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To: 1rudeboy; doc

“Actually, the Bush Administration warned us about Fannie and Freddie. “

Nice try but that’s always been a dishonest claim.

The Bush administration was concerned solely about the capitalization ratio of F&F and not their lending practices.

The Bush administration never evinced any concern about F&F being at risk due to the quality of loans being made. They were only warning about the sheer quantity of loans versus their capital.

Not only was Dubya unconcerned about low lending standards in the mortgage market, he in fact actively encouraged them. You need only find the speech he gave in praise of the ‘American Dream Downpayment Initiative’ to remove all doubt about the matter.


79 posted on 05/30/2014 8:55:05 PM PDT by Pelham (If you do not deport it is amnesty by default.)
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To: Pelham

Actually, Greenspan warned us about Fannie and Freddie too. Not my fault you failed to listen.


82 posted on 05/31/2014 5:18:53 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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