[ThePythonicCow]

But if they ever explained it correctly

So ... either you are explaining it clearly for us, or else you are just taking the opposite side of the fear mongering you claim to see here, a sort of anti-fear mongering, which is usually no more illuminating or helpful.

I suspect the latter. Your claims that "They are fear mongering!" sound like name calling to me, not illumination.

[Toddsterpatriot]

So ... either you are explaining it clearly for us, or else you are just taking the opposite side of the fear mongering you claim to see here

Saying that $10 trillion in bad mortgages (BTW, there are only about $10.6 trillion in U.S. home mortgages) somehow turns into $100 trillion in toxic paper is fear mongering.

I keep waiting for an explanation for how this works. Please ping me if you ever find one.

sort of anti-fear mongering, which is usually no more illuminating or helpful.

Correcting the bad math is more illuminating than spreading the bad math.