Posted on 09/24/2008 8:31:30 PM PDT by Christopher Lincoln
The mainstream media and Democratic politicians-is there a difference between the two any more?-have been trying to exploit the mortgage crisis to convince the public that free markets have been discredited. A particularly obnoxious writer with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution even goes to far as to demand to know, "What happened to ...[those] who denounced government regulation and read from the holy scriptures as recorded by Ayn Rand?"
Well, here we are-or at least, here I am-and I am not impressed by the bluster of the anti-capitalists, because they are the ones who are getting this story completely wrong.
(Excerpt) Read more at jewishworldreview.com ...
Ahh yes, because free markets depend on governemnt bailouts to thrive...
FYI - Class warfare is when the mega corporations threaten to destroy the economy unless they get their ransom money.
I thought CRA was enacted in 1977 not the the 90. Either way the article seems factually challenged.
You’re right, the CRA was passed under the Carter admin in 1977. However when the Clintonistas took over they “put it on steroids” as some pundits termed it. The Clinton admin aggressively pursued the goals of the act with the misguided assumption that lending institutions were deliberately discriminating against poor minorities. We now know that was a false premise. Undoubtedly the banks knew better but were forced to sell mortgages when threatened with severe penalties by the Clinton justice department. Where else do you think Tracinski is factually wrong?
So you’re talking about the finacial systems modernization act, correct. Both Republicans and clinton are to blame for that. And yes that was a catalyst. But the article is either misleading or overly dramatic. Quotas had long been filled. But many lenders realized how a soft target could be made by dongoling 0 down, 1% ARMS with no proof of income could be.
Name me the Republicans who supported it.
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