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1 posted on 08/12/2010 5:08:03 PM PDT by Kaslin
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My brother told me that the republicans were responsible for the subprime crisis. I’ve been reading online and found this. http://iarnuocon.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/01/1940028-the-republican-roots-of-the-subprime-crisis

Can someone that knows something about economics explain this? Is it just a lie? Seems to be true.


2 posted on 08/12/2010 5:19:39 PM PDT by alaskanfan
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our mortgage finance system must be better insulated from politics

A great thought -- once politics gets into anything it begins to corrupt and then destroy it. Look at education for a clear example.

The problem is, we have one political party (at least) to which politics isn't everything, it's the only thing. They will not relinquish their influence over any facet of our lives...from medicine to home ownership to...everything.

We must kill the beast that is omnipresent and omnipotent politics, or it will kill us.

3 posted on 08/12/2010 5:20:54 PM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: Kaslin

No derivatives.


4 posted on 08/12/2010 5:23:22 PM PDT by Paladin2
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Why fix the doggone deal? Just let bankruptcy and foreclosure move forward at the natural pace. Investors are ready and willing to snap up the property.

Now, some banks may have to join the dust bin of history, but that the way the cookie crumbles.

5 posted on 08/12/2010 5:24:12 PM PDT by pointsal
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the best way to fix anything is to get the gov’t out of it. Additionally, any political decisions should be completely neutral with respect to real estate and financial issues. With the gov’t manipulating markets to support the social and financial policy of the day, we will always end up with a mess.
6 posted on 08/12/2010 5:25:28 PM PDT by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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the best way to fix anything is to get the gov’t out of it. Additionally, any political decisions should be completely neutral with respect to real estate and financial issues. With the gov’t manipulating markets to support social and financial policy we will always end up with a mess.
7 posted on 08/12/2010 5:26:18 PM PDT by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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The real problem is that only the big 4 banks don’t have to submit to the new laws. Only the independent mtg brokers have to comply with, and do the paperwork for, the new laws. That makes for a major slowdown in new loans approved or even applied for. JMHO.


16 posted on 08/12/2010 8:22:05 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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