On Fri, 6 Feb 2009 12:57:31 -0800 (PST), marcia
wrote:

Get it out of the pockets of
the right-wing bankers who tanked the economy

Didn't realize that Franklin Raines of Freddie and the other idiot at
Fannie were right-wingers.

Not to mention the Fed. Govt, pressuring the right-wing bankers to
make home loans to deadbeats.

And it was Jimmy Carter's "Community Reinvestment Act" that started
the ball rolling. Willie kept it rolling when he rewrote regulations
that would have prevented much of the abuse.

You are aware of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act
of 1996 (PRWOR, aka "welfare reform") that took place under Clinton,
limiting the amount of time an individual can be eligible for welfare,
and enforcing work and/or education requirements on most recipients,
right?

Yeah, a conservative Congress compromised with Willie into changing
AFDC into TANF, but abuse still prevails.