Daily Archives: 25 September 2008

Presidents Bragging about Home Ownership

“Government’s housing bias created a permissive climate for lax lending. Both the Clinton and present Bush administrations bragged about boosting homeownership. Regulators who resisted the agenda risked being ’roundly criticized.'” (Read more from washingtonpost.com)

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Video of President Bush boasting about home ownership
How A Clinton-Era Rule Rewrite Made Subprime Crisis Inevitable

The Prophet, Ron Paul: “Politicians throughout history have tried to solve every problem conceivable to man, always failing to recognize that many of the problems we face result from previous so-called political solutions. Government cannot be the answer to every human ill. Continuing to view more government as the solution to problems will only make matters worse.”

Treasury Pulled $700 Billion Figure Out of Thin Air

As Forbes writes:

In fact, some of the most basic details, including the $700 billion figure Treasury would use to buy up bad debt, are fuzzy.

“It’s not based on any particular data point,” a Treasury spokeswoman told Forbes.com Tuesday. “We just wanted to choose a really large number.” (More from George Washington’s blog)

Bush & Congress (while Bernanke’s and Paulson’s lips move): SHUT UP AND LET US SAVE YOU FROM DISASTER! FINANCIAL RUIN! MUSLIM TERRORISTS!

Ron Paul: Government creates problems, then attempts to solve them with more government.