successful mortgage fraud prosecutions are rare – in 2024, Americans were 7x more likely to be hit by lightning than convicted of mortgage fraud. https://buff.ly/IAT6ZFG

“O ye that love mankind! Ye that dare oppose, not only the tyranny, but the tyrant, stand forth!” Before the U.S. declared independence, Thomas Paine declared war on kings, and on blind faith in authority. His 1776 pamphlet ‘Common Sense’ still speaks to preserving skepticism as a core American value.

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In 1776, Thomas Paine made the best case for fighting kings − and for being skeptical

‘In America, the law is king!’ ‘No King! No Tyranny!’ For a skeptical Thomas Paine, every day was ‘No Kings Day.’

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