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Barney Frank: Don't Blame Me for the Housing Bubble
Yahoo ^ | July 20, 2009 | Peter Gorenstein

Posted on 07/20/2009 12:14:48 PM PDT by kddid

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"The Bush administration made a big mistake; they were the ones that pushed home ownership for very poor people. Liberals wanted rental housing, we thought that was more appropriate"...

Utter bull---t.

21 posted on 07/20/2009 1:56:40 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: kddid
the real estate crash was not something even the experts saw coming.

The bubble was discussed on FR for many years before it popped. It was surprising to many of us how long the bubble went on.

22 posted on 07/20/2009 2:04:57 PM PDT by Reeses (Leftism is powered by the evil force of envy.)
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I did, I do and I will. There’s blame to go around, but he gets a HUGE piece of it.


23 posted on 07/20/2009 2:17:59 PM PDT by daydreamer (Lord be good to us, for the sea is so wide and our ship is so small.)
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Dems never take personal responsibility -for ANYTHING.
24 posted on 07/20/2009 6:01:32 PM PDT by 4Liberty (End of civilization. 'Who cares about a little pork?' - Senator Schumer)
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Barney Fwank's inability to find the villain in the "banking crisis" is reminiscent of the difficulty OJ faced in his search for his wife's real killer>

ML/NJ

25 posted on 07/21/2009 9:20:40 AM PDT by ml/nj
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