[EVO X]

And thus the problem with the Bush admin. Raising the flag was the first step but he and his admin did not do the next bigger and more important step of demanding reform and using his bully pulpit to expose the fraud.

That is easier said than done. This needed to be stopped by no later than 2004. This stuff wasn't on many peoples radar screen back then. One was labeled as a tin foil hatted old crank if you brought up on FR..

[LowCountryJoe]

That is easier said than done. This needed to be stopped by no later than 2004. This stuff wasn't on many peoples radar screen back then. One was labeled as a tin foil hatted old crank if you brought up on FR.

Not to mention a racist if one were to raise flags about risky lending to poorly qualifying potential home buyers. I distinctly recall, in 2006-2007, numerous news stories about how the lending practices of banks were racist based on a data-driven analysis of skin color as a factor when adjusting for credit scores. Rep. Clyburn (D-SC) was all over it and faster than Jessie Jackson at a corporate shakedown.