“It looks like this crisis has been building for a long time.”
That’s correct. Ever since Clinton forced the CRA on the Mortgage Industry in the early to mid ‘90’s.
“What are the chances that the TIMING of this crisis was manufactured for most impact against republicans in this election?”
That is highly unlikely given the complexities to cause a specific timing with all that is involved.
I personally wouldn’t put it past the bastards to have tried it though.
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Not exactly coincidence, but Greenspan lowered rates in the early to mid 90's for various crises that were mainly created by previous loose money policies. It takes two to tango especially if one of the pair is throwing dollars around.