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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-11 12:40 PM Original message |
Crash Tax: Wall Street Should Pay Reparations to the 99% |
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ParkieDem (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-11 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. Maybe. |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-11 12:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Blaming Fannie and Freddie is a RW talking point.. |
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ParkieDem (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-11 12:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. They share part of the blame, yes. |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-11 01:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. There are quite a few to blame.. here is a decent list.. |
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Philosopher King (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-11 12:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Who began the trend of lowering the standards for mortgage lending? |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-11 01:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Oh please... allowing a few poor people to buy homes did not cause the crisis.. |
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Philosopher King (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Nevertheless, prior to the enactment of the CRA, |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-11 02:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. The history is that the crisis was brought about by unscrupulous business practices. Using bad loans |
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Philosopher King (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-11 03:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Blame the victims...? |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-11 01:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. If anyone should be paying reparations, it is the economic royalists who bought your Congress and . |
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Philosopher King (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-11 02:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. The buying of your Congress was facilitated by ex-members of your Congress. |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-11 01:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. No. What made a mortgage "subprime" is Fannie and Freddie would not do them. |
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ParkieDem (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Wrong. |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-11 05:04 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Lending standards were not relaxed by the 1995 bill to the point where they could offer offer those |
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offmybrain (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-11 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. Who is to blame? We are all to blame. |
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ParkieDem (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Absolutely. |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-11 01:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Not sure I agree about the homebuyers. |
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THobbes (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-11 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
11. yes |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-11 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
14. No. Don't make them angry. |
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