Posted on 01/31/2009 9:56:45 PM PST by WheresMyBailout
I'll list some names but it is by no means exclusive. It would be interesting if you could post a brief rationale by your post. The option of nobody also exists and the option of a class of people exists:
Fed Chiefs:
Alan Greenspan
Ben Bernanke
Paul Volcker
Speakers of the House:
Newt Gingrich
Denny Hastert
Nancy Pelosi
Senate Banking Committee Chairmen:
Al D'Amato
Phil Gramm
Paul Sarbanes
Richard Shelby
Chris Dodd
House Financial Services Committee Chairmen:
Jim Leach
Mike Oxley
Barney Frank
Presidents:
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Treasury Secretaries:
Robert Rubin
Lawrence Summers
Paul O'Neill
John Snow
Henry Paulson
Tim Geithner
Defense Secretaries:
William Perry
William Cohen
Donald Rumsfeld
Robert Gates
Failed Presidential Candidates:
Bob Dole
Al Gore
John Kerry
John McCain
Others:
Tom Bliley
Judd Gregg
Ken Lay (Enron)
Jeffrey Skilling (Enron)
Bernard Madoff
Dick Fuld (Lehman)
Angelo Mozilo (Countrywide)
Jon Corzine (former CEO of Goldman, along with Rubin and Paulson)
Franklin Raines (Fannie Mae)
Daniel Mudd (Fannie Mae)
Martin Sullivan (AIG)
Robert Willumstad (AIG)
Maurice Greenberg (AIG)
Classes of People:
Nobody
OPEC
A particular country
A particular religious group
A particular ethnic group
A particular profession
FDR. He convinced Americans that there IS such a thing as a free ride.
Franklin Raines (Fannie Mae). He is a genuine thief.
NEW YORK TIMES
"New Agency Proposed to Oversee Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae"
By STEPHEN LABATON
Published: September 11, 2003
The Bush administration today recommended the most significant regulatory overhaul in the housing finance industry since the savings and loan crisis a decade ago. Under the plan, disclosed at a Congressional hearing today, a new agency would be created within the Treasury Department to assume supervision of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored companies that are the two largest players in the mortgage lending industry. ... ... Among the groups denouncing the proposal today were the National Association of Home Builders and Congressional Democrats who fear that tighter regulation of the companies could sharply reduce their commitment to financing low-income and affordable housing. ''These two entities -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- are not facing any kind of financial crisis,'' said Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts, the ranking Democrat on the Financial Services Committee. ''The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing.'' Representative Melvin L. Watt, Democrat of North Carolina, agreed.
William Jefferson Blythe III, among others. The real legacy of the Clinton economy is what we are seeing in 2009, not the phony 22 million jobs.
FDR and Lyndon Johnson.
And every RINO afterwards that didn’t recognize the threat. Nixon is a great example of RINOism at it’s worst. Hell, he’s responsible for starting many of the policies that we blame on Jimmy Carter. Not that Carter wasn’t to blame for a huge lot of problems, but Nixon was a mess and a half too.
Frank, Dodd, Raines, Carter, Clinton, and the congressional black caucus and their enablers. ....for starters.
Any and all Democrats.
I blame whoever cooked up the October Surprise. Probably Soros. It wasn’t a coincidence that all hell broke loose right before the election.
All members of congress, the senate, president bush, and president clinton.
Some more than others. I will say that Ron Paul at least did warn about the economy, but he’s about the only politician that did.
I don’t know why the republicans weren’t telling us what could happen. I don’t know if they were trying and we (the American people) weren’t listening.
I think the dems have to get more blame for this mess, but I feel like the republicans have been too quiet about the whole thing.
2. Whatever bankers/government regulators/Fannie Mae execs who decided that 0% down, variable rate, interest only loans to people with insufficient incomes would be a good idea. That caused more people than the market could bear to buy houses causing the housing bubble. Once rates went up the whole house of cards came tumbling down.
Where’s Soros 8-?
He’s been pumping money around like water the last decade or more to many of those same names listed above.
There can be no doubt that legislatively the liberal socialist democrat movement and its elected cohorts should bear the brunt of the blame (is it a hate crime for blaming the dems yet?). Their handiwork goes back many decades, involves multiple Presidents, and includes any number of cumbersome, inefficient and out and out risky schemes masquerading as a ‘New Deal’ and a Good Deal More of late .. for less entitlement programs that are in turn milked for all they are worth come voting time.
A big mirror is needed, we let it happen. Hard to blame dems, remember the parable of the scorpion and the toad? Of course libs acted like libs, it is there nature. In their world the crash is a victory.
;-/
Carter, Clinton, Andrew Cuomo, Janet Reno, Chris Dodd, Barney Frank, and the liberal Democrat upper management of Freddie and Fannie.
Amen! and Ditto.
It is the Leftist third of the American people and those who make no effort to understand anything serious. The third which is knowledgable and concerned about the nation is overwhelmed by the professional spreaders of ignorance so important in deluding the 2/3s most of the time.
I agree with you. This “worst economic crisis since the Great Depression” WAS NOT a coincidence. It was planned and executed. I smell Soros all over it.
The media, purveyors of pop culture, and career politicians have contributed to this erosion of cultural values, and to the growing sense of entitlement.
Islam, Saudi Arabia, OBL supporters.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.