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[A free market government has a vested interest in encouraging local enterprise;

--A.Perrywinkler]

swin·dle (sw

dl)

v. swin·dled, swin·dling, swin·dles

v.tr.

1. To cheat or defraud of money or property.

2. To obtain by fraudulent means: swindled money from the company.

v.intr.

To practice fraud as a means of obtaining money or property.

n.

The act or an instance of swindling.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/swindler

Mozilo's Countrywide had been the first to embrace the homeownership push back in 1995 and had therefore become

a central player in Clinton's public-private partnership.

And since 1998, Countrywide had also become crucial to the fortunes of Fannie Mae, and the personal wealth of Fannie employees who received special mortgage deals from the lender...
--Reckless Endangerrment; pg 182

"Angelo Mozilo, thank you"

--Governor Ricar(D)o Perry

--Tuesday, December 14, 2004

http://governor.state.tx.us/news/speech/10202/

I think I need to read that book ;-).

And yes, the people are angry at both sides. We can’t accept more business as usual if we are to survive. I think that the candidates are being evaluated and that voters haven’t decided yet (heck they haven’t voted yet) is a very healthy sign.

Any one of our candidates is better than 0bama but we need more than that.