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Judge denies Democrat Party and Obama's motion to dismiss
On Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:12:21 -0700, Stephen Trapani
wrote: wrote: On Oct 7, 8:06 am, Stephen Trapani wrote: ... A tiny bit of research about the banking crisis reveals that it was not the free market that caused it, it was *over* regulation (primarily fannie and freddie) ... As I've said before that's a meme current mostly with folks who can't add. I thought the following was a pretty amusing take: http://www.newsweek.com/id/162789 From that article: "Look. There was a culture of stupid, reckless lending, of which Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the subprime lenders were an integral part." Basically Fannie and Freddie regulations created a false market which was then not subjected to enough oversight and hence abused. That's the problem with market regulation, it creates the need for ever more regulating. Calling this a failure of free market principles is asinine. It's like saying communism would have worked if only the leaders had been smart enough to be more brutal and squelch more of the citizens' rights. Stephen There you go again! Bwhahahahaha! |
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