He was making the point that REPUBLICANS controlled the Congress as well as White House during those years as EVERYONE KNOWS. This has been a financial Katrina that as usual Bush "reacts' to rather than works to prevent. It has been the REPUBLICANS fighting to DE-regulate and lack of oversight along with lax enforcement of the rules were HUGE contributors to the current mess. Keep trying to shift the blame...try owning it.
Frankly, jficquette, your post is absurd. Most people here on ET understand the current financial crisis and its origins quite well.
jficquette your article is republican bullshit and racist at that, it is a bit outrageous to imply that regulation imposing fair lending standards regardless of race is solely or mainly responsible for the huge increase in bad loans. Just because you are black, mexican or asian doesn't mean you have bad credit.
In the SPECIFIC case of THESE bad loans yes Kicking that's the sad reality. The "sub-prime" lending crisis is disproportionately centered in minority neighborhoods and with gigantic levels of criminal fraud present. I knew of a guy who enlisted Chicago street gangs for phony buyers, applicants and appraisals in the late 90's. What's racist on the parts of many liberals is the reluctance to acknowledge that yes black people are smart enough to steal without a gun....
Without replying individually to some of the sub-prime intellect present on this thread; yes Fannie and Freddie were to the Democrats what defense related contractors are to Republicans. Obama has been in the Senate for three and a half years and only one Senator over the past TWENTY years has received more money from Fannie and Freddie than Obama. One needn't be a rocket scientist to follow the trail of tainted money.....
republicans and democrats are two sides of the same coin conning the guilible american public into thinking they have a real alternative.
1) liberals lending to $5 an hour toothless scum 2) thieving real estate pimps, hyping homes like a p10 cent penny stock 3) selling packages of turds, and saying they were AAA. Rating agency dweebs that should be arrested for fraud. 4) regulators with their heads up their asses
No one controlled congress. You need 60 votes to vote on any senate bill. A minority party with at least 41 votes can stop any bill brought to a vote. Are you smarter then 5th grader?