Ray Queen
Appearances
Planet Money
The veteran loan calamity
Let us keep paying towards our regular mortgage. Between now and then, and then once the VA has that fixed, then we come back and we address the situation. That seems like the adult, mature thing to do, not put a family through hell.
Planet Money
The veteran loan calamity
It was done in Iraq. Oh, yeah. A buddy of mine bought a tattoo machine. On the fob. Yeah.
Planet Money
The veteran loan calamity
Liberty. Oh, okay. That's where we were based. Liberty Victory Complex. That nonsense, yeah. Yep, that nonsense.
Planet Money
The veteran loan calamity
She just—I just heard her car, so she just— Oh, great. Yeah, we'll wait two seconds.
Planet Money
The veteran loan calamity
Yeah. I mean, it sucks that it had to get to this point to get them to do that. But the fact that telling our story and getting some sort of justice for what's going on with our problems and everything else also helps 40,000 other veterans, that's absolutely amazing to me.
Planet Money
The veteran loan calamity
I didn't want to talk to you in the first place, I'm going to be honest with you. That's just not my thing. When you told me how many people this affected, it made me feel a lot better about it. being wanting to get this fixed.
Planet Money
The veteran loan calamity
Yeah, we moved here at the middle of June. No. Oh, when we bought the house, yeah. Yeah. And just so you're aware, I have brain damage from my time in Iraq, and so my memory is absolutely gone.
Planet Money
The veteran loan calamity
Yeah, it wasn't a possibility when I was a kid for multiple different reasons. So it's great that they're able to explore the things that they want to do. He's an engine guy. He's probably going to be an engineer. At almost 11, he's smarter than I am already. All right.
Planet Money
The veteran loan calamity
The way we were explained it is, It would be a fairly simple process. You start making payments again and you're done.
Planet Money
The veteran loan calamity
And now we're at the point where we've got to figure out what, you know, do we just do we give up and give in? Do we give up our property and and walk away? And this is supposed to be a program that you're that y'all. So what was happening?