This section underwrites loans to dead-beats, the same folks whose mortage defaults in large part caused the "housing bubble" to burst, as well as providing funding for slum lords such as Mr. Obama's friend and real estate partner, Tony Rezko.
Reg'lar town dead-beats, that's what they are.— Mary-'Gusta
It's a pleasure to meet real people -- this damn country is so full of crooks and dead-beats.— The Ne'er-Do-Well
They possess all the elements of vagabonds, dead-beats, falsifiers, beggars, vultures, hyenas and jackals!— Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest
Bunch of old dead-beats!— The Man Upstairs and Other Stories
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